GPX4500 Release

[Unregistered]

The 7th of April GPX4500 release date is getting close, how many of you have pre ordered yours.

Can't wait to get my hands on the sucker, has anyone been forunate enough to give it a test out yet, i have heard that there have been a lucky few who have tried the Demo models out.

[bugwhiskers]

At over $6000 I'd be waiting to see some test results that show improvement over the current model first.

regards
bugwhiskers

[JC1]

5000

I am going to wait for

the GPX5000.

A 1000 increase over the

4000 is much better than

just 500.

And should not be long now.

few months maybe.

[B^C]

I am going to wait for

the GPX5000.

A 1000 increase over the

4000 is much better than

just 500.

And should not be long now.

few months maybe.

Strange reason to wait for something that may or may not be a year or two away, not sure what the reasoning is seeing there just numbers?
Maybe we should all wait for the 7000 that has to be better the number is bigger?????

[Righteous]

My nanna.
Always told me sarcasm was the lowerst form of wit

[B^C]

My nanna.
Always told me sarcasm was the lowerst form of wit

Hahahaha, love the reply, your nanna is correct.
I didn't mean to come across as being sarcastic or witty i was more searching for answers at the reasoning behind the comment????

Maybe i should have said, your right, 500 is only half of 1000 so i must be getting more fore my money if i wait for the full 1000?

It's a Joke son, Aussies always seem to run into trouble on the forums because our sense of humour differs, what we sometimes call amusing can seem sarcastic to other nationalities or other individuals, that's life!!
Especially when things are written as on the internet without verbal expression to go with it which is an issue.
At the end of the day we all just eat, **** & die & not to many of us will make a difference to how the world goes around no matter how good we think we are, we are only human.

I for one will be getting a new GPX4500 or the GPX5000 whichever comes out first as soon as it hits the stores, $6000.00AU is only a few oz's of gold, personally i hope everybody waits.
While everybody was waiting to see what the GPX4000 was like i hit the fields hard & made a good dollar before people decided to get there's, no doubt i missed plenty but found a good deal also.

Each to there own.

[JC1]

Reasoning

HI BC and Righteous,

Spell it out better.

Assume you bought a 4000 for $4,000.

Now the new 4500 is already out and

you barely had time to get your 4000 dirty.

How do you feel? Wish you had of waited for

the 4500? What did you miss?

Something wrong with the 4000 that was fixed

in the 4500? Or just marketing by coming out with

new models more often? Doesn't really matter.

The point is that now when you buy the "new" model

you take a chance that the next "new" model will be

coming out shortly and the value of your thousands of

dollar detector just dropped and you barely get to enjoy

having the "latest and greatest" model.

Now if you live in the middle of the huge gold patch then

of course you can buy each and every model that comes out

and find enough gold to pay for them all. Not everyone else can.

Sarcastic? You bet !!! Lowest form of wit ??? maybe.

New models can be pretty low too.

Is there a 5000 coming out? I don't know.

I made that up.

Last time I got sarcastic.

I was right.

JC1

[Righteous]

Hi JC1
I couldent agree with you more on both your posts
i liked the first one more though HRHR.
my first detector was a gp extreame and im still trying to find enough gold to pay for that !!
guess im just more of a bush walker
i might wait another 3 mounths for the 5000 aswell
HRHRHRHR
have fun Righteous

[JC1]

Ha Ha

Hi Righteous,

I like the name. Righteous.

Hey the minelabs wants 5000 dollars for the 4500.

Ouch ouch ouch.

that is just getting to be too much ouch.

Have to be sitting on the gold patch.

[Righteous]

Hi JC1
Thanks, I like my name too.
Yes $5000- is a lot of money.I guess you are in the US.
I am in Australia "don't live on gold either" It is going to be over AU $6000- I belive I don't know the exact price.
I am waiting on the all test results of the up and comming detectors first.

[B^C]

Gday JC1 & RIGHTEOUS,

Minelabs are for serious gold prospectors so when only a few ounces of gold pay for each new model it's a small price to pay. The used machines bring a good dollar & you don't have to find much to pay for the new models even if they come out 6 mths after purchasing one.

I agree it's a lot of money if it is just a hobby & people are to lazy to use the machines as intended by the manufacturer.
Then you'd be better off sticking to one machine for an extended time & just hope when you do venture off the lounge chair to use it that no one else has been in the same area with a newer model.

All my minelab detectors have cost me NIL & have paid for themselves many times over & paid for all the newer models & my house & my 4x4's.
But then again i go looking for it & don't wait for it to roll past the back door either.

Real men don't think there right until others say so, then they still have doubt's, bigheads are a different story though.

If you can't afford to play the game your not lookig for it.

[JC1]

Regards

Hi Righteous,

Yes, I am in the U.S.

Not as much gold as OZ.


Hi BC,

Gday and Regards,

Good for you, you are in an area where you can

get 5 or 6 ounces of gold to break even on your detector

every 6 months. Most people are not no matter how hard

they search. I've spoken positive about minelab in the past

unlike many others, with the exception of this new model deal.

