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Minelab GPX-4500
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steve herschbach
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Another ignorent person.
Sorry, I make money detecting. And after 36 years of metal detecting I do not mess around with using anything less than the best available.
I'm not saying that is a GPX-4500. In some places that might mean a Fisher Gold Bug 2. Or another the White's MXT. Depends on location gold type, mineralization, and trash level.
My GPX-4000 is already gone. So what if I take a hit to upgrade to a GPX-4500? The last nugget I found last fall before I got froze out weighed 2.5 ounces. For a person who is actually getting gold with their detector the upgrade price is trivial. I have done quite well being the first on the ground with new units when they have come out.
So yeah, I'm in line for a GPX-4500.
For those troopers still using an older model who are happily finding all the gold they want, that is just great. Just keep using what you are using and be happy. You will never see me telling anyone they need to buy the latest and greatest.
But when you imply that people who post are just salesmen, you are off-base. In my book investing in good equipment is just that - an investment. And since I am reporting to the IRS that I cashed in over $20,000.00 in gold in 2007, I'd say my investment in good equipment is paying off just fine.
The fact is when I got a GP 3000 I needed about 8 ounces of gold to pay for it. I'll need less than 6 ounces to pay for a GPX-4500. But since all I really am needing to do is cover the difference between what I sold the GPX-4000 for and what I'll pay for a GPX-4500, we're talking less than 2 ounces. I can do that in one day. Maybe two if I'm off my game.
So save your money. But don't bother telling me I'm wasting mine. And don't presume to tell me I'm trying to sell you anything. I could not care less what you use or buy. Get a life.
Steve Herschbach
Sorry, I make money detecting. And after 36 years of metal detecting I do not mess around with using anything less than the best available.
I'm not saying that is a GPX-4500. In some places that might mean a Fisher Gold Bug 2. Or another the White's MXT. Depends on location gold type, mineralization, and trash level.
My GPX-4000 is already gone. So what if I take a hit to upgrade to a GPX-4500? The last nugget I found last fall before I got froze out weighed 2.5 ounces. For a person who is actually getting gold with their detector the upgrade price is trivial. I have done quite well being the first on the ground with new units when they have come out.
So yeah, I'm in line for a GPX-4500.
For those troopers still using an older model who are happily finding all the gold they want, that is just great. Just keep using what you are using and be happy. You will never see me telling anyone they need to buy the latest and greatest.
But when you imply that people who post are just salesmen, you are off-base. In my book investing in good equipment is just that - an investment. And since I am reporting to the IRS that I cashed in over $20,000.00 in gold in 2007, I'd say my investment in good equipment is paying off just fine.
The fact is when I got a GP 3000 I needed about 8 ounces of gold to pay for it. I'll need less than 6 ounces to pay for a GPX-4500. But since all I really am needing to do is cover the difference between what I sold the GPX-4000 for and what I'll pay for a GPX-4500, we're talking less than 2 ounces. I can do that in one day. Maybe two if I'm off my game.
So save your money. But don't bother telling me I'm wasting mine. And don't presume to tell me I'm trying to sell you anything. I could not care less what you use or buy. Get a life.
Steve Herschbach
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steve herschbach
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Hi Hunter55,
Man, there sure are some places I'd like to go in BC. The problem is I do not have time to even get to all the places in Alaska I want to get.
I guess I'm getting testy in my old age. Yeah, I'm a detector dealer. Frankly, it is great. Detecting is my "thing" and so I am in the loop when new units come out. I'm first to get to use them, and I can order whatever I want just to try it out. I sometimes even get some input on their development, which is really fun. I do not depend on detector sales to pay my bills; I am in it because I enjoy detecting, plain and simple. What can be better than to be able to do what you love? And when I post about a product it is because I am personally excited about it.
I am looking forward to getting my GPX-4500 as I really liked the GPX-4000. I figure the 4500 will just be a more refined unit. The one that really has me waiting on the edge of my seat is the new White's PI unit. Not because it is better than a Minelab. But because it is something really different, and new and different is getting to be rare these days. It is a machine that I'm going to have lots of fun with for sure.
