The results, naturally, are going to be very similar to challenges facing other makes and models not sufficiently equipped for such a task.
Salida said:
I understand the Ace 250 and the 350 using the sniper coil can be used for nugget hunting
if your in the right area.
By "right area" you have to be hunting a site where the ground mineral content is somewhat handled by the preset Ground Balance, and when I did some comparisons, I found the Ace 250 and Ace 350 to have a factory preset GB that was still rather negative for the conditions, using the All Metal Pinpoint type function (mode).
They do have a bit better capability, at timers, using the Discriminate mode simply because they do have a 'zero' rejection setting, better known as an All Metal Accept Disc. model. If the ground is workable, and if the nugget size is large enough, you can detect them. They are not, however, the units I would want in my hand to be even partly serious about nugget hunting.
Salida said:
I am guessing the DELTA 4000 with a five inch coil and at 8khz could also do the same thing. Anyone have info on this?
The Delta, a factory preset GB model operating at 7.8 kHz, WILL do the same thing, and that is not provide you with sufficient adjustment functions to really be a proper candidate for gold nugget hunting. Sure, if they are large enough, but sadly they aren't generally very big. The Delta doesn't adjust to a true 'zero' Disc setting, but it does provide the user with two All Metal search modes that have different Ground balance settings to let you better deal with existing conditions.
So, when I tried nugget shooting, or actually tried
comparing several detectors for the possibility of nugget shooting, I had confirmed the fact that these are great turn-on-and-go coin and relic hunting models, but not well outfitted for serious gold hunting.
Monte
