Gold Bug Pro or Nail Bug Pro

[DSea52]

Just got back from a few days in the creek and I followed your instructions as best as I could without drowning. I'm now thinking they should change the name of the Gold Bug Pro to Nail Bug Pro. I found so many nails I could have build a house. I can say that it did not lie. If it said there was a nail there, there was a nail there. I did have a blast tho and am already looking forward to my next outing. Thanks for the comments (and tips) and keep them coming.

Thanks again
David

 

[Jessgo33]

Yea david Im working on a condo my self... They do get alot of nails.. But gold is very hard to find. I took the sluice out last week and got .4 of gram in pickers. Was pertty fun. They will find gold. I also seem to stick to bed rock cracks and moss areas. The old timers were real messy back in the day is what im learning. I am kinda new to the hobby as well. But when i do go out i get alot of nails all the time. I don't know but i know nails are very low on the metter so i have been trying this. When i get a strong hit like a nail i switch to diss mode. I have found that my .3 or .4 gram nuggets don't beep to well in high minerlized ground so if its still strong in dis mode and the numbers are low you probalby know its a nail. But you can check anyway just to be sure. I have the gold bug se and it has trouble getting the gold in diss mode in high minerlized ground. But in all metal its pretty good. So you might want to try that method..... I do dig all my targets however but at least you won't get so mad when you get a nail... have a good one.

 

[Smudge]

It's at times like these I have to remind myself: If gold were easy to find it wouldn't be so valuable.

 

[gmanlight]

I have never hunted for gold . Can you size the target when sweeping . Gold being small compared to other targets.

 

[JimGilmore]

If your hunting a known gold area what you found is typical for every gold machine.

 

[godigit1]

Some times you cant avoid the nails and or don't want too. A large storm is going to wash the nails into the same cracks as the gold and removing them might be just whats needed to get to the bottom of it so to speak.
When Nugget shooting I always bring a pan and crevice tools and If I find a area of bedrock that has a nail line or the whole area has lead and Iron. I will pick a badly infested area dig too the bottom of the crack and pan it.
If I don't get any color after a couple spots I move on.
There are areas so loaded with lead its hard to believe there is no gold but if the crevices are full of shot and you don't get any color MOVE ON!!!!!

For sizing the target you get a real good idea just from the response range using all metal but if you switch to disc and even though you cant hear the target, in pin point it is stronger and easy to determine if it is a small surface target.( Problem in a nugget environment is you cant always even sweep two directions or get a good swing at all)
So If hunting fine gold you are not going to get it at any kind of depth anyways, you can use your pinpoint to eliminate larger items and or deeper items such as nails and only hunt the tight surface signals.
If there is a chance of larger gold around on the gram + size pieces (Depending on Depth) they are going to hit in disc mode as well.
I find I can get a 1 gram nugget to hit and id well if the soil is not to hot at 3 to 3.5 inches. Of course its pretty flat and has good surface area for its size.

Use all the Tools at your disposal find the targets with all metal and check with disc and pin point.
Nails can be easier to avoid this way.

 

[deathray]

Don't dig the nail signals then most the pickers I found read in the 40s on the gbpri. Course the smallest don't register on the vid. Yep ta dig lots of crap looking for gold.

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

If your hunting a known gold area what you found is typical for every gold machine.

Very very true!