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Minelab CTX 5000

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steve herschbach

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Hi,

I have a Minelab GPX 5000 and a Minelab CTX 3030. I am a firm believer at this point that the GPX 5000 has taken PI nugget detecting technology about as far as it can go, with only better ferrous discrimination the only thing to offer me. And I am not holding my breath for that. So where to go from here.

Pretty obvious I would say. Cram the GPX 5000 into the CTX 3030 package. I see no reason why it can't be done. The only limitation would likely be battery time per charge but if a CTX style battery could get me just a half day operation I am fine with changing batteries at lunch. A GPX 5000 is a single package with built-in speaker and GPS and waterproof to 10 feet would be killer. A new coil set mimicing the CTX set would be great as new waterproof coils would be a must. 8" mono, 11" (or 12") mono and 11" (or 12") DD and 18" mono would be all I would ever need. People are already using the GPX for beach and relic hunting and this would put it over the top. I would be using it for almost any detecting at all except where discrimination is a must, like turf hunting in a park.

Minelab GPX 5000 MSRP of $6995 (MAP $5795). You want to get another grand out of me Minelab? MSRP $7995? Give me a CTX 5000 or GPX 6000 or GPX 8030, whatever you want to call it and you got it.

Steve Herschbach
 
Steve the problem is how do they combine pulse induction / VLF into the one detector :unsure:

I see your currently using a Fisher Gold Bug Pro , would appreciate your views regarding it's pros's & con's .

Bobby .
 
I was not suggesting they combine PI with VLF. Just stick a GPX 5000 in a CTX 3030 housing. But there is no reason a VLF and PI cannot exist in a single package sharing a specially designed coil and switching from one mode to the other. We will see one someday.

I prefer my F75 Special Edition for looking for larger gold and I prefer my Gold Bug 2 for looking for small gold. If I had to trade both for one detector it would be the Gold Bug Pro. It combines the best features of both. But oddly enough in my case that means I do not have much use for it prospecting since I tend to extremes. I either grab the F75, or I grab the Gold Bug 2. I have been using the Gold Bug Pro more as an urban jewelry detector as it is far more EMI resistant than the F75. My F75 is pretty much useless in town due to all the electrical interference.

Lets face it though, the F75 Special Edition is overkill for nearly everyone as a nugget detector. The Gold Bug Pro makes far more sense for most people at half the price.

Steve Herschbach
 
steve herschbach said:
I was not suggesting they combine PI with VLF. Just stick a GPX 5000 in a CTX 3030 housing. But there is no reason a VLF and PI cannot exist in a single package sharing a specially designed coil and switching from one mode to the other. We will see one someday.

I prefer my F75 Special Edition for looking for larger gold and I prefer my Gold Bug 2 for looking for small gold. If I had to trade both for one detector it would be the Gold Bug Pro. It combines the best features of both. But oddly enough in my case that means I do not have much use for it prospecting since I tend to extremes. I either grab the F75, or I grab the Gold Bug 2. I have been using the Gold Bug Pro more as an urban jewelry detector as it is far more EMI resistant than the F75. My F75 is pretty much useless in town due to all the electrical interference.

Lets face it though, the F75 Special Edition is overkill for nearly everyone as a nugget detector. The Gold Bug Pro makes far more sense for most people at half the price.

Steve Herschbach
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Thanks for your reply Steve , if ever they managed to combine a PI & VLF in one detector that could run both modes at the same time I'd buy :clapping:

I bought a F75 when they fist came out some years back , it was the only detector I ever hated , terrible to use , they must be better these days then .

The Gold Bug Pro seems like a good multi purpose unit , think I'll get one .

Bobby.
 
I hated the F75 when I first got my hands on one and sold it. I was a little amazed when Fisher put my initially not so flattering review on their website at http://www.fisherlab.com/hobby/finds.htm (about a third of the way down). The F75 SE has a killer all metal mode. So given that I basically do not use all the other features of the detector it really is kind of nuts. I am frugal in most all ways but when it comes to detectors I spoil myself. But yeah, the Gold Bug Pro is a great little unit, a real bargain.

Steve Herschbach
 
Steve you made me smile when I read that you also hated your first F75 , I remember screaming SHUT-UP when shaking mine so hard that it died :blink:
I think there must have been real problems with those early ones .

Good read that link you posted .

Bobby.
 
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