Minelab GPX 5000: Relics & Red Dirt - GPX Sounds
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- Sorry for the long video, but I use these videos myself to document what I find and to help me learn about my detectors. Sometimes even after I edit them, they still turn out long. It may be worth watching all of it; especially if you're learning the GPX 5000 detector as I am.
Join me for one of the best days of relic hunting I've had in a long time. I was swinging the Minelab GPX 5000 with the Detech 15" Spiral Wound Coil; a great combination.
I had to change my plans mid stream as the first place I intended to detect was too grown up. Another long drive put me on another spot that I hadn't detected for years. This turned out to be the first of four great days in a row on this site with hopefully more to come.
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I think yours is the best GPX 5K instructions on the web hands down, letting us hear the machine before you dig is such a good teacher, thank you for your time to take us along on your dig!
Thanks so much. I try hard to help people learn but I've still got a lot to learn myself. I believe that if you make a metal detecting video, it should include the metal detector being used. Thanks again for such a nice comment and for watching.
A great looking haul today.. thanks for the share...
Thanks George. The next several hunts are even better.
Very nice finds. Enjoyed the video. Can't wait to see more.
Thanks and thanks for watching. I've got at least four more great videos from this site coming.
Man, really enjoying you learn this machine, and it's helping me learn mine. I'm going out tomorrow to hit a small site I pounded with my Equinox. Lots of iron, but I'm hoping I can hear some deeper relics between the iron. Keep it ip!
I'm glad it's helping you learn as well. I detected this same site with the Garrett GTI 2500, Minelab XS, Minlab Explorer II, Minelab Etrac, Fisher F75, White's 6000 XL Pro, Minelab CTX 3030, Garrett AT Pro, Garrett AT Max, XP Deus, Minelab Equinox 800, Tarsacci, etc. I found some relics with all of them but there is no way I just missed this many bullets (be sure to watch the next 4 or 5 videos) thus far that I have found with the GPX 5000. The ground is very mineralized which tells me that none of the VLF detectors have been hitting well on these bullets even though a lot of them were only 7" deep. Maybe I just missed all of them; who know. Anyway, I've had a ball detecting this site again. Thanks for watching and good luck. Let me know how you did.
Great job Larry on your video.Good job on finds on all your bullets and I enjoy your videos
Thanks Jimmy; I love to dig bullets. To me they were definitely part of the conflict whether dropped or fired. I'm trying to find 550 more bullets to fill up some dead space in my display cases. I think I'm up to 242 thus far so it will be a while. Thanks again for watching.
@@SavingLocalHistory Good Luck
Just down there for DIV 50 .... the GPX with that coil is a beast ... Great Job Larry enjoyed watching ...
I love this combination; I only wish I had figured out how to have bought one years ago. At least, I've got a lot of sites I can go back to now. Thanks for watching JIm.
Enjoyed your video Larry. Great depth. Keep em coming with that 5000. Pap
Thanks Pap. I believe I really like this detector, but it will work you to death but in a good way. Thanks again for watching Pap.
You're doing great with the GPX! Nice bullets.
Thanks. I'm just glad to be able to see again and not have that chronic knee pain. I really like the GPX; at least on these hot sites. Thanks for watching.
those Williams cleaners are in sweet shape
They always seem to be in great shape in this red dirt. Thanks for watching.
That's great Larry.
I haven't got to ask if you like the GPX. You are killing it.
Also I posted a vid of my finds from the group hunt last week.
I really like the GPX I only wish I had gotten one sooner. I watched your video; great job. Thanks for sharing.
@@SavingLocalHistory I just got my GPX in 2018. I wish I had it years ago.
@@SavingLocalHistory I have gone back with the GPX to spots where the VLF's had given up and started finding great items all over again.
Your on em today Larry, getting to know the GPX 5000👍🏻
I think I've got it figured out. Thanks for watching.
Really enjoyed this close up of the GPX. I really love my Nox 600 but I know I am missing targets and its chatty in these highly mineralized fields in WV. I got a friend who uses the GPX and is finding all kinds of stuff that I have not. I love the hobby and I think the investment is probably worth it from what I see and read here. Thanks for the video
Thanks for the great comments. I've owned a lot of high-end detectors and have spent a lot of time learning all of them. I have also tried many of the small and large coils on a lot of Civil War sites. I'm no where near what you would call an expert, but I have learned a lot over the years.
