Sierra Gold Trac (kind of long - sorry)

[Mike Hillis]

Finally got to sneak some time in and try out my new Sierra Gold Trac (SGT). I went looking for something like this for use as a cleanup unit for some of my jewelry sites. I was looking for something in higher frequency than what was being offered in the new Fisher/Teknetics or Minelab Xterra products. I looked at both the GMZ and the SGT. I picked the SGT over the GMZ because of the threshold control. Right after I purchased it I got buyer

 

[dirt doctor]

Thanks for well done and unbiased report on your findings Mike .

 

[argyle]

Much appreciated Mike.

I went to pick up a GMZ a few months ago, got to use it for a half hour, didn't think I'd master it without a threshold so I never bought it.

The the SGT came out and I bought one straight away (the price was too good to pass up in comparison to the GMT, and I like to keep things simple anyway) .

I got the 14" elliptical with it for deeper searching over large heaps, already had a 6"x4", but have not used it yet, only made sure it was working and are currently setting it up on a straight shaft.

Very interesting about the tracking-out of targets you mentioned, but glad to hear It can be dealt with quickly. A lot of the auto track units behave this way on the feint signals and some can be a bit of a problem to get get those first few threshold changes back quickly.

 

[godigit1]

That's strange I haven't noticed my SST tracking things out. Most the time I lock it in after balancing though. I'm going to have to play with that.
I wonder if it was because of not seeing good mineral in the chips so it was tracking out tiny targets as the ground????

Have fun
Jim

 

[Old California]

Thanks Mike for the report, We appreciate you taking the time to share with us your experiences.

I was thinking of getting one, Rip the guts out and put them inside a gutted Garrett Recon and use it for fresh water hunting. That would be a super underwater unit getting masked targets with ease, These all-metal units like the CoinTrax/Goldtrax staccato all-metal, GMT/MXT Prospecting mode and Garrett AT-Gold All-Metal are great for black sand, They tend to see though masking better than VLF detectors using plain disc mode.

Thanks again,
Paul (Ca)