fi4451 Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 Hello all,Decided to buy the SDC 2300 last week. I put it to the test this weekend. Manage to find 5 nuggets in an area which I had hunted before with the GPX. Smallest one was .13 grams up to about .5 grams. I usually only use the 11" round coil (mono) with my GPX, so the smaller coil of the SDC seemed to outclass the Minelab with the 11" coil on small gold (as expected). I also want to mention, the targets were loud and the gold was only 1" to 5" deep.I enjoyed the machine a lot, very easy to use- especially if you are used to using a PI. One note, the machine comes with rechargeable batteries which only lasted me about 3 hours (which I thought was low) but maybe they weren't fully charged. I had bought 2 sets of Duracells for backup, which I was thankful for as I was along ways from a location to buy more batteries. No major complaints for the machine- it is pricey, but I plan on using it more in the future.Enclosed are some pics and a video.Good luck out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 I get about 7 hours out of a set of fully charged NiMH batteries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fi4451 Posted July 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 Meant to add the foto also.Thanks Steve, good to know about the batteries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reno Chris Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 Congrats on the nice gold!Backup rechargeables are available on Amazon. I have 3 sets of 4 batteries including the ML set that came with the machine. I am also getting 7+ hours on a fully charged set. My charger takes some time to charge them - more than the 7 hours of use, so having extra sets as backups and to rotate through the charger is important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Furness Posted July 29, 2014 Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 Just a quickie on rechargables in my experience ... sometimes the first charge for whatever reason doesn't take very well. For example I just converted to the Doc's Screamer system on my GPX5000 ... after fully charging both batteries the night before the initial use the first battery lasted only about 2.5 hours ... switched to the second and got about the same. Have since recharged both to the charger shutting itself off indicating that it has done its job ... 5.5 hours later on the first battery since that charging session and I still have 7.8 volts on an internal battery test with the GPX5000. I suspect I have another 2-3 hours left based on that voltage. The GPX will automatically shut down at about 7.3 to 7.2 volts and starts out at 8.0+ for those not familiar with the GPX. In short and to the point others are saying ... Give your rechargables all the time they need to fully charge ... and report back what you find if you don't mind.Mike F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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