New models sell more detectors, so can hardly blame them for

wanting to make money.

Regards
JC1

[JC1]

????????????

Gday JC1 & RIGHTEOUS,

Minelabs are for serious gold prospectors so when only a few ounces of gold pay for each new model it's a small price to pay. The used machines bring a good dollar & you don't have to find much to pay for the new models even if they come out 6 mths after purchasing one.

I agree it's a lot of money if it is just a hobby & people are to lazy to use the machines as intended by the manufacturer.
Then you'd be better off sticking to one machine for an extended time & just hope when you do venture off the lounge chair to use it that no one else has been in the same area with a newer model.

All my minelab detectors have cost me NIL & have paid for themselves many times over & paid for all the newer models & my house & my 4x4's.
But then again i go looking for it & don't wait for it to roll past the back door either.

Real men don't think there right until others say so, then they still have doubt's, bigheads are a different story though.

If you can't afford to play the game your not lookig for it.

Hi BC,

your statement above conflicts with your

earlier post.

https://www.geotech1.com/thuntings/s...ad.php?t=14030

[Righteous]

Gday JC1 & RIGHTEOUS,

Minelabs are for serious gold prospectors so when only a few ounces of gold pay for each new model it's a small price to pay. The used machines bring a good dollar & you don't have to find much to pay for the new models even if they come out 6 mths after purchasing one.

I agree it's a lot of money if it is just a hobby & people are to lazy to use the machines as intended by the manufacturer.
Then you'd be better off sticking to one machine for an extended time & just hope when you do venture off the lounge chair to use it that no one else has been in the same area with a newer model.

All my minelab detectors have cost me NIL & have paid for themselves many times over & paid for all the newer models & my house & my 4x4's.
But then again i go looking for it & don't wait for it to roll past the back door either.

Real men don't think there right until others say so, then they still have doubt's, bigheads are a different story though.

If you can't afford to play the game your not lookig for it.

Hi BC
I enjoyed your post it really made me laugh.
I live in Melbourne and prospecting is just a hobby I enjoy when i can get off the couch!
I have never waited for gold to roll past the back door,but i wiil keep my eyes OPEN.
I am a very lazy man especially when i am sleeping.
Thanks for the tips.
To answer this question post
http://www.thunting.com/geotech/foru...ad.php?t=14030

read this
http://www.minelabmods.com/joomla/in...d=1737&catid=2
it may give you some info.
But if you have always upgrade and found that much gold I feel you already know the answer.
All the best
Righteous

[B^C]

Gday JC1,

No, No conflicts, i have always been interested as to why many believe the older modified detectors can compete with the newer models--Minelab detectors of course. I just thought that there may have been some real tests done somewhere that i could have a look at. I have just this last week been outdone big time by my friends modified GP3500 but this is the only one i have seen that will honestly do the 4000 i have but more on that later.

Many are of the opinion that the older modified SD detectors do infact compete because they venture out & have a find one day that others have missed--easy done, to miss things i mean no matter how good the detector is.
My son has a GP 3000 & he has good finds where i have missed some with my 4000, this is not due to the fact that my detector doesn't pick it up it's just, i miss it but everything he gets a signal on mine doe's also.
There has been many occasions where i get faint signals but the 3000 will not pick it up, then i have to use the 3000 all bloody day while he takes the new one---kids!!!!!

I used to think like you mentioned but opposite in that the US had more gold than Australia, i think it's a case of the grass looks greener on the other side.
I think with the Geo maps & GPS & 4x4's today we all can find what was once considered hard to find.
Remember Gold is where you find it, many believe that the old timers found most of it but this couldn't be further from the truth. The old timers had to rely on basic instinct & hard work panning every creek--river & finding every fault line with no aid at all.
They not only missed plenty but in general found the easy stuff only, some places i have visited haven't been looked at since the mid 1800's where they have thought the gold has been mined out but we have had a good time of it.

Righteous,

Thanks for the links, Minelab Mods was interesting, i would still like to see how the older SD's modified stand up to the newer models in some real head to head testing.
I have a friend of mine with a GP3500 that he will not part with that he is modifying a little, this is a "sweet" detector & he can get signals that i can't sometimes now with the 4000. We are yet to understand why but we are working on it & in fact i have just purchased an older GP3500 yesterday to get to the bottom of this.

I will keep you posted how we go, as far as i can see he has tweaked the voltage on his & boy does it deliver. Just this last week we did honest back to back tests with his Modded 3500 & my 4000 & i can say he out did me hands down.
For the first time since owning my 4000 i have gone back to the 3500 to get more info on this, he was signaling deeper on all sizes of nuggets & bugger me the discriminator wasn't cancelling out the larger nuggets which has been an issue with the 3500 since it arrived on the market. All up he is on the right track his his & i want one----NOW.

Just about to crack the case open on the one i bought right now, can't have him kick my butt again next week.

Thanks for the chatt guys.