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Going Crazy :blink:

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amberjack

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going crazy trying to work out the best gold detector to buy come to the point of writing a few names on paper sticking them on the wall and throwing a dart and getting that one.

on a limited budget and am in Australia so need something that will handle the ground ! and at this point is my main concern!!!
Tesoro Lobo SuperTRAQ
whites GMT
TDI pro would love but getting out of my price range
gold bug 2

i have a gold bug pro not so sure it will do well in our ground anyway am going crazy trying to work it out with everything i have read everyone has a different opinion.

i want the tesoro but i don't know about the ground.

one person says yeah that handles the ground next one says no way head is spinning and just about to go back down the beach....................talk about frustration and confusion :surrender:

HELP???
 
Do whatever you have to do and get the TDI Pro. All the others will work some of the time in some of the ground. But the TDI will work ALL of the time in ALL conditions you may encounter down there. If you think you are going crazy now, wait until you put out good money, perhaps only half as much, but the machine only works in half the ground you encounter. AND you will miss nuggets. The only other option is a used Minelab, 2100 or so.

Digger Bob
 
Yup

S/hand Minelab for sure, i have even seen whites and garrett machines hanging from trees in WA smashed up,
and one time a garrett had been blasted with a shotgun to end its sorry squawky life on the goldfields.
The 2 USA brands above are a good detector but when it comes to serious gold in oz there is only one choice
and that is minelab pulse induction, you are even better off with a SD2000 than any other brand and you should be able
to pick one up for less than $800 these days s/hand and the plus side of that is you wont be missing any deep 1 mtr +
large nuggets should you walk over one with the 18" coil fitted.
The sd2000 is also a great detector to get modded up and the performance is very good.

www.minelabmods.com.au

Pete in WA
 
Dang, I some times thought of wrapping my TDI on a tree but refrained, I would have to agree, a good ML pulse would be a great start, see if you can borrow or try a model first, used but not abused is a idea for a newer machine without the price
 
thanks guys for the feedback and the smile have a mental pic of the shotgunned detector :blink:

after time and reflection i believe too the minelab is what i will do save a few more Penny's and get a GP3500 then get that fella to turbo charge it then i can have it for ever and it will always do well out there in the scrub, was thinking it would be also fun to take down the beach in the dry sand and see if i can dig up a car or something :rofl:

so patience and will get something that will find gold if its there?

cheers and thanks for the feedback.

AJ
 
AJ

If your going down the beach or anywhere with salt or under powerlines try
get yourself a coiltek anti interference coil, every detectorist should have at least one in their kit.
They totally block out all electrical emi and salt problems with the minelab pulse machines,
prices start around $230au.


Pete in WA :cheers:
 
On the other hand, the TDI with the standard coil and maybe others is not affected by power lines or salt beaches. You can hunt right under them with no problem.

Digger
 
GS4000

yes the 705 is a good machine as long as there is not to much heavy mineralisation,and you use the 10x5DD ellip coil,and as long as
you dont want good depth on big gold and love chasing fake ironstone signals then i do agree with you.
But i do see you are in the states from your photo's above mate and i dont want to seem rude to members but over in oz we have the most
heavily mineralised goldfields in the world to the point where you can not even get the 705 coil within 10" of the ground before they go nuts from the iron
content and magnetic sands......

Amberjack
Where bouts in oz are you going to use the detector for gold as i can also help you with some
good suggested areas to detect on, have prospected all states except tassy and have more spots
than i can ever clean out in one lifetime mate..


Pete in WA :cheers:
 
beepinpete, The 705 has many features to handle the high mineralization, it is not like the 70. It has beach mode which was designed to handle high salt content which does work in highly mineralized ground. Also the 705 has the ground balance offset to compensate for very bad ground and terrible hot rocks. If this feature is used and used properly it will smooth out the threshhold, even with iron stone. Is it on par with minelabs super detectors. No, but for a VLF I do firmly believe it outdoes the other brands and models. I have used it in places where the mineralization is super bad in and around Murray, ID and I did have problems, but once I learned how to properly set the offset feature, it smoothed out very well. I was very impressed. It is a very easy feature to set up and it made big improvements for hunting very bad ground and lots of types of hotrocks. By the way, do you own a 705? Or did you at one time? If you did and got rid of it, then I would say you got rid of it before you fully learned it and its features. No offense! I also own and use a GPX 4000 and I can honestly say I like hunting for nuggets now with the 705 more than my 4000.
 
G.S4000

Some good valid points there mate and yes i have run a 705 many times without actually owning one
and the GB offset has been a good advance over the 70 also, The main crux of my posting is that over here
on most of the very bad ground we cannot get the coil close enough to the ground to get a good enough GB
to enable the 705 to excell, due to extreme mineralisation and surface salts out in the bush as im sure many
of the folks from the US that come to WA & Victoria will agree.
And combined with that type of ground we also have high acid/alkali problems and very strong magnetic problems..

So yeah, i do agree almost entirely with your words of wisdom mate,
but there is nothing worse than having to walk away from gold due to
gear not being up to the mark for the job at hand.

X-TERRA 705 -- good value for money for a 1st machine to
learn the game on, but for serious prospecting in OZ
Pulse induction is a must......

OH! :bouncy: and a D9 helps too :rofl:


Good gold to all
and happy hunting


Pete in WA :ausflag:
 
If I ever get to Australia I will be bringing both my 4000 and 705. A buddy of mine is from Australia and keeps trying to get me to go there with him. But as of yet, I can't afford it. But I have a strong gut feeling that will change here in a couple months as I have a very sweet spot to find nuggets here in Montana. Varius sized nuggets up to 9 oz and over. But I need to go damn near to the summit of these mountains. But as my buddy Nigel would say - No Worries! I will post pics of gold when I get it.
 
Very interesting thread and it has aroused my curiosity enough to ask a dumb question. I have the Sov GT, the MXT and some others here in the US. I'm not suggesting the GT is a very serious gold detector, but for big nuggets that you refer to, how would the GT behave in the type of ground you are talking about?? Thanks. James
 
Hi James

The SovGT being BBS technology will ignore the heavy mineralisation here in western Australia quiet well due to
it operating on 17 multiple simultaneous frequencies, so although the sovGT doesn't have the sensitivity that a
good VLF can have it can outshine a VLF over here and will also give better depth on larger 5gram + nuggets.
Another plus for the SovGT is it will almost completely ignore heavy salt impregnated areas also which means
we can search the vast salt lake areas here that can hold some very good and beautiful gold nuggets..

At the moment we have had some very heavy rains out in the bush and most of the salt lakes are full to the brim,
so this will make the salt rise up further inland from the lakes edge up to 2 - 3 klm distant inland and also this
can carry the gold laden waters inland to deposit the gold as secondary deposits many klm's from the
actual lake itself.

Have a look at this video to see a perfect example of how the salt lakes are flooded and the massive
difference using a Coiltek Ai/salt coil can make when hunting these areas for gold..

http://www.gold-prospecting-wa.com/coiltek-ai-coils.html


I am only to happy to help with advice to any prospectors in the USA who maybe looking into
coming over to western Australia to hunt the gold so please feel free to ask ay...


Pete in WA :thumbup: :ausflag:
 
Thanks Pete, that's very informative, and I will be taking my GT as well as the MXT when I head for the nugget patches. I once posted a picture on the Sovereign/Excaliber forum of a small nugget on a penny that the GT can detect [without the penny] on top of ground that the MXT gave a ground reading of about 80. By the way, I love listening to Austrailia radio on short wave.
James
 
I think I need a lot of coffee......looks like I have a lot of reading ahead,:detecting:
 
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