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GOLD NUGGETS....

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A QUICK QUESTION ... HOW IS THE MXT ON GOLD NUGGETS SMALLER ONES IN GENERAL ANY INPUT... CAN ANYONE OUT WEST HERE ANSWER THAT...
 
Had the MXT up at Ganes Creek for the last three years, a total of five weeks-----The MXT with a Hot Shot coil is the way most go --A lot of Gold has been found up there with the MXT ---Great unit for Gold---Go to --Ganes Creek on the web and read what others have found--------Recon
 
You have to pay....alot...according to the website I saw to go to Gains creek. I'll take a miss on that and find my OWN creek.:)-)
 
Lots of small gold here in Arizona. Most people here use a Tesoro Lobo SuperTraq or a Fisher Gold Bug II. Either are very good on the small near-surface gold. Some serious nugget hunters are using Minelab PI's, but they are quite costly and aren't so good on the really small stuff. The GB II is a higher frequency VLF and is super-sensitive but has some issues with "hot rocks", etc. The Lobo is built right here in AZ and is well-suited to our ground conditions. I've found some really small pieces of gold with it, but it will also find the tiniest pieces of wire, tacks, etc.

Though I love my MXT, if I were a serious gold hunter IN ARIZONA I would go for the Lobo or GB. I have no doubt the MXT does wonders on the larger coarse gold of Alaska but the little particles we find mostly here are straining its lower limit capabilities, in my opinion.

Marc
 
Actually people are always finding nuggets, but mostly in the Yavapai County areas, Wickenburg, Rich Hill, etc. Around Yuma an occasional nugget is still found, but usually not more than a couple pennyweight. I have seen a couple found in the Gilas that ran over half an ounce, but that is REALLY rare. There's a lot of area to search though, and I'm sure not nearly all of it has been covered, so it's always worth a try.

Marc
 
Hi,

The MXT will not hit gold as small as the GMT. I can easily hit gold weighing as little as 1/10th grain (not gram) or less with the GMT. It takes a few grains to set an MXT off. Still, the Mxt is plenty sensitive for most places and excels in trashy locations. But if I'm going for small gold I'm using my GMT.

Steve Herschbach
 
Marc, is I read it the Lobo operates at the same frequency as the MXT approx 17 kHz. Why is it better on small gold then the MXT? I do not own a Lobo but am curious. Thanks.
 
I've never used my MXT for small gold, so I really don't know how it stacks up agains't the LoboST. For some reason the Lobo seems more sensitive in our dry desert soil (sand). I'm certainly not knocking the MXT, it's just that the LoboST and GBII are more popular around here and have good records locally finding the tiny flakes in our washes. I think a lot is just individual preference. The LoboST is a non-VDI machine with a (in my opinion) limited discrimination function. It's definitely a "dig all signals" detector, which you can afford to do out in the hills, but in a trashy park it will drive you nuts digging all the tiny bits of gum wrapper, etc. In all honesty, I haven't given my MXT a real chance out in the wilds because I've kept it so busy as a great coin and relic machine.

I think any of them would do well on gold. I think it mostly depends on the skill and patience of the operator. I've heard good things also about the GMT but I've never had the opportunity to try one yet.

Marc
 
Yes, your right, MXT 14 the Lobo at 17. I could see the Gold Bug II being much more sensitive at 73 kHz but was wondering if there was a software difference that made the Lobo better for finding fine gold with only a small increase in in KHz between the two? I have prospected with a friend that uses a GBII and there is no comparison between the MXT and GBII when it comes to sensitivity on fine gold. The GBII does lose alot of depth on larger targets that the MXT picks right up on.
 
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