Hi everyone.
Just bought my Gold Bug Pro this weekend. I did a lot of comparison shopping for the features I wanted and after several weeks of research, I finally landed on the Gold Bug Pro, the small coil twin of the Gold Bug DP/G2.
I was pressed for time this weekend, so I only got a in a 2 hour hunt on Sunday and so far it is exactly as others has described. It seperates targets incredibly fast and really, really loves tiny objects. I was literally sifting through my trowel looking for BB sized pieces of metal. The sensitivity of this thing is amazing,
It is geared for small gold so it loves everything that falls into the gold conductivity range, especially foil! If you're willing to dig the trash I am conveinced you will find the gold jewelry if its there.
As a coin shooter, I find no problems with it at all and its depth is first rate.
I tend to ignore the targets where the Target ID gets really jumpy and stick to digging targets when the ID either locks on or stays within a few numbers. I'm not sure if thats a good Idea or not. Recommendations would be appreciated.
I ran with my discrimination set at 40 and my gain at about 70 to 80.
I'm heading to the beach with it soon to do some micro-gold jewlery hunting that most detectors bypass. This means I'll need a bigger coil for the beach and for open fields. I'm a little torn as to which one to get. I know the 11" goes deeper, but I've alwasy been a little bit partial to those elliptical 5x10" coils too.
I'll try to keep you posted on how things go. I have got a very promising hunt coming up in a couple of weeks.
Just bought my Gold Bug Pro this weekend. I did a lot of comparison shopping for the features I wanted and after several weeks of research, I finally landed on the Gold Bug Pro, the small coil twin of the Gold Bug DP/G2.
I was pressed for time this weekend, so I only got a in a 2 hour hunt on Sunday and so far it is exactly as others has described. It seperates targets incredibly fast and really, really loves tiny objects. I was literally sifting through my trowel looking for BB sized pieces of metal. The sensitivity of this thing is amazing,
It is geared for small gold so it loves everything that falls into the gold conductivity range, especially foil! If you're willing to dig the trash I am conveinced you will find the gold jewelry if its there.
As a coin shooter, I find no problems with it at all and its depth is first rate.
I tend to ignore the targets where the Target ID gets really jumpy and stick to digging targets when the ID either locks on or stays within a few numbers. I'm not sure if thats a good Idea or not. Recommendations would be appreciated.
I ran with my discrimination set at 40 and my gain at about 70 to 80.
I'm heading to the beach with it soon to do some micro-gold jewlery hunting that most detectors bypass. This means I'll need a bigger coil for the beach and for open fields. I'm a little torn as to which one to get. I know the 11" goes deeper, but I've alwasy been a little bit partial to those elliptical 5x10" coils too.
I'll try to keep you posted on how things go. I have got a very promising hunt coming up in a couple of weeks.