I don’t know how many of you have noticed, but lately, prices on the Minelab GPX4500 metal detector have just gone through the roof. Apparently, due to gold prices (Today the gold price hit an 18 month high), the interest in these detectors is soaring to the point that they are on worldwide back order to the tune of over 1000 detectors.
I guess the metal detector are rarer than gold itself these days. Metal detectors on Ebay are listing for as much as $8000 or even more.
Gerry’s Detector sales even has an Ebay auction for a lot of 10 detectors for $45000. You’ll have to wait on those though, at least a “few weeks”.
Hmmm. Maybe I should get a Dinner with Sarah Palininstead. It’s cheaper, but I don’t know if I’d pass the background check and my detector would probably be deemed to big to bring for her to sign. Maybe a coil?
All I know is that a brand new SD2100 is starting to look really appealing. Afterall, if you can’t get the latest and “most advanced”, you might as well go for “the best”.
Really nice video and nugget find with the White’s TDI. Nugget comes from the La Paz area near the Colorado River. Yes, you can find a nugget with the White’s TDI.
A phone call to Minelab USA confirms that indeed, there is a recall of certain GPX4500 gold detectors due to a faulty control box in SOME units. Minelab is already starting to send out letters to the affected users. Apparently only about 150 detectors in the U.S. are affected. Those units with serial numbers below 1200 are affected. This should indicate that only earlier models were affected and later units produced will be fine.
Anecdotal reports indicate that the problem is a set of faulty third party components in some units but that remains unconfirmed at this point.
We’ll keep you posted as more information becomes available.