You ever get up Anchorage way, look me up. And good luck this summer. I'm going to try and set a personal record for gold finds this year, what with the price of gold being what it is. I'm going to cheat and use my bulldozer to help me though so it should not be too hard.
Steve Herschbach
Man, there sure are some places I'd like to go in BC. The problem is I do not have time to even get to all the places in Alaska I want to get.
I guess I'm getting testy in my old age. Yeah, I'm a detector dealer. Frankly, it is great. Detecting is my "thing" and so I am in the loop when new units come out. I'm first to get to use them, and I can order whatever I want just to try it out. I sometimes even get some input on their development, which is really fun. I do not depend on detector sales to pay my bills; I am in it because I enjoy detecting, plain and simple. What can be better than to be able to do what you love? And when I post about a product it is because I am personally excited about it.
I am looking forward to getting my GPX-4500 as I really liked the GPX-4000. I figure the 4500 will just be a more refined unit. The one that really has me waiting on the edge of my seat is the new White's PI unit. Not because it is better than a Minelab. But because it is something really different, and new and different is getting to be rare these days. It is a machine that I'm going to have lots of fun with for sure.
You ever get up Anchorage way, look me up. And good luck this summer. I'm going to try and set a personal record for gold finds this year, what with the price of gold being what it is. I'm going to cheat and use my bulldozer to help me though so it should not be too hard.
Steve Herschbach
You know I really envy you, being able to live in Alaska and hunt nuggets. I have read lots about your endeavers and really enjoy your stories up in Alaska. I was posted in Inuvik and Banks Island for a few years and enjoyed it. Long winters though, just like yours. I and the wife have recently been up the Dempster since and then Dawson City, and through Chicken, Fairbanks and Seward but no detecting done. I'v e just got back into detecting with a Gold Bug ll and an MXT but like you I can't wait to see Whites new PI machine. I plan on doing a bunch of prospecting up in the Quesnel Forks, Barkerville area this summer. (like you, as soon as the snow goes haha) Do take care and please keep up the good work and post.
Doug
Doug
Tony
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Steve....that's exactly the sort of post I'd expect from "Kris"....it's been the same for years across countless forums.
Ignorantly attacking people is probably one of his few pleasures in life.
Always enjoyed your posts, especially the water hunting ones.
Bit of warmth coming your way now ???
Have a golden summer,
Tony.
Ignorantly attacking people is probably one of his few pleasures in life.
Always enjoyed your posts, especially the water hunting ones.
Bit of warmth coming your way now ???
Have a golden summer,
Tony.
I tend to agree Steve when I hear people bemoan the price of new things I first look at what that new product can do for me as an edge in what can be a hard game be it coin shooting, nugget hunting, relic hunting. Wonder sometimes when people aren't willing to put there money on the table how they expect manufactures to take them seriously and invest in technology. Dan
When some people do not understand that there are individuals like yourself that enjoy challenges in life. That want to try new things, explore, be creative and know that their efforts and hard work end up being rewarded.
I enjoy your posts, your unbiased comments and your Alaska life style. I know that I myself could not do that for a living, but I also know that people like yourself are a different breed and I wish I had some of that stuff in me !
When you get to try out new detectors, get to have some input into the development of them, and then enjoy an upswing in your line of work and business, it's due to your hard work and determination.
I wish you continued success, and hopefully before I get old and can't hoof it for hours on end, I can get up to Alaska and enjoy the last great American frontier. I just hope the Gov't does not get their grubby hands on it.
God Bless
JC
I enjoy your posts, your unbiased comments and your Alaska life style. I know that I myself could not do that for a living, but I also know that people like yourself are a different breed and I wish I had some of that stuff in me !
When you get to try out new detectors, get to have some input into the development of them, and then enjoy an upswing in your line of work and business, it's due to your hard work and determination.
I wish you continued success, and hopefully before I get old and can't hoof it for hours on end, I can get up to Alaska and enjoy the last great American frontier. I just hope the Gov't does not get their grubby hands on it.
God Bless
JC