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Welcome to Fort Bedford Metal Detectors GPX Extras page.

This page will be dedicated to Minelab's GPX series of machines. While there is little Gold here on the East Coast we are Rich in Relics both Colonial and Civil War. The GPXs not only excel in their ability to see through highly mineralized ground but are Deep Seeking Relic and Coin Hunters on ANY type of Ground. As Minelab Specialists it is our hope to help you use these machine to the best of both your and their ability.

Here we will offer you both settings and what both our customers and we here at

Fort Bedford Metal Detectors

are finding with them.

Some GPX-5000 Finds from the Virginia Red Clay

From BMW Hunt March 25th-28th

The GPX 5000 personal review

I had the good fortune of being able to use a

MINELAB GPX 5000 during a recent Relic Hunt

near Orange Va. For those of you that hunt the areas of Culpeper and Orange County Va. You Know what type of soil conditions there. Red Iron Filled Clay!

Most VLF machines are useless in this stuff unless your target is just under the ground. Even the best VLF machines I have used can only accurately read a target up to 4 inches deep and not be able to see a target beyond 7 inches. Along comes the Pulse Machines. The TDIs and Infiniums do have some level of discrimination but it's not an easy thing to accurately use. Then Comes Minelab's GPX series of Detectors

Whoa !

Raw Power right out of the box and easy, yes I said easy to use. The 5000 comes with 8 different soil timings for different ground conditions. Being this was my first trip with this machine I decided to keep it simple and went with the "Quick Start". The Quick Start settings are found inside the front cover of the manual. I DID READ the manual too. I downloaded it online from Minelab at :

http://www.minelab.com/__files/f/22591/Instruction%20Manual%20GPX%204800-5000%20(4901-0096-2).pdf

making notes as I went.

When time came for the hunt we walked in about a half mile to the first field. I turned on my machine, auto tuned it, set the threshold, ground balanced it, and away I went. After skipping over some iron, the machine "blanks" over iron up to 8 inches deep. I Dug a Confederate Gardner Bullet that had been waiting there since 1862 just for me ! John was carrying a TDI and while he could penetrate the ground his level of discrimination was not all that great. I dug 90% less iron than him and most of what I did dig was big, horseshoes and pieces etc. After all I was looking for Relics. But I knew in most case if the iron was 8 inches more of less depending on size it was iron. I dug targets just to confirm what the machine was telling me. This machine will go deep so if you aren't willing to dig 18 inches for a miniball, well I guess you could give up after 12 but maybe it's a Plate.

Minelab You got another Winner Here !

for more information follow the link or give us a call

http://www.fortbedfordmetaldetectors.com/id17.html

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Minelab has just released a new video on the GPX 5000 for Relic Hunting the Virginia Red Soil. There are some good starter settings in this Video. Well worth checking out : Any Questions please give us a call.

http://www.minelab.com/videos?id=37570

Wow ! Check this out. After our BMW hunt around Orange Va. in March of 2011 one of our hosts

"Relic Bob" Painter, after seeing what the other people including us were digging the the GPXs ordered a GPX 4800 from John and I. As you can see from the first episode of "The Civil War Uncovered" He's learned his machine well and is tearing up Virginia's red clay soil. Our Best Wishes for continued success Relic Bob. Hope to see you in the Spring.

Happy Hunting,

John and Bob

Note : There are now 4 videos, follow the link below.

http://www.thecivilwaruncovered.com/

The Following is from Minelab's Success Stories

Success Stories

My First Month with a GPX 4800

GPX 4800

June 02,2011 11:54am

metal detector find - civil war relics - usa

After witnessing firsthand the effectiveness of the GPX Minelab Detectors at the March 2011 BMW Relic Hunt in Orange Co. Virginia, I threw my hat in the ring and bought a GPX 4800. Orange Co. Virginia is well known to have some of the most mineralized soil in existence in the metal detecting world. At that relic hunt, in that super hot ground, I saw a relic hunter dig over 90 Civil War bullets in 2 ½ days. Some of the bullets were at the 14 inch level. Without a doubt, Minelab’s GPX series detectors just plain kicked the other detectors butts at that hot ground hunt.

Since relic hunting is my primary retired person activity, I decided I might as well have the finest machine available to hunt in the red dirt of Virginia. At the BMW relic hunt I got to know “BedfordBob” so I ordered one from Bob at Fort Bedford Metal Detectors in PA. After receiving my GPX 4800 and charging the battery, I was off to the field. I must admit my morning was not the best because I charged into some of the hottest ground I know of and just couldn’t figure out the sounds. After lunch I got smart and went to a “good” ground site where I knew I would find some bullets and maybe a button. In about 2 hours I did find a few bullets and an eagle cuff button but more importantly, I learned the sounds of good target vs. bad target. That evening I also emailed a friend who has been using a GPX for over a year and asked him for his timings (settings). Those timings were perfect for our local “bad” ground hunting.

My second day with the GPX 4800 was phenomenal. In another Radian River highly mineralized soil Confederate camp that I had pretty much given up on, out came a handful of bullets and a prized silver gilded North Carolina coat button. I hunted parts of ten days total during the first 30 days of owning my magic machine. Buttons came out hot ground at places I would have sworn were completely wiped out. I absolutely know I detected over the Eagle “V” buttons at least twenty times before using the GPX 4800.

During my first month of relic hunting with the GPX 4800, I recovered eighteen Civil War bullets, twenty-four Civil War or older buttons and numerous other nice Civil War artifacts. The buttons include the silvered NC button and the face off another (gave it to a friend), two perfect Eagle “V” vests, two coat size Block “I”s, and two cuff Ordinance buttons. Finding a belt tip “batwing” at an honest 14 inches in highly mineralized ground was pretty much unbelievable.

When my local relic hunters ask if I like the Minelab GPX 4800, I tell them I would not recommend them buying one because as long as they don’t, I will have no competition finding those rare deep buttons in those “hot” ground Confederate camps in our area. Needless to say, “I am having a real good time!”

Robert “RelicBob” Painter - Virginia, USA

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