Quick Video: Garrett ATX vs Minelab GPX 5000 on Small Nuggets

[Bearkat]

 

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[H-2 CHARLIE]

nice test , thanks alot , try a 4 oz nugget on deepth comparisons Please

 

[Bearkat]

Yes Charlie, I am doing a 4 ozer lead sinker test on video with both as well as real 4-5 oz nugget test soon also. My initial test, not on video, so far doing deeper big nuggets/sinkers is the GPX has the advantage. I did a 4 oz test at 17". ATX had to go to Non-Motion mode to get closer to the GPX depth. I'd say so far the ATX is 90% as as deep in Motion Mode as the 5000 on targets such as that. ATX 95% in NMM vs GPX... Bang for the buck? ATX wins...

 

[63bkpkr]

Great inputs BearKat! Looking forward to even more!...................63bkpkr

 

[Oakview2]

I have not seen any advertised prices for the ATX yet?

 

[Steve Herschbach]

$2120

 

[Jim Hemmingway]

Thanks Al.. each video presents additional information, one starts to get an idea about this unit's capabilities!!! Thankyou.

Any testing you might do is fine by me Al, but there aren't too many four or five oz gold nuggets kicking around these days, at least around here. It seems to me that the usual "larger" nuggets we see range from a gram or so on up to a half oz or slightly more. I would be primarily tempted to test nuggets in this range as more representative test samples, and throw in a larger piece or two just to satisfy viewer curiosity. A Jefferson nickel... as discussed previously... would also be an ideal standard sample target for comparison's sake.

90% to 95% depth compared to the GPX on larger stuff... if further testing over a range of various target sizes continues to confirm these numbers... substantively exceeds anything I would have hoped for or expected. Thanks again for sharing your test results, looking forward to more when you have the time and inclination.

Jim.

PS: Al I just came across your excellent video quite by chance... showing ATX depths on a variety of buried gold nuggets including 0.1gm, 0.3gm, 1.5gm, 2.0gm, 7gm, plus a Jefferson nickel detected at 15" depth. These would do very nicely for a GPX comparison test and maybe throw in a few larger pieces as mentioned above.

I had no idea you'd done that video Al, wish it had been posted here. The wife and I watched it just now... you did a jim-dandy, forthright, unequivocal job of it . Thankyou very much!!!

 

[Bearkat]

Hey Jim, it just took so long for that video to load to Youtube last night I just forgot to put it here on this forum this morning as it was still uploading,... but I'm glad you found it! I'll put it here anyway...Thanks.