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Date Posted: 17:56:05 03/13/02 Wed
Author: Steve Herschbach
Subject: U.S. Release Same as Australia - Next 60 Days
In reply to: Steve Herschbach 's message, "Australia Release Before US!" on 14:07:35 03/12/02 Tue

The Garrett factory now acknowledges the existance of the new detector. Projected price is around $1000 and release in the next couple months. They say that Phil's statement about release in Australia first is not true.

If the machine is under $1000 (confirms a rumor I heard) and roughly approximates what the Minelabs will do they will have a winner, in my opinion.

Tons of guys are saying they have to beat Minelab hands down in performance, but I do not think that is true. It would be great, however.

But if your average person could get a detector that would do 90% of what the GP Extreme will do for less than 1/3 the price, I do not see how it cannot be a hot seller. The pros in Australia may demand that last inch, but for lots of us, is it really worth another $2000? I guess if that extra inch gets a $3000 nugget!

Here in Alaska the Minelabs do not go 3-4 times deeper on gold. That figure comes from Australian ground where a VLF detector has lost 3/4 of it's detection depth. The Minelabs don't really go deeper, per se. They just lose lots less depth in heavily mineralized ground.

My use indicates that in bad Alaska ground a depth advantage of 10-20% is more realistic. In other words, if my Tesoro Lobo hits a 1/2 ounce nugget at 10 inches in some bad ground, then I might expect my SD2200D to hit the same nugget at 12 inches. Not 30 inches!

The real advantage of the Minelab units is that they ignore hot rocks that are really bothersome in some areas, and make detecting those places a breeze. So if the Garrett ignores hot rocks the same way it will be very useful here in Alaska, but at a price that is more in line with the expected difference in performance. 10-20% more expensive, not 3-4 times more expensive!

No matter what, the competition will be great.

Steve Herschbach

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