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G2/GBP Do They Deal With Hot Rocks Ok?
- Thread starter Ronk
- Start date
im impressed with the gb performanceUmm depends where you are.The area I hunt in south eastren Bc is infested with hot rocks.It does sound off alot but you learn the sounds of the hot rocks.I have had other detectrors that did handle some types of these hot rocks better but most are much worse.It may be better or worse then others I have heard the whities gmt machines are worse-I have also heard the higher frequency machine do detect hot rocks alot more than lower frequency machines.I found my compass relic mag 7 with its low frequency handled hot rocks well with its low 3 vlf freq.
I have alos have read comments that the goldbug 2 is better than the gold bug pro when i t comes to hot rocks? As far as I can tell with practise it is very usable in all metal and I think most nuggets no matter how small will set of the VDI meter to some degree i have noticed hot rocks do not or very little if any VDI.Depends on the hot rocks.There is rocks that look like rusted iron in my region and really set off any machine in all-metal mode
I have alos have read comments that the goldbug 2 is better than the gold bug pro when i t comes to hot rocks? As far as I can tell with practise it is very usable in all metal and I think most nuggets no matter how small will set of the VDI meter to some degree i have noticed hot rocks do not or very little if any VDI.Depends on the hot rocks.There is rocks that look like rusted iron in my region and really set off any machine in all-metal mode
sgoss66
Well-known member
I just got back from a prospecting trip, first time I've prospected with a detector. Thus, I can't say whether it is "good" or "bad" on hot rocks, but I agree with rockpup -- in that I learned fairly quickly that most hot rocks read very little if any VDI (sometimes single digit VDIs) despite giving a decent sound at times. Most times they have a distinct "boing" sound to them, but sometimes they do produce that nice "zip" sound that sounds alot like a nugget. I found a hot rock that sounded just like a nugget; in fact, I set it on the ground side by side with a nugget and I couldn't tell the difference in the sound. This one did not "boing," but had a nice "zip" sound just like the gold nugget I set beside it. Difference was -- despite the sound, NO VDI for the hot rock, and a 40s VDI for the gold nugget.
Steve
P.S. NO I did not find the gold nugget of which I speak. No gold for me on this trip (at least not with the detector; we did find some gold my friend's dredge); however, I also hunted the remains of an old prospector's cabin just off the river with the GB Pro and 5" coil, and found many interesting artifacts (buttons, bullets, prospecting tools, etc. -- and a couple of Colorado 2 mil tax tokens). It was a real fun trip.
Steve
P.S. NO I did not find the gold nugget of which I speak. No gold for me on this trip (at least not with the detector; we did find some gold my friend's dredge); however, I also hunted the remains of an old prospector's cabin just off the river with the GB Pro and 5" coil, and found many interesting artifacts (buttons, bullets, prospecting tools, etc. -- and a couple of Colorado 2 mil tax tokens). It was a real fun trip.
I'm still learning the finer details of my recently purchased GB Pro (5" coil) but you can definitely tell the negative and positive hot rocks. Totally different sound. Where I am the large positive hot rocks almost always register 75 VDI with a low tone. The negative are much lower VDI but once you've heard the negative boing then you move on. I'm talking all metal mode not discrimination because I'm searching for natural gold. Overall it reacts just like the manual describes on hot rocks.