steve herschbach
New member
I was asked the following question by PM. Do not be shy people just post them here.
"I have a 4500. I'm in Scotland and use it for coin/relic hunting. Would the additional and different timings on the 5000 benefit my type of use? Is there an advantage in using the 5000 over the 4500 for my type of hunting?"
My response - no, having used both I do not think there is any reason to ditch a 4500 to get a 5000 for coin and relic hunting. In fact for most nugget detecting that I personally do my old 4500 would do me as well as my 5000. But when I spent a month in Australia I spent the majority of the time running the new Fine Gold setting on my 5000 and that alone made the upgrade worth it for me. I doubt intense ironstone is an issue in Scotland relic hunting so that is unlikely to be of any real help.
The new coin/relic setting sounds enticing, but it is for ground that has such low mineral content that I have not heard of anyone actually using it. Maybe for clean white sand Florida beaches? It is a timing I need to experiment with more than I have. Any comments regarding the Coin/Relic timing would be welcome. If you have ground where it could actually be used that setting alone may be worth the upgrade, but again, it only offers a benefit in extreme low mineral ground.
If buying new I would not hesitate to get a GPX 5000 but for most people running a GPX 4500 it is hard to justify the upgrade unless you are putting a lot of time on the unit and finding a lot of gold. Then the upgrade may have a shot at actually paying for itself. It is in my case also a psychological thing. I like the confidence I feel having a top-of-the-line unit in my hands. I never have that feeling of "if I only had a XYZ" and that does count for something.
"I have a 4500. I'm in Scotland and use it for coin/relic hunting. Would the additional and different timings on the 5000 benefit my type of use? Is there an advantage in using the 5000 over the 4500 for my type of hunting?"
My response - no, having used both I do not think there is any reason to ditch a 4500 to get a 5000 for coin and relic hunting. In fact for most nugget detecting that I personally do my old 4500 would do me as well as my 5000. But when I spent a month in Australia I spent the majority of the time running the new Fine Gold setting on my 5000 and that alone made the upgrade worth it for me. I doubt intense ironstone is an issue in Scotland relic hunting so that is unlikely to be of any real help.
The new coin/relic setting sounds enticing, but it is for ground that has such low mineral content that I have not heard of anyone actually using it. Maybe for clean white sand Florida beaches? It is a timing I need to experiment with more than I have. Any comments regarding the Coin/Relic timing would be welcome. If you have ground where it could actually be used that setting alone may be worth the upgrade, but again, it only offers a benefit in extreme low mineral ground.
If buying new I would not hesitate to get a GPX 5000 but for most people running a GPX 4500 it is hard to justify the upgrade unless you are putting a lot of time on the unit and finding a lot of gold. Then the upgrade may have a shot at actually paying for itself. It is in my case also a psychological thing. I like the confidence I feel having a top-of-the-line unit in my hands. I never have that feeling of "if I only had a XYZ" and that does count for something.