Garrett ATX & Minelab GPX: Detecting Gold under EMR. 

It was a bit surprising to see that the Garrett ATX is the Professionals choice for prospecting those hunted out spots over the GPX . But as much success as MyneBlab has had with their detectors in recent years (They are getting a Big Head) , and they are now slow in moving forward . While other companies are starting to surpass their now 'Older' technology ! Great to see other enlightening video from you and the 'Pros' Warren .

Warren, this is very encouraging...there is kilometers upon kilometers of EMR affected gold bearing ground under power lines. I can see it now...blokes out there...all lined up in twenty meter wide patches...finding the yellow stuff. Good stuff. Cheers GL & HP Ian.

Wow; that was very cool video Warren!

Awesome video ! Congrats on finding the gold and good luck on your next hunt !

Warren. Excellent and informative video. I have owned and used every Minelab since the SD2000. The Minelab 5000 has just too many giggle switches and setting adjustments. Maybe the top 2% of 5000 operators actually know how to set them up and use them correctly. They have just become too complex for the average punter to use. Garrett have come up with a great and versatile machine and made using Pulse machines much easier. They have done their research and come up with a machine that is simple and very effective for all types of detecting. The 5000 is now a few years old and they really need to come up with something similar to the user friendly Garrett ATX. The SDC is no compromise and is too limited .

That was a really cool video Warren! Looks like an awesome machine!

Reminds me of my Grandpa .. back in 1980 round about. He purchased a Garrett Master Hunter for what he considered a considerable sum including a " Deep Seeker" coil. He was headed for Austrailia to go nugget hunting with big dreams of finding some and he did. He and I had many good times with the Garrett metal detector and I was lucky to inherit it. It stands proudly in the dining room reminding me of those times. It still works well today...but I want the ATX...

Awesome Warren! The ATX seems to be a fantastic detector. I would like to get one and try it at the Civil War sites in Virginia. Best of Luck on your next hunt! Chris

Nice video warren as usual. good luck with your new finds.

This is true when ATX is used in australia. But the result is not like the videos made by the sales Minelab Australia. I was pleasantly surprised with this video, Garret Turns ATX very tough beyond prediction, when used in the field of Australia. All videos of Minelab's success in finding large-sized nuggets, almost all of them created by the marketing MINELAB. Whether in America or in any country, especially in Australia. Only a few videos just that I see is genuine, created by the owner Minelab. And even then nuggets found by the original customer was not as big as those found nuggets of MINELAB sales. I have MINELAB GPZ 7000, Garrett ATX, White TDI, and OKM Black Hawk. I think, Minelab overestimated the benefits of its products, with all the videos. Another time I will make a comparison test with all my videos. I had detectors that GPZ7000 Minelab, Garrett ATX, White TDI, and OKM BLack Hawk. NOTES: I am a user or customer, and not the SELLER. I am not associated with any party. All I say is based on my opinion as a consumer. And I could not be regulated by any company in all my video, because it is my right.

Oh man Warren... The ATX is killing it. If I was to start prospecting, it would be my machine of choice. Be well, Al-Fu

Another Informative Video Warren, I love seeing that gold colored stuff too :)

Another good and informative video Warren, thank you. I must go to the west again!

Another interesting comparison there Warren.Its fair enough that you compare the two platforms in stock standard conditions.I have no problem with that.But there are a couple of points I'd like to make re the GPX. There are three options I can think of ,off the cuff,that would mitigate to some degree the EMI ;firstly, anti interference coils.Secondly,anti interference filter (from DetectorMods), and thirdly, a smaller coil. To what extent these would affect sensiitivity and depth I can't say,but I'm sure there'd be some trade off for lessening EMI . A point I want to make about the ATX is that to my mind the signal response seems to give a pretty broad sound rather than a sharp,crisp audio response.Not sure if that's because of your settings or if that's standard with the ATX platform. The ability to discriminate is a definite plus for the ATX. Those are my thoughts so far.Be interested to hear other viewers' views....Trev.

Geeeeeze Wazza, you really do make interesting and informative videos. Hat's off mate.

Was in WA for 2 months using a Garret ATX didn't find much , had problems with digging for nothing in hot ground, I had to ground balance so many times the coil wouldn't stay level with the ground ,, I tightened the screw so many times it hit bottom ,, eventually I had to tie a rope from the shaft to the front of the coil to keep it up ,,was very irritating that I had to constantly push the coil into the ground to level it, The ATX was very handy in river beds with the iron check.... But didn't find much , guess you have to walk over it.., ,, I sold the ATX in Perth when leaving Australia... Will prob buy one again ,, not sure Not giving up on the ATX though, but waiting for upgrades ,, it is after all a very good concept .

