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best place to buy metal detecting coils for minelab sovereign Gt?
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Posted : Wednesday, 20 July 2011 9:33:35 PM(UTC)
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Hi, I need to replace my 10" coil on my Minelab Sovereign GT. (I've worn out my existing one through years of use.) Anyone got any recommendations?
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Posted : Wednesday, 20 July 2011 10:42:22 PM(UTC)
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Gidday tonz.

I had a bit of work done on my Sovereign a few years ago by the blokes at Detection Solutions in Harris Road, East Tamaki. You can google them to get a contact address. They were really obliging in the one dealing I had with them. At least if you contact them, you have something to compare any other offers to.
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Posted : Thursday, 21 July 2011 12:04:50 AM(UTC)
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Thanks. I feel at a loss without my detector operational.
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Posted : Thursday, 21 July 2011 10:40:07 AM(UTC)
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try miners den in melbourne, you dont have to pay the gst and postage is about 40aus for a 10 inch coil, they are awsome and very quick to ship. i have bought many coils from there.
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Posted : Thursday, 21 July 2011 11:47:25 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: tonznz Go to Quoted Post
Hi, I need to replace my 10" coil on my Minelab Sovereign GT. (I've worn out my existing one through years of use.) Anyone got any recommendations?


Hi there, Doesnt your coil have a replaceable skid plate? Saves you having to replace the whole coil when it wears through.

JW :)
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Posted : Thursday, 21 July 2011 12:10:45 PM(UTC)
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And if not, just get some body filler or epoxy potting compound and make yourself a new bottom for the coil.

As long as you haven't worn it through so far that you've damaged the wires themselves.
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Posted : Thursday, 21 July 2011 12:24:01 PM(UTC)
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Hey there tonznz hope you manage to get your sovereign sorted out. Where in dunedin do you go with your detector? Beach or parks?
And now....On sandy beaches and muddy soil, rings and coins await my coil!
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Posted : Thursday, 21 July 2011 7:31:34 PM(UTC)
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Thanks all. Detection solutions seems to have dropped off the radar. Website was down and email bounced. I'll try miners den, melbourne. Sounds like a good recommendation.

Unfortunately my skid plate wore out and by the time I got around to replacing it the coil base had worn to an extent that the resin inside had cracked and the machine is faulting.

Can't complain as its been a work horse and looks rough as guts.

I metal detect around beaches, school bark playgrounds (I take my kids so I've never had anyone question me) .

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Posted : Thursday, 21 July 2011 10:33:40 PM(UTC)
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thats what found when trying to locate something in nz, emails kept coming back, yep miners den is a good place to try. that coin seems very rare for nz, a russian coin in nz? a photo of the coin would be cool.
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Posted : Friday, 22 July 2011 12:27:08 AM(UTC)
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here is a 1833 Russian coin and 1867 Napoleon 111 coin found late last summer on beaches around Dunedin. Plus some other Silver coins.

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Posted : Friday, 22 July 2011 7:36:19 AM(UTC)
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Interesting coin. I bet it has a story to tell!

Here's one listed in a sale (in better condition) http://www.adacoins.ru/c...ll=0&aid=16&ap=0

Lot #206 US$350

5 копеек

You can click on the coin for a highres image of it.

You one is from the same mint I think? E.M.

The other side has "ФХ" on it the same as this one?
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Posted : Friday, 22 July 2011 9:02:21 AM(UTC)
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Yes it does. It does have those images. The other coins: One with the hole in it is a 1867 napoleon 111 coin. There is a couple double florins from 1891. No gold yet, but there is always hope. Some of the other coins I can't pick the dates but some feature a younger Queen Victoria.

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Posted : Friday, 22 July 2011 9:29:03 AM(UTC)
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No gold, but don't knock silver coins! :)
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Posted : Monday, 25 July 2011 9:30:23 PM(UTC)
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Hi all, just ordered my new 10" tornado coil for my MINELAB Sovereign GT from Miners den, Melbourne. Dealt with a guy called Ian. Ordered off the webpage and he emailed me back the cost of freight. $29AU for freight.

Can't wait to get it.

When goods arrive in NZ customs may ask me to pay customs duty which is would in this case be mainly GST, with a small duty fee as well. However most items which have a little amount of calculated GST tend to escape paying anything. If the value of the goods in the package including the cost of freight is under a certain amount they tend to escape any customs fees (duty and GST). So I am fairly confident I will pay nothing in the way of customs duty, but if I do it won't be much.

For those who haven't bought from overseas before I'll let you know how it all works out.

By the way I tried to get in contact via the internet with the CHCH Miners Den, but were as hard to make contact with as the illusive Ak firm talked about earlier.

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Posted : Wednesday, 27 July 2011 12:44:11 PM(UTC)
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you wont pay duty as there is no industry here, and customs only pursue items that incur a gst charge of over $40
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Posted : Wednesday, 27 July 2011 8:54:15 PM(UTC)
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Ah good old NZ Customs...I have a detector coming in from the States and I am quite ripped at how much GST is going to add to that price. Still a good price mind you, but I like it better when I don't think of the GST on top of it!
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Posted : Wednesday, 27 July 2011 10:20:08 PM(UTC)
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Ah good old NZ Customs...I have a detector coming in from the States and I am quite ripped at how much GST is going to add to that price. Still a good price mind you, but I like it better when I don't think of the GST on top of it!


i once imported a dredge from the state,s...silly me for thinking there shouldent be any gst on second hand goods ouch !!
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Posted : Thursday, 28 July 2011 10:46:29 AM(UTC)
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Posted : Thursday, 28 July 2011 11:24:02 AM(UTC)
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Actually, I think you'll find the offence is the false declaration itself, not the asking for it.

Being the person paid them (via a traceable electronic transaction) more than what was on the invoice, they'd have a hard job using the "I didn't know it was worth more" defence.

Talking about the offending on a freely accessible web forum open to perusal by customs staff = bad idea.

Everytime someone avoids paying GST and duty on personal imports, they cause the govt to look elsewhere for the revenue (through other taxes that aren't as efficient as GST). And it puts local suppliers at a further disadvantage.

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Posted : Wednesday, 24 August 2011 1:53:36 AM(UTC)
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Back in action. At the beaches. New coil. Got it from the Ak outfit in the end. The Au sites wouldn't sell to me due to licencing agreements with minelab. Happy though to be back in action. Goal for next six months is for me to find a gold sovereign. I'll certainly post it up if ever I do.
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