Eureka Gold machine. Question

[grumpy]

HI Folks;
Can someone out there tell me about the Eureka Gold machine. First would it work for gold jewelry and coins in parks and such??? Also is it waterproof or waterproof to a point for like the coil and such in the eadge of water.?
Also is it a fairly good machine for finding gold in placler fields? Would like to give that a shot sometime.
Thanks for all the help
Grumpy

 

[Digger Bob]

Well, since it's a gold nugget hunting machine, it will find all the gold jewelry and coins it comes across. It's depth is comparable to a good coin machine. It is very sensitive to the smallest target. However, because it's designed for nugget hunting, it's not much good for coin and jewelry hunting. The reason is, it, like all nugget machines, lacks discrimination. It's all metal, all the time, responds to everything. And because it's so sensitive, it goes off on all those small bits of iron, foil, and misc scraps of junk that you never knew existed. It will drive you crazy trying to hunt a school yard. A beach would be a little better, not as much junk and easier digging. It has iron ID up to a point, but I would not depend on it.
No, the loop is not water proof. It can take a little splashing, but not a dunking.

If you are looking for a good all around multi purpose machine, take a good look at the Whites MXT. It is the most popular machine in the line because of its coin, relic, and nugget hunting capabilities. It sacrifices a bit of sensitivity on both ends. But the alternative is to buy two machines to do both types of hunting well. Plus it's cheaper than the Eureka and it has just come out with a 12" loop as a stock option. This gives you another 25% more depth on coins and jewelry. But I would highly recommend a separate nugget hunting loop if you want to do any of that also.

Hope this helps...

Digger Bob

 

[grumpy]

Digger Bob;
Would you say in a remote location like old farm the eureka would find say a gold coin or gold ring any better or deeper than a Minelab Explorer SE?? How would the white you mentioned compare at this. ??
Thanks for the earlier reply it is quite helpful.
Grumpy

 

[Digger Bob]

I don't think there is any question that the Explorer would be the better choice. It's designed to find coins. There is software imbedded in most coin machines that optimizes their response to solid, round metal objects of known composition. Coin machines operate at lower frequencies than nugget machines, making them more sensitive to "larger" targets such as coins. And because of this, they don't operate as well in highly mineralized soil. Nor do they have the sensitivity to small targets, ie nuggets.
Also, the Explorer has larger coils that can be purchased to go even deeper. I believe there is only one coil available for the Eureka Gold, the one that comes with it.

All that being said, I have heard that the Explorer is most sensitive to the higher conductive coins, silver and copper. But it lags on the lower conductive coins, nickels and gold. It's better in solid ground than loose, soft ground. So, for your gold coins in the farm field, especially if the ground has been freshly plowed, I think the MXT and Explorer would be fairly evenly matched. Get a 12 coil with it and go dig some gold!

Digger Bob

 

[grumpy]

Thanks again Digger Bob; You have been a very big help. I have the 3 elipt. coils for the se the little , med and 10 by 14 so unless I go for the nuggets specificly I guess Ill stay with the se for now.
Grumpy

 

[nvchris]

Hi All,
The Eureka has discrimination. Selected by a toggle switch with 1 dial to set the level. I find that it works quite well.

enjoy today
nvchris