steve herschbach
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I have always wondered why Minelab does not make a waterproof PI. Everyone else does. Is it they figure the Excalibur is good enough, why bother? Still, since they make what many consider to be the world's most powerful prospecting PI detectors it does seem odd, at least to me.
So I really perked up when an ad appeared in Lost Treasure magazine:
THE FIRST, REAL COMPACT MID-RANGE GOLD DETECTOR IS COMING...
Waterproof
Compact
Rugged
No assembly
Easy to use (switch on & go)
Finds small gold
Proven MPS technology
And on the Minelab website...
http://www.minelab.com/emea/consumer/knowledge-base/news?article=203460
MINELAB WILL BE ANNOUNCING FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT OUR EXCITING NEW MIDRANGE GOLD DETECTOR ON DECEMBER 9TH.
This compact waterproof detector is positioned above Minelabs entry level X-TERRA 705 Gold Pack and Eureka Gold, and below our high performance GPX series making it the ideal machine for those who are beginning to gold prospect.
I snatched this closeup there:
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Most of the speculation is centered around a consumer version of the Minelab F3 Compact demining detector http://www.minelab.com/usa/products/countermine/mine-detectors/f3-compact. The partial photo above resembles the F3 but blue instead of green.
This thing is clearly aimed at the nugget hunting crowd but honestly I am pretty well covered there. I am curious how it will do on the beach, especially since it is optimized for gold. Will it handle salt water? How waterproof is it? I do not know but I will be watching it with interest. Knowing me I will have to get one to find out.
So I really perked up when an ad appeared in Lost Treasure magazine:
THE FIRST, REAL COMPACT MID-RANGE GOLD DETECTOR IS COMING...
Waterproof
Compact
Rugged
No assembly
Easy to use (switch on & go)
Finds small gold
Proven MPS technology
And on the Minelab website...
http://www.minelab.com/emea/consumer/knowledge-base/news?article=203460
MINELAB WILL BE ANNOUNCING FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT OUR EXCITING NEW MIDRANGE GOLD DETECTOR ON DECEMBER 9TH.
This compact waterproof detector is positioned above Minelabs entry level X-TERRA 705 Gold Pack and Eureka Gold, and below our high performance GPX series making it the ideal machine for those who are beginning to gold prospect.
I snatched this closeup there:
[attachment 279756 image.jpg]
Most of the speculation is centered around a consumer version of the Minelab F3 Compact demining detector http://www.minelab.com/usa/products/countermine/mine-detectors/f3-compact. The partial photo above resembles the F3 but blue instead of green.
This thing is clearly aimed at the nugget hunting crowd but honestly I am pretty well covered there. I am curious how it will do on the beach, especially since it is optimized for gold. Will it handle salt water? How waterproof is it? I do not know but I will be watching it with interest. Knowing me I will have to get one to find out.