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  1. I have a plethora of new items being manufactured right now. (Plethora, I don't get to use that word A LOT) -Doc Rob will be carrying all of these items and has #7 Gold Monster Covers in stock now in either the Olive Drab Green or the New Aussie Digital Green Camo.1. The new Qwipple™ triple adjustment point shock cord bungee kit to be mounted on your favorite harness or hydration pack.2. New Cover Set for the AXIOM, Head Cover Shade Cover, Body Cover and Arm Cuff Cover all done in the Digital Aussie Green Camo material3. New Cover set for the Manticore4. New Cover set for the Equinox 700 and 9005. New Cover Sert for the Xterra Pro6 New Cover Set for the GPX6000 in the New Digital Aussie Green Camo material7. New Cover Set for the Gold Monster in the New Digital Aussie Green Camo material (IN STOCK NOW)8. New Doc's Nugget Stalker soft real cowhide soft leather nugget pouch#1. Let me tell you about the QWIPPLE™. Take the weight off while detecting. With less strain you will be able to detect longer and concentrate on subtle targets better.• Top of the line custom made 50% stretch (most shock cord is 100% stretch) UV Protected Dacron Polyester Shock cord. Durable and tough. Control without all the bounce. This shock cord is specially made to my exacting specifications. This is necessary to withstand the rigors of metal detecting. I had to order 6200 meters to get this shock cord made to meet my requirements because it's not available commercially.• Exclusive ambidextrous heavy duty shoulder clip that allows 1 handed easy height adjustment "on the go." Never miss a swing, no stopping to re-adjust. Attach either looped end to the rod and you can still adjust the height, because both sides of the clip have an adjustment groove.• Amazing, rod bungee connection point fits any detector. You can also adjust the height of the detector here, or, simply use the loop end of the shock cord to attach. If you do like to adjust at the rod adjustment connector, no problem. When you are ready to lay your detector down in the dirt, don't take the clip off at the shoulder, this just allows your shock cord to lay in the dirt with your detector. Simply pop the shock cord out of the side of the rod adjustment device and leave your shock cord hanging on your shoulder high and dry and clean.• Every QWIPPLE™ triple adjustment shock cord support system comes with a RING STRAP included. You can sew the RING STRAP onto your favorite support harness, backpack or hydration pack and you're all set. 1. QWIPPLE™ 2. Axiom Cover3. Manticore Cover4. Equinox 700 and 900 Cover5. Xterra Pro Cover6. GPX6000 Cover Set7. Gold Monster Cover, (IN STOCK NOW)8. New Leather Nugget Stalker® Gold Nugget Pouch
  2. I need your name and address, email me at docsdetecting@gmail.com Doc
  3. BINGO, WAY TOO COOL wins a Gold Pit™ Scoop. Either he's a great guesser or he has been reading other forums. No matter he plays, he scores! Send me your mailing address so when I get the production run in I can send one to you. Green or Blue? I'm sure when the production run comes in Rob will be carrying them. Thank you, Doc Instruct Sell Sheet.pdf
  4. What the Heck is That? Well it is one of my new inventions that is in production right now and this is a small part of the CAD drawing. The first person to guess what it is going to be will win a free one after the production run is delivered. 1 guess per person, 1 prize for the first correct answer. So what do you think it's going to be? Doc
  5. I have it listed on All That Glitters, A Prospector's Christmas Story by G.M. "Doc" Lousignont, Ph.D | eBay
  6. I finally did it. 23 years ago I wrote a little Christmas story called "All That Glitters." A Prospector's Christmas Story. During those 23 years I have had scores of people ask me to publish the story into a book so they could pull it out each year and read it. This past Christmas Season I had a company called Gold Rush Expeditions ask for a one time licensing fee to publish the story in their annual end of the year magazine. So, I finally published it into a book. The intro to the book reads: --------------- "Sam Lewis had lost his faith in God, his faith in the criminal justice system and society in general. Now, his wife, Mary, had passed away. Sam felt that without Mary his life was meaningless. Dropping out of society, Sam decided to head for the seclusion of the hills and spend what time he had left working his gold mining claim. Miles away from modern day civilization he found the gold he was looking for. Sam also found something he hadn't counted on; something much more valuable. This wonderful tale is sure to delight adults and children alike. It is a story that will bring a smile to your heart and a tear of joy to your eye." ------------- This is a lite read. Only 63 pages long. 10 Chapters. If you like the ol' Hallmark movies, then you will like this tale. I had that in my head when I wrote it. Something like a Hallmark Christmas movie with Wilford Brimley narrating the story. But Wilford died. Guess I shouldn't have waited so long. Every year around Christmas time I get people calling to buy the book. Well there was no book to buy. But now there is. I don't fashion myself a writer at all, but anyone that knows me will tell you I like telling stories. Merry Christmas about 7 months early. Or 5 months late.
  7. Rob Allison gets a mention of being one of Doc's favorite YouTube Channels in the Preface of Doc's book, "All That Glitters."
