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  1. Awamazing Chirs..well done...happy for you... in one hole...always check those holes!
  2. Hang in there grubstake...I'll say some prays for you. Guido
  3. Good question..havent heard from him in a while...Man...when he writes people read his work...thats for sure!
  4. Well I'll stick my neck out...The more I look at it it does not look like a meteorite...I would like to say you found one there Rob, but only the experts can really answer this one. Resembles in some respects...but the more I look at my samples they are different. I know there are allot of variables out there in this game. The oxidation value seem too high in the photos compared to the Gold Basin variety. If it is a meteorite I assume the iron/nickel of 17 to 25% content of Gold Basin samples is lower that your sample. Good Luck on the analysis...Guido
  5. Well; I will be there later on this year when all is ready contributing to military ops, but I wont be taking my GPX out and about in that country!
  6. Your welcome there Largo...Sorry the plate setup did not work out for you initially. I have used it on the SD2200D and there is no problem with that setup. I thought about making the cable longer, but I cannot break into the Sound Enhancer box without wreaking the lid cover since it is screwed and glue together. I did think about cable splicing, but the cable would look nasty and not very flexible as well. Just ask Doc if he has anymore of the longer version 11.25 inch cable Sound Enhancer versions. I really like the angle and location of the plate not to mention the weight savings and money of not having stock battery. I will make sure the 4000mah battery is charged the day before my outing and let everyone know how long it lasts. Guido
  7. Copied and paste from Doc's site... As far as I know an seen on his website he does not sell Carbon Fiber uppers. ac-FSO $220 Complete Fiberglass shaft Just transfer your handle, bungee knuckle, and arm cuff over to this fiberglass rod and take some weight off. Rather than having the upper part of your detector shaft being metal, this gives you a heavy duty fiberglass shaft all the way up to your control box. The more metal you keep away from the coil of your detector the more sensitive the detector is. Comes complete with an extra long heavy duty lower rod, and works with all Minelab lower fiberglass rods. Reference http://www.docsdetecting.com/docsplace/coiltek/coils3.html
  8. Doc does sell a fiberglass version. I checked his website and I cannot find the Carbon fiber version. Guido
  9. Hey Largo..hows it going for you. the Gold screamer amp did not come with this setup! As for the cable coming from the Gold screamer I had this problem too! I needed an amp since I did not get the GPX4500 battery/amp combo. I have been in touch with Doc since last week and today about this problem about the cable being too short for the plate setup for a GPX. I asked him if he can get a custom made signal amp with a amp cable length of 11.5 inches...well he did some measuring in his stock room and found a sound enhancer with a power cable length of 11.25 inches long. So I said, go ahead and send the unit and I will try it out...it dont think a quarter of an inch will make a difference. Well guess what...that part came in three hours ago an as you can see in the picture it reaches! So give Doc a call and tell him what you gave Guido I need...Guido
  10. This is a copy from the sellers site on Ebay...A new lightweight battery (LITHIUM POLYMER BATTERY)for backing up your SD or GP Minelab detector. This is a Lithium 4000 mah battery hardwired to a Minelab power connector and female headphone jack. Just charge it up with the included charger (a cigarette charger not an AC charger)and pack it around (only 8 ounces) (((the actual battery is 5.3 OZ)))for an extra 3-4 hours of detecting. Just slip it in under your detector box or Velcro it to the side . No serious beeper should be without one. Some of my friends even use this system full time as they detect less than 4 hrs a day anyway. Put it on charge at lunch and your good to go again later that same day. Charge time is usually the time you used it to get it back full. Max is about 3.5 hrs to charge. As for other ideas this as it says comes with a 4000mah battery at 5.3 oz, but you can get a 5000mah version weighting in at 8.2 oz. and it last 20% longer. Now a coiltek regulator/battery set up is 15 grams heavier, so not that much weight saving with a 5000mah, but it saves on space in the backpack or belt. Or you could just get extra 4000mah batteries two or three should cover the day...This does not come with a voltage regulator...As for the GPX4000 the low voltage 7.3 and shut down is 7.1 according to the manual. Again I will be out in the field so to try it out. Guido
  11. By the way its a long story but I did not get the GPX4500 battery with the detector and I was using the coiltek battery/Regulator version instead. I could not see myself pay so much money for a Minelab GPX4500 battery/amp combo so I went this route. I will do a field test this coming weekend...maybe Friday if I am lucky...P.S. I think the control box would be more stable/balanced if the battery was on the bottom of the box and not Velcro to the side...Guido
  12. Hello Grubstake...A SD/GP version on sale now on Ebay at http://cgi.ebay.com/Minelab-GP-SD-Battery-Backup-Gold-Detector-Drywasher-/260615453818?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cade43c7a (copy/paste address) for $85 dollars...The one I got was a buy it now for $150 and it started at about $110 I think...I dont like to wait and do bid wars...If you contact seller tell him what you are interested in...It would be nice if Minelab made a battery slider holder box at the bottom of the control box...Guido
  13. I didn't have time to include the battery picture the way I wanted to with the Carbon Fiber topic. Product came from Ebay under Minelab...Here it is, Should save some weight and space. Always like tinkering...Guido