Here's some of the detectors I've owned in the order that I bought them: Garrett GTI 2500, Minelab XS, White's 6000 XL Pro, Minelab Explorer II, Minelab E-Trac, White's TDI, Fisher F75 LTD, White's V3i, Minelab CTX 3030, Garrett ATX, XP Deus, Garrett AT Pro, Garrett AT Max, Minelab Equinox 800, Nokta Makro Simplex, Tarsacci MDT 8000, GPX 5000. I have found a lot of relics and coins and spent a lot of time swinging them.
I have found that the VLF detectors have their place; especially in being able to do Identification a little better. They typically do not do very well in mineralized ground though. Then Minelab came along with the FBS (Full Band Spectrum) and opened a new door to me. They seem to beat the VLF machines on target ID in almost all situations. I began finding relics, especially on iron infested sites, that completely surprised me. They seem to do better in mineralized ground, but you had to really slow down to hear the deeper targets. The CTX 3030 took it a step further with the FBS2 technology and the amazing screen. I really loved this detector but it was a little heavy to use all day. When the lighter detectors started hitting the playing field (XP Deus, Equinox 800, etc.), I was once again very impressed. Also, I'll add that the multi-frequencies seemed to have an extra advantage in a lot of situations.
I owned two Pulse detectors; the White's TDI and the Garrett ATX. I didn't like the TDI much and only kept if for a few months. I really liked the ATX, but it was just too heavy. In the beginning, I didn't know what "hot" mineralized ground was and I did great with my Garrett GTI 2500. I started looking at a GPX 5000 years ago, but just couldn't afford one. I knew they would make some sites like new again.
At present, I own these detectors: Garrett GTI 2500 (couldn't part with my first one), XP Deus, Minelab Equinox 800, White's V3i (this is my second one), Tarsacci MDT 8000, Simplex and the GPX 5000. All the rest, for me, fell short in one area or another. Don't get me wrong, some of them are excellent detectors, but I had learned a lot of stuff by owning these detectors that I was spoiled a little.
I said all that to say this the GPX 5000, in my opinion, beats them all in mineralized soil, but it comes with a steep learning curve. You have to be willing to dig a lot of deep holes and of course find some iron targets but you dig a lot of iron by using the others as well. I had to sell my CTX 3030 and Garrett ATX in order to buy the GPX but I think I made a wise decision based on my first several relic hunts.
Good luck with your Explorer 600 and thanks for watching.
@@SavingLocalHistory Larry I really appreciate learning from you and the many other who have helped me get acquainted with a hobby that I very much enjoy and saving history too. Being less than a year into the hobby, i just did not know what i know now about different soil types etc. It is a learning process and evolution. Since I live in the WV panhandle I think I need a GPX. I have dealer offering me a great price but they are on back order so gives me some time to get more $$ together and learn more ab the machine before actually acquiring it. Your video compliments an outting with a friend of mine who has a GPX 4500 and hits good targets that are registering ferrous and low numbers on my Equinox that I probably would never dig and they turn out to be relics. I also too realize that I will dig my share of nails with it as well but thats part of the hobby to get to the good stuff. Again the VLF Equinox is a great machine and I have dug some neat stuff with it but I think the GPX is taking it to another level that can help in areas that maybe have been hit but missed by other technology Thanks a mill for this
I you are doing very well with the GPX. It’s a shame I’m not there to check equinox before you dig it up. Hint hint. Lol great finds. Kenny
I really like the GPX; especially on this site. On the next video, I try the Tarsacci and the Equinox on some of these signal. I'm not sure how the video will turn out as I had some technical issues that day. Hopefully it will show something of interest. Thanks for watching Kenny.
can you make a step-by-step video how to setup your GPX 5000 up ???
I'll try to do that when I get just a little more experience with it. I made multiple changes throughout the day trying to get a "this works best" in this ground. Keep watching and I'll get too it when I can. Thanks for watching.
I don't think it matters which detector that you use, you will always find lots of Minie Balls and relics.
It boils down to knowing your detector, understanding the ground and of course getting permission on a good site. Of course, luck plays a big part as well. Thanks for watching George.