I would like to know if there are any detectors that are hot for jewelry on land sand and sea any help please Ive been detecting for 20 years with a couple of hobbie detectors costing 350$ or less I sure would like to know if I need to move up the price scale or are there detectors that just stand out when it comes to jewelry! PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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jewelry
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jackintexas
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The Garrett AT Pro will do it all. 15KZ. Good for jewelry. Good for land. And submersible in fresh water and salt water. .....Jack
If you are primarily interested in jewelry, i agree with jackintexas.
I've got both an ATPro and an eTRAC.
From some air testing i;ve done, the ATPro will detect certain small and chain jewelry the eTRAC won't or severely struggles with.
On the other hand though, the eTRAC outshines the ATPro for 'deep' silver coins.
For searching beaches, the ATPro would be my choice.
I've got both an ATPro and an eTRAC.
From some air testing i;ve done, the ATPro will detect certain small and chain jewelry the eTRAC won't or severely struggles with.
On the other hand though, the eTRAC outshines the ATPro for 'deep' silver coins.
For searching beaches, the ATPro would be my choice.
Depends. I mean ANY machine can be good for low conductor (gold) jewelry. If you just turn down your disc, and dig all the low conductors. There's parks where you can have NO LACK of low conductor targets to dig, till your arms fall off 
So having a detector "better at low conductor gold", is HARDLY the objective, if the desire is to up one's gold jewelry count. Instead, the better factor is WHERE you hunt at.
And the answer some people might give, if your location is the beach, is they'll steer you to various type pulse machines. Which can get dainty fine chains, earing studs, effortlessly see through black minerals, etc.... Yet the down-side is, you'll hear every single birdshot and BB and hairpin and nail.
So ... again ... it depends.
So having a detector "better at low conductor gold", is HARDLY the objective, if the desire is to up one's gold jewelry count. Instead, the better factor is WHERE you hunt at.And the answer some people might give, if your location is the beach, is they'll steer you to various type pulse machines. Which can get dainty fine chains, earing studs, effortlessly see through black minerals, etc.... Yet the down-side is, you'll hear every single birdshot and BB and hairpin and nail.
So ... again ... it depends.
Southwind said:
Granted, a power house coin/relic machine of any sort (Explorer, CZ, etc...) will not see daintier gold items. But the flip side of that coin, is that any machine that can see dainty tinsel thin charms, chains, etc.... will see teeensy nuisance aluminum too
Southwind
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Nothing dainty about it LOL. As you say the E-Trac is a coin monster, but then the Racer 2 is no slacker either, but it just isn't much on gold. Here is a quick video I did comparing the E-Trac and the Racer 2 on a 4.7 gr. 14k gold chain. At the time of making this video it was worth $107.14 melt value. Not what I'd want to pass up for sure. I realize the screen on the E-Trac is a bit tough to see but I assure you it is wide open. A good 50% or more of my hunting is for gold in tot lots. Experience has taught me finding small pieces of aluminum foil is a good thing.Tells me if someone has hunted this tot lot there is a good chance they've missed some good gold as well.
The E-Trac is just not as good a gold machine as it is a silver or copper machine. Nothing wrong with that. That is why for the time being I still have both.
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXl4s1b7gho&feature=youtu.be[/video]
The E-Trac is just not as good a gold machine as it is a silver or copper machine. Nothing wrong with that. That is why for the time being I still have both.
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXl4s1b7gho&feature=youtu.be[/video]
Southwind
Well-known member
I would say the majority. Most rings I find in tot lots are very small and do read in the foil range.
Rings are not so much an issue as earrings, pendents and chains, and the stuff it does hit is very shallow. Most even larger rings only hit at 4-5".
The E-Trac will not see this earring when open.
This was all found in tot lots in a months time and the E-Trac would only see less than half of it. Most of these read as foil.
The E-Trac , in my opinion, is unmatched when it comes to finding deep silver and copper it just isn't a top choice for gold. The right tool for the right job.