Warren Looks like some great ground, did the other blokes have an SDC2300 to test underthe power lines?

great video :)

Took my newly received 20" coil out for a run today to a place that's incredibly noisy [Its an old copper mining site. Lots of rust, iron and all sorts of junk]. I wasn't expecting any gold as the place didn't have any gold mined although along with the copper gold was found. What I was hoping to find maybe was the remnants of coinage left behind by the young guys who were the mine workers in the 1860's.[not keen to use the banks maybe they buried coins in containers in the ground upon which they erected their tents and there lived] Well, I arrived and purposely started UNDER the power lines that crossed the site. [not sure what you call high voltage power lines but these were the ones that are at the top of our stobie poles, with three cables ] The ATX purred like a kitten on factory settings [as set out in the startup docs] and to be honest I thought it was quieter than the DD coil. Anyway, cant wait now to get to VIC in Oct.

The more I read and the more I see... Seems that the ATX is an awesome machine. I am guessing that the passionate ATX haters may have something to do with the ATX out performing their Minelabs that costed them so many thousands more. I might be upset about that too. I am soon to buy my first PI and I am trying to do my due diligence in research to figure out... If the Minelabs are really worth thousands more or can the ATX actually rival them in performance at a much more affordable expense. EMI happens to be an area of particular concern to me as my first VLF was a Teknetics T2 SE which is a VLF magnet. Earth Moving Tractors 300 meters aways makes it go crazy not to mention Powerlines. So I definitely don't want to spend any thousands on my 1st PI to battle the same.

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Hi Warren, My name is Pat. I am about to purchase another metal detector. I have looked at a lot of videos on youtube and the Garrett seems to out perform the GPX 5000. Is there any chance of a comparison between the Garrett ATX and the GPZ 7000. I am aware that the 7000 should be a better machine but I'm not sure that it is a $5000 better machine.

I too could show you an alternative and that would be correct use of the gpx series in various situations. This would show how superior they are ,But I highly doubt you would be interested in that. Don't think I'm being a princess about minelabs products as I have called their sdc an overpriced dud. Which it is. But when videos such as what you have taken purport the atx to be a superior machine compared to the 45 or 5 that misleads people in a big way, well that's not fair or right. The poor bastards who have done their dough. Yeah minelabs detectors are prone to emi no disputing that. In fact it does pick up storms much further then several kms as you mentioned. Which for me is great as I have time to prepare at camp for a storm. As for detecting near power lines or near loaders, there is a remedy for that. And that remedy still betters the atx! Problem is most people don't know how to utilise a gpx detector such as Cambell. Either he's intentionally misleading your viewers or it is a case of him not having the knowledge. It's one or the other. Anyway I use the detector that gets the gold for me on a very regular basis (5000) and will keep using that until another better machine comes out, whichever brand that may be. Why wouldn't i? It's my living. I'm sorry to tell the truth but hate seeing people getting ripped off. And they have been. Anyway good luck for season 2015.

Is the ATX still good in 2016 terms. ??? I am looking at one.

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What kind of professional prospector would put a really big mono coil on a GPX underneath powerlines? That is stupid and something that anyone who knows how to use a GPX would not do. A DD in cancel would do an OK job in this situation. Would it be as good as the ATX? Who knows. Putting the machine into cancel, then saying he has to sacrifice everything, is plain stupid. The 4500 came with 11" DD as standard coil. To quote Homer Simpson "DOH!"

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I'm sorry but that comparison between the 4500 and ATX was just nonsense. The 4500 operator never adjusted rx-gain or main tune. I get my 4500 humming under powerlines and it would have screamed at that sub gram bit where the ATX hardley gave a signal. Otherwise a good video. Thanks.

Omg really? The bloke has absolutely no idea what he is doing with the GPX. It's really important to read and understand the operating instructions and learn how to properly use the machine. If he understood how use a GPX the first thing he would have done is an auto tune and all that noise would be gone. I use a GPX5000 with a 11inch mono and it's awesome for deep targets and small gold too. The guy with the GPX is a total amateur and shouldn't be doing a review of a machine he has no knowledge of.

Mate you're full of it in regards to the atx running better then the gpx 45 or 5 near power lines. The reason I know is because I've trialled the detectors myself too. I'm also a full time prospector. Can't say I know cambell but can say I know ray k very well the bloke whose ground you were on. I know exactly where you trialled the atx on Rays tribute lease too. Believe me if the atx was worth it Id have the bastard. The fella with the 45 had no idea mate. I'll ask ray bout ya but my names jase. Ask him about me What I can't stand is misinformation and deliberately misleading people but there's a sucker born every minute. Lol atx beats gpx near power lines

ATX is crap do yourself a favor a get the Minelab SDC2300, puts the ATX to shame.

The more I read and the more I see... Seems that the ATX is an awesome machine. I am guessing that the passionate ATX haters may have something to do with the ATX out performing their Minelabs that costed them so many thousands more. I might be upset about that too. I am soon to buy my first PI and I am trying to do my due diligence in research to figure out... If the Minelabs are really worth thousands more or can the ATX actually rival them in performance at a much more affordable expense. EMI happens to be an area of particular concern to me as my first VLF was a Teknetics T2 SE which is a VLF magnet. Earth Moving Tractors 300 meters aways makes it go crazy not to mention Powerlines. So I definitely don't want to spend any thousands on my 1st PI to battle the same.