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2 1/2 years of gold that was found by my GoldBug-2
- Thread starter Ant
- Start date
both of my units could hit on 90% of the targets you've posted. The exceptions would be the earrings, chains without pendants or large pieces of gold, and the broken ring that you posted.
To get the solid targets, you have to dig a LOT of pulltabs. To get the other targets, like chains, earrings, and broken rings, you have to dig the weaker, broken, iron hits. This has to do with conductivity, and the fact that the targets are not a "complete loop" like a ring is. An intact ring forms a "one turn inductance loop" in electrical applications, and thusly, returns a much strong signal than would normally be expected.
If you can find a Gold$trike, you might want to give that a shot. Those give off two sounds, a low beep for iron, and a low-mid-low for anything else. Granted, you'll have to dig a lot of trash, but it will find gold.
HH from Allen in MI
To get the solid targets, you have to dig a LOT of pulltabs. To get the other targets, like chains, earrings, and broken rings, you have to dig the weaker, broken, iron hits. This has to do with conductivity, and the fact that the targets are not a "complete loop" like a ring is. An intact ring forms a "one turn inductance loop" in electrical applications, and thusly, returns a much strong signal than would normally be expected.
If you can find a Gold$trike, you might want to give that a shot. Those give off two sounds, a low beep for iron, and a low-mid-low for anything else. Granted, you'll have to dig a lot of trash, but it will find gold.
HH from Allen in MI
Mike Hillis
Well-known member
Gives a guy hope looking at pictures like those there!
You said you learned the tones. Does that mean that you can now pretty much seperate the gold from the alum trash by ear???
Thanks for sharing,
Mike
You said you learned the tones. Does that mean that you can now pretty much seperate the gold from the alum trash by ear???
Thanks for sharing,
Mike
I have spent the last two years trying to find a machine that will honestly find small gold like chains and studs. You seem to provide proof here. When you said digging junk is it any more than you would dig with a regular machine with the DISC set low enough to find the finer gold? If you could expand on what you refer to as junk or garbage I would appreciate it.
ALso as in the previous post, do you hear a difference between small foil, iron and gold?
ALso as in the previous post, do you hear a difference between small foil, iron and gold?
[quote saika]I have spent the last two years trying to find a machine that will honestly find small gold like chains and studs. You seem to provide proof here. When you said digging junk is it any more than you would dig with a regular machine with the DISC set low enough to find the finer gold? If you could expand on what you refer to as junk or garbage I would appreciate it.
ALso as in the previous post, do you hear a difference between small foil, iron and gold?[/quote]
Hi saika, thanks.
While you where writing that I think I answered that in this thread,
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?37,441052,441356#msg-441356
ALso as in the previous post, do you hear a difference between small foil, iron and gold?[/quote]
Hi saika, thanks.
While you where writing that I think I answered that in this thread,
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?37,441052,441356#msg-441356
BJ in Okla.
Active member
detector that can find gold like the GB-2? The GB-2 is weak on silver. Ant.
Yes Fisher made the CZ's and now all they make is a CZ 3D. The CZ's have 2 freq's, 5 &15...
Here are some CZ 6a finds.
Yes Fisher made the CZ's and now all they make is a CZ 3D. The CZ's have 2 freq's, 5 &15...
Here are some CZ 6a finds.
...you are finding the same things the rest of us LOW-DISC folks are finding. You have tuned your ear through no little effort and I'd say you are anything but casual about this.
It appears that it may in part be the detector, especially since the GB-2 is excellent at finding small targets, things like itsy gold bits and, yes Pete, chains to some degree.
It also has much to do with your choice of sites and where you live:
playgrounds,
scraped yards,
sports parks
and campgrounds...Seasonally heavy or constant usage sites.
Too, if you live in a small, dirt-poor working class town you are offered reduced opportunites as opposed to residing in, say, Cocoa Beach FL.
Not impossible, but the odds arent in your favor. So,
Where you take your detector is equally important as which one you are taking.
But, let me make sure I understand and tell me if Im wrong here: You ignore the iron trash and avoid that like the plague. Everything else from low foil through coin range (the low-to-high midrange) is investigated. As you noted, your trash pics indicate that you dont leave much behind within this range, either!
What is your philosophy on trash? That may help us to understand your game, too.
(I especially like to see equal time given to the trash others recover, by the way - thanks for that dose of reality.)
Also, in 2.5 years, how much time have you devoted to detecting...
Daily
Weekly
Monthly, etc.
The answers may surpise some of us.
In the end, your GB-2 is well learned, you clean out your well chosen sites with a keen detector you've learned thoroughly. I tip my hat to you. Is that about right?
Whenever someone comes on and dazzles us with a display like yours (AND IT IS DAZZLING!), we tend to start questioning our own choices and start reaching for our checkbooks. SO before anyone does that, would you offer your input on this:
Is that superb GB-2 a magic stick for gold?
Or is it that maybe it's a bit more suited, particularaly on the fine, near impossible chains. However, there is a common denominator that ends up being a trade off - - TRASH.
I suspect that if any and all of us owning sensitive detectors with good iron DISC, which possess nothing but "beep and dig" options (take note Pete) were to develop a "trash leads to treasure" mindset...well, if we worked as hard as you do, we'd approach your levels, as well.
What do you think?
It appears that it may in part be the detector, especially since the GB-2 is excellent at finding small targets, things like itsy gold bits and, yes Pete, chains to some degree.
It also has much to do with your choice of sites and where you live:
playgrounds,
scraped yards,
sports parks
and campgrounds...Seasonally heavy or constant usage sites.
Too, if you live in a small, dirt-poor working class town you are offered reduced opportunites as opposed to residing in, say, Cocoa Beach FL.
Not impossible, but the odds arent in your favor. So,
Where you take your detector is equally important as which one you are taking.
But, let me make sure I understand and tell me if Im wrong here: You ignore the iron trash and avoid that like the plague. Everything else from low foil through coin range (the low-to-high midrange) is investigated. As you noted, your trash pics indicate that you dont leave much behind within this range, either!
What is your philosophy on trash? That may help us to understand your game, too.
(I especially like to see equal time given to the trash others recover, by the way - thanks for that dose of reality.)
Also, in 2.5 years, how much time have you devoted to detecting...
Daily
Weekly
Monthly, etc.
The answers may surpise some of us.
In the end, your GB-2 is well learned, you clean out your well chosen sites with a keen detector you've learned thoroughly. I tip my hat to you. Is that about right?
Whenever someone comes on and dazzles us with a display like yours (AND IT IS DAZZLING!), we tend to start questioning our own choices and start reaching for our checkbooks. SO before anyone does that, would you offer your input on this:
Is that superb GB-2 a magic stick for gold?
Or is it that maybe it's a bit more suited, particularaly on the fine, near impossible chains. However, there is a common denominator that ends up being a trade off - - TRASH.
I suspect that if any and all of us owning sensitive detectors with good iron DISC, which possess nothing but "beep and dig" options (take note Pete) were to develop a "trash leads to treasure" mindset...well, if we worked as hard as you do, we'd approach your levels, as well.
What do you think?
Mike Hillis
Well-known member
Good read. Dedication and knowledge coupled with time and sites.
HH
HH