New Minelab Waterproof PI

[Steve Herschbach]

I have always wondered why Minelab does not make a waterproof PI. Everyone else does. Is it they figure the Excalibur is good enough, why bother? Still, since they make what many consider to be the world's most powerful prospecting PI detectors it does seem odd, at least to me.

So I really perked up when an ad appeared in Lost Treasure magazine:

THE FIRST, REAL COMPACT MID-RANGE GOLD DETECTOR IS COMING...

Waterproof
Compact
Rugged
No assembly
Easy to use (switch on & go)
Finds small gold
Proven MPS technology

And on the Minelab website...

A mid-range gold detector is coming soon! | Minelab News

MINELAB WILL BE ANNOUNCING FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT OUR EXCITING NEW MIDRANGE GOLD DETECTOR ON DECEMBER 9TH.
This compact waterproof detector is positioned above Minelabs entry level X-TERRA 705 Gold Pack and Eureka Gold, and below our high performance GPX series making it the ideal machine for those who are beginning to gold prospect.

Most of the speculation is centered around a consumer version of the Minelab F3 Compact demining detector F3 Compact Mine Detector | Minelab Countermine The partial photo from the Minelab website resembles the F3 but blue instead of green.

This thing is clearly aimed at the nugget hunting crowd but honestly I am pretty well covered there. I am curious how it will do on the beach, especially since it is optimized for gold. Will it handle salt water? How waterproof is it? I do not know but I will be watching it with interest. Knowing me I will have to get one to find out.

 

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[Detector Wars]

Interesting, my main concern is how it will handle salt water waves. If it's aimed at the nugget hunting crowd, it's probably not good news under waves. Will we be able to switch coils? Will there be round coils available for it?

 

[DewGuru]

One would think they would attempt to repair their broken units before attempting to offer another.

 

[bigscoop]

I have to wonder if Minelab has experienced some changes in their design/engineering department. A ship is not waterproof, but a submarine is.

 

[diamondr]

From what I seen of it it's just another cheaply made piece of junk. After owning a CTX I wouldn't touch it. Dont get me wrong the CTX works well when its not in for repairs.

 

[DocBeav]

Here is another thread on same topic. I put some links and pictures on it.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/metal-detecting/389243-new-machine-coming.html

 

[OBN]

 

[Sir Gala Clad]

[If only what you stated was true! The USS Thresher (a nuclear-powered attack submarine was lost at sea with all hands on 10 April 1963 in the North Atlantic during deep-diving tests approx 220 miles East of Boston Massachusetts. Measured by lives lost, historic context, and significance, the sinking of the Thresher was then and remains today, the world’s worst submarine disaster.

QUOTE=bigscoop;3726375]I have to wonder if Minelab has experienced some changes in their design/engineering department. A ship is not waterproof, but a submarine is. [/QUOTE]

 

[OBN]

Off subject..

A machinist that has been a long time friend said they traced the failure of Thresher back to his shop, Pressure Science, located in Beltsville Md. They had made most of the fittings for the Sub and a design flaw in the jointing of the fittings caused the lose at Sea, of the Thresher. Sad is most of the people that worked at Pressure Science have died of cancer, many of the projects they worked on they were never told the dangers of the exposer to different materials of Secret projects. RIP to my old friends...