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New PI Gold Detector

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No, it does not exist yet, but over the past couple of years there seems to me to be a growing demand for an alternative high end gold machine at a more pocket friendly price and with improved performance. This conclusion is based on emails that I have received plus many posts on the various forums. I got to wondering whether to launch out on the design of a new Super Goldscan (for want of a better name) but first, I need to do a bit of market research. Initially, I would like to know how many persons are seriously interested and would consider purchasing such a machine were it available. Also, what realistic design features you would like to see incorporated and what general performance characteristics are desirable. Match head size nugget at 3ft and 100hours operation on a PP3 are not considered realistic:) I would envisage a weatherproof belt mounted control unit with interchangeable rechargeable pack and a lightweight search coil and shaft. I favour rectangular search coils as giving better depth and coverage but it
 
Dear Eric,
I believe that there is a very sustantial market for a better high end gold pi detector particularly in Aus.I have no doubt that many people would be prepared to pay 10-20000 dollars for a detector that was better than the ML 3000.We know that there are nuggets including large ones that we just cannot reach with current technlogy even with large coils.The detector would have to be able to give more depth on mediun to large nuggets and be able to cope better with extreme mineralization,reliably discriminate or ignore ferrous targets and not suffer the effects of various Rf interference as the ML do particularly in the US.It would have a variety of coil sizes available up to a least 24" in diam and perhaps operate at a variety of selectable frequencies and selectable pulse times ie the ability for the user to select an operating mode optimal for the size nuggets he is looking for.Most professional would i am certain want it optimized for larger nuggets ie over say 1 ounce.It would have rechargable batteries that would last for 8 hours or more.There are rumours that just such a machine or some new technology will be released in oz thus year(2004)
Cheers,
Marshall
 
There are several exotic PI's I just don't trust them but I want too but not enough to purchase one.
 
Anyone bought one yet? Or heard any REAL field test reports about this unit?
 
I've used the Deepers 6 which worked pretty much as claimed and Lorenz and Notsi P.I.'s which are all deep machines but deep does not mean sensitive so for coins,rings and similar small targets I stick to Erics machines. For natural gold even more sensitivity is required and ground conditions in the gold bearing areas being usually difficult means you can't get away with just sticking a small coil on a machine originally designed for large targets.
 
the discrimination claims made by the seller. What they were claiming about this model(besides sensitivity for small coins) was true and reliable discrimination which current P I models do not possess. Well Brian, are these claims bogus?
This question is probably why we have never seen a post by a Deepers 7 user. Posts asking for a review of the Deepers 7 have been common on this forum and others. I guess most people are skeptical and do not wish to gamble by sending all that cash to Mexico. They are afraid they would end up with just another unreliable discriminating PI which is simply overpriced and not that sensitive.
George
 
What did not help Deepers sales in the U.S. (and I guess that it was before they set up the Mexico branch) was the postings at very great length by a U.S. customer of his experiences getting his machine working in the first place. Deepers had him stripping the machine and checking and re checking various componants rather than just sending a working version.
The discrim. featured on the 7 just seems to be the (dropped gold ?) or similar named feature now being called SENSI. This worked as well on the 6 as on Erics own machines ie no signal so dig, which works fairly well as long as the target is not so near the coil that the mass of the good item defeats the reverse discrimination. The other 'unique' discrimination method of the 7 just seems to be the ferrous rejection method used in the Pulse Star II about 15 years back which provided LED lights, green for ferrous (and a low tone), red for non-ferrous (with a high pitch) which also worked as long as the targets were fist size or larger.
So two working methods of discrimination, neither of which are suitable for coin/ring or small gold location.
 
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