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MINELAB GPX 5000- TESTS
Comments Not everyone's idea of fun, i love them , take a bit of getting used to but but once you do they are awesome, great depth on all size targets , unbeatable on high mineralised sites. It's probably better than the results below, i do no have anything on my testbed any deeper! Pros Super deep!, Awesome among iron Very well balance , feels very lightweight Super sensitive, does not pick up Coke Cons Expensive, Because it does not pick up coke , it ignores finds that give the same signals as coke, for instance on my test bed it misses a very low conductive cut quarter and a gold chain. 50% of the ones i sell come back because the buyer can not understand it. |
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DEPTH TESTS The depth tests are set up to gauge the power of the detector, all iron is removed from the hole. Various size items are buried at good depths |
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COIL SIZE |
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11’’ Standard DD Coil |
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CAN A CARTWHEEL PENNY BURIED AT 16’’ GIVE A SIGNAL |
YES |
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GEORGE 111 HALFPENNY MAXIMUM DEPTH |
18’’ |
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5 PENCE MAXIMUM DEPTH |
14’’ |
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CUT ¼ OF HAMMERED PENNY MAXIMUM DEPTH |
8 |
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CAN A HOARD OF 100 MIXED COINS BURIED AT 18’’ GIVE A SIGNAL |
YES |
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DISCRIM TESTS The tests below are to see if the detector is capable of giving a signal on a non ferrous target while iron is placed on top of it and around it at different depths |
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CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A 20 PENCE BURIED AT 8’’ 2 NAILS BURIED AT 2’’ DIRECTLY ABOVE IT |
YES |
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CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A 20 PENCE BURIED AT 8’’ 2 NAILS BURIED AT 5’’ DIRECTLY ABOVE IT |
YES |
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CAN A GET A SIGNAL FROM A 20 PENCE BURIED AT 8’’ 2 NAILS SITTING ON TOP OF COIN |
YES |
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CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A HAMMERED PENNY 20 NAILS ALL AROUND IT BURIED AT 2’’ |
YES |
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CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A HAMMERED COIN BURIED AT 2’’ A LARGE/RUSTY IRON HOOK IS BURIED 3’’ BELOW IT |
YES |
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CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A HAMMERED PENNY NEXT TO 4’’ BOLT BURIED AT 2’’ |
YES |
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CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A 20 PENCE BURIED AT 2’’ 2 NAILS ALSO BURIED AT 2’’-NAILS 4’’ APART COIN BETWEEN THEM |
YES |
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CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A 20 PENCE BURIED AT 5’’ 2 NAILS BURIED AT 2’’ DIRECTLY ABOVE IT-4’’ APART |
YES |
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CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A 20 PENCE BURIED AT 8’’ WITH 2 NAILS BURIED AT 2’’ DIRECTLY ABOVE IT 4’’ APART |
YES |
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CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A 20 PENCE BURIED AT 6’’ WITH 4 NAILS BURIED AT 5’’ DIRECTLY ABOVE IT 4 NAILS AT 7’’ DIRECTLY BELOW IT AND 4 NAILS ON THE SAME LEVEL |
YES |
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COKE/SENSITIVITY A few low conductive targets will give the same signal as Coke , so if you are rejecting Coke you may miss them |
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CAN IT FIND A GOLD CHAIN WHEN COKE IS REJECTED |
NO |
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CAN IT FIND A LOW CONDUCTIVE CUT ¼ WHEN COKE IS REJECTED |
NO |
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CAN A GOLD CHAIN BE FOUND WHEN COKE IS NOT REJECTED |
NO |
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CAN A LOW COND CUT ¼ BE FOUND WHEN COKE IS NOT REJECTED |
NO |
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CAN IT FIND A LOW CONDUCTIVE VERY THIN SILVER EARRING BURIED AT 2’’ |
YES |
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52 |
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