  8. Hey gang all backorders are filled. Rob should have his stock in a couple of days This was just a fraction of the production run. But I had enough shipped by air because I know so many people have been waiting. The balance are coming by boat. Here's the instructions for those of you that want an understanding of the meticulous attention to detail that went into this cover. Special thanks goes to the President of Minelab, Peter Charlesworth, who assisted me along the way with advise, suggestions and gave a thumbs up on the unique blue camo material. By the way the weight for the entire cover set, which consists of 5 pieces is under 8 ounces. There is the main body cover, the arm cuff cover, the arm cuff strap, the head cover, and a detachable shade cover for the head cover. Installation instructions for Nugget Stalker GPX6000 cover. Doc
  9. Actually it may have been something we were shown at a dealer conference when they first showed us that the GPZ7000 was going to be released. I remember it had to do with how they came up with the 40% deeper claim. But I can't find any pictures either so it may have been something that we were not supposed to have pictures of or discuss. If so I should have kept my mouth shut. I just remember it was quite interesting how they did the testing and the extent they went to using different size nuggets testing them at different depths. Doc
  10. LOL Touche! 😆 Minelab does extensive depth testing. Did you ever remember seeing the picture of that trench they dug when they were doing depth testing on the GPZ7000? They dug a trench with a back hoe. They had someone in the trench. They used one wall of the trench and the person in the trench would shove different size nuggets into the wall of the trench. The other person was top side with the GPZ7000 swinging it to see if they could hear the target. This is how they collect their data and arrive at these rankings and conclusions. Doc
  11. Of course the star system takes depth into account. How do you think they get the variation of the stars? There has to be a variable and that variable is depth and that accounts for the variations in the star rating. They are talking about a fixed weight. There has to be some variable in order to come up with the different star ratings. So the GPX6 gets a 5 star on a .05 gram nugget and the GPZ gets only a 1 star? What's the difference? For example: You take 10 .05gram nuggets first one at 1 inch second one at 2 inches third at 3 and so on, down to the tenth nugget at 10 inches. The GPZ can find the first nugget at 1 inch and the 2nd nugget at 2 inches and it can not hear the other 8 nuggets. Therefore it found 20% of the nuggets earning it 1 STAR. The GPX6 heard all of the nuggets all the way down to 10 inches, (as an example) therefore it got 100% or 5 stars. Likewise, the GPX6 craps out after finding 80% of the 100 gram nuggets hence it gets 4 stars and does not find the last 2 nuggets at depth that the GPZ7000 does the GPZ7000 finds all of the nuggets at depth and gets a 5 star rating. Don't mess with me I have a Ph.D. in Psychology, statistics are my life. 🤣 Doc
  12. You can't look at stars by themselves to get an accurate picture of the success of a detector in terms of gold recovery. STATISTICALLY Speaking the GPZ7000 is the clear winner. This is a 5 star scale. So 5 is 100% 4 is 80%, 3 is 60%, 2 is 40% and 1 star is 20% The size of nuggets are stated as .05g, .10g, 1g, 10g and 100g. Let's assume there are 10 of each size nugget. So the GPX6000 get 5 stars on .05g size nuggets, we can assume this means it is going to find 100% of the (10) .05g nuggets For a total of .5 grams. A half of a gram. While the GPZ7000 will only find 1 STAR or 20% of those (10) .05g nuggets for a total of only .1g. That's 1 tenth of a gram. So you do that for all sizes of nuggets and the grand take would be: GPX6000 finds 38 of 50 nuggets with a total weight of 8091.50 grams GPZ7000 finds 36 of 50 nuggets with a total weight of 10,110.90 grams That's a difference of 65 ounces more that the GPZ7000 would find, or approx $123,000 if gold is $1,900 an ounce. Now of course the argument can be made that there are more smaller nuggets than there are larger nuggets but in this example we leveled the playing field saying there were only 10 nuggets of each size to be found, and based the percentage of recovery on the 5 star system presented. The GPX6000 will find 8 of those 100gram nuggets, while the GPZ7000 will find all 10 or 2 more. That's 200 grams more. That's a difference of $12,258. My conclusion is buy a GPZ7000, then take that additional $12,258 and buy two GPX6000's. Seriously the GPX6000 is a fantastic machine and for the size gold we have here in the United States we are going to have a blast with the GPX6000. It's fun to find gold at any size and this thing does it deeper on small gold than any machine I have ever seen. Being it is so light weight and easy to use is just another check in the plus column. The GPX6000 would be what happens if a mad scientist took genetic materials from a GPX5000 and SDC2300 and a Gold Monster, then did gene splicing and added steroids and meth to the DNA. Have fun out there. Post pictures! Doc
  13. Way 2 Cool, I wasn't directing that comment at you specifically. I meant in general you can not compare these two machines. It's akin to comparing a VLF to a Pulse Induction. I mean you can compare them, but they are different technologies. Doc
  14. The 5000 is already priced extremely low, and the 7000 is in a different class, you will not see a price drop there. Minelab have given the consumer 3 Pulse Induction machines now, the SDC2300 at $3299, the GPX5000 at $3,999, and the GPX6000 at $6000. So hopefully someone wanting a Pulse Induction Minelab can find a price point they are happy with. The GPZ is not a Pulse Induction machine. (I'll call it a Magnetic Field Shift Induction machine) To think the GPX6000 is in anyway connected to the 7000 is a huge mistake and misunderstanding of where the GPX6000 falls in terms of capabilities compared to the GPZ7000. This would be like saying that Volvo has come out with a new model car, and that should certainly drive the cost of Lear Jets down. You can not compare a GPX6000 to a GPZ7000. There is a huge technology difference between an "X" class Pulse Induction machine and "Z" class technology. Doc