Gold Racer Ordered.:ukflag: :smile:

[Ringzapper]

Ordered and i will be one of the first Gold Racer Hunters in the UK. This will complement my "Red Racer" Perfectly, hunting for Gold Rings and small Hammered Coins..
I have been informed the gold racer will be the ultimate Roman Coin & Hammered Coin Detector Available to date...

 

[Rick(ND)]

The only way I will know for sure how great it will be is to get one in my hands and use it. Might be a while as we are in the middle of winter, so I am hoping to hear others reports before I can get out to keep me fired up.

Rick

 

[amberjack]

yes I anxiously await any reports on this machine for me a modern jewellery hunting machine is what it would be used for and also some nugget hunting hope it performs as the specs show.

so please post up any experience with this machine

AJ

 

[Bryan V]

Just received mine yesterday.
Very nice looking detector.
Well built and the all metal mode runs very smooth.
It picks up sub grain gold nuggets with ease.
Attention to detail on all the components is apparent..
I had a Makro Racer earlier this year and thought it was a nice machine.
The Gold Racer seems to have been improved apron even further.
Coil cables, connectors, bolts and coil seem to be nicer.
The paint finish and colors are real nice.
I am very happy with it so far.
Now I just need the snow to melt!
Bryan

 

[amberjack]

go away snow but thanks for build feedback sounds good so far !!

AJ

 

[Monte]

and let us know how the Makro Gold Racer performs for you on your European sites after you have some time afield with it. A new-to-us unit and technology with Discrimination in the LF operating range will be fun to learn.

I'm currently snowed-out from all my detecting sites here in Eastern Oregon, USA, but I have my plans in place to get away for a 10-day to 2-week 'vacation' [size=small](holiday to you I guess)[/size] as soon as my Gold Racer arrives. I have been awaiting its arrival as I have plans to head to our SWestern states for some Gold Nugget Prospecting as well as working in some Relic Hunting.

I have everything packed and ready, including my Nokta FORS CoRe and FORS Gold+, and I'm eager to head to some favorable weather to give the Gold Racer and Gold+ some serious work-out and evaluation. I have several old ghost towns and gold mining towns/camps within 35 to 75 miles from where I live, but, like me, they are all snow covered and frozen and I won't have access for a month-and-a-half, soooo, I am ready to go enjoy some detecting time and new-model evaluation.

I won't have a chance to work any gold jewelry sites until perhaps May as I am going to be too busy working Gold Nugget and Relic Hunting locations as the weather improves. I am sure you will be pleased with the Makro Gold Racer once you have a few weeks or month or two to put it to use and I await your replies.

Monte

 

[Rick(ND)]

Just been going over the manual and fired it up to see what it was like. First thing I notice is it didn't chatter with the factory sensitivity setting like my Macro does in the factory setting. I notice it is only 2 tone in disc and like that you can set the break point where it goes from low tone to high tones and have to read more as it has 2 different disc and didn't see if one is different than the other or you have a chance to set it at 2 different disc to check out a signal with different settings. I got to read more and do more testing indoors as it is below zero outside up here in ND.
From what I have seen and read this could be a very impressive detector.


Rick

 

[amberjack]

thanks Rick.

hope you can get out soon!

AJ

 

[Ringzapper]

Yes monte i will report back with a review of the Gold Racer on Uk Farmland Sites. The 56 KHZ should Spark out the small stuff much better. I have had not found gold yet with my "Red Racer" .
A few silvers but no gold.

 

[amberjack]

hanging out on reports

how it does in iron picking out those little gold bits or gold coins for the UK guys same really well similar depending on the ground and that's the one I want to hear about tougher ground how does it run?

cheers

AJ

 

[amberjack]

maybe I need a pic speaks a 1000 words ?

how will the gold racer do here, don't need depth just a stable threshold and if it can pick out the small bits at an inch or 2 I would be over the moon

AJ

 

[kaolinwasher]

amberjack that looks like pisolitic Kaolin, or Iron ore I bet it is worse than the culpeper dirt

 

[amberjack]

yeah lots of iron kaolinwasher and other stuff too nickel etc.. tough on any VLF but if the gold racer can stay stable on there it would do well I think , might be a bridge 2 far ?? but interested in anyones experience with tough ground and a gold racer

AJ

 

[Ozleif]

maybe I need a pic speaks a 1000 words ?
how will the gold racer do here, don't need depth just a stable threshold and if it can pick out the small bits at an inch or 2 I would be over the moon

AJ

Looks very much like the ground we have in WA (Western Australia)

Gold Racer is being used there, don't think a link to the forum where info and pics. are located is allowed here.

 

[amberjack]

maybe I need a pic speaks a 1000 words ?
how will the gold racer do here, don't need depth just a stable threshold and if it can pick out the small bits at an inch or 2 I would be over the moon

AJ

Looks very much like the ground we have in WA (Western Australia)

Gold Racer is being used there, don't think a link to the forum where info and pics. are located is allowed here.

big place WA isn't it LOL

send me a PM if you can with a link to the website if you don't mind?

cheers for the help!

AJ

 

[Ozleif]

Search for (kimbucktwo forum) also known as (AMD&RH forum) lots of info in the open visitors section - - - Gold Racer pics. are in the members only section.

 

[amberjack]

ok cheers mate thanks!

AJ

 

[amberjack]

well guess you can only wait so long sound of the crickets was deafening so a I have joined the dark side Gold Racer on the way so for now a jewellery hunter and after gold field testing

is it the start of the start or the start of the end time will tell and yes I am the best tester of any machine I use only because I have to use it

AJ

 

[Sweeping-4-junk]

Well I now have 50 hours + in on the Gold Racer , I hunt farmland for hammered and roman coins, and I am also a Ring Hunter on "Coin Shooting sites" , here in the uk I am a rare breed , you don't
generally have coin shooters here , most hunt farmland for hammered and roman. I have found the Gold Racer much less suited to hunting farm land than the red racer, I thought it might have been good to use on farmland , not saying it is bad on farmland but the main thing most users would not like is lack of depth on the high conductors like buckles , large copper coins , Roman Relics, Hoards ,
Found the Gold Racer is Strong on our Cupro Nickel coins 5p 10p 20p etc, also hot on Gold Rings of any Karat / size. On the dry sand ok for jewelry hunting. The smaller coil as standard on the Gold Racer is benefit worth having amongst the trash loaded sites, I think this coil coupled with the 56 KHz "super high" frequency makes the gold racer really snappy and responsive amongst foil and bits of iron etc... Rating on Looks 9 out of Ten. Rating On farmland 6.5 out of ten. Rating On Gold Rings 9 out of ten. Rating on Cupro coins - 8.5 out of ten. Rating on copper Coins 6.5 out of ten.
Rating on dry sand - 8 out of ten. Rating on small hammered coins 7 out of ten. Rating for Iron Rejection / Iron ID 6 out of ten, Pinpointing Accuracy 8 out of ten. Overall I have to say it's a keeper.
One I could not sell and be happy knowing it#s gone!. I hate the "lazy S" smooth hand grip personally I like the Red Racer Type Grip.

 

[amberjack]

thanks for the update on findings Sweeping-4-junk .

no its not deep is it and that's to be expected as long as it can smash a 5 to 6" gold ring or less of cause I am smiling and those chains also look like it wont get past this detector and latter off looking for nuggets it sure fills a void for me.

AJ