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Steve's Guide to Gold Nugget Detectors Updated 12/10/13

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steve herschbach

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For over ten years I have published a simple guide to current gold nugget detectors along with some personal commentary. I update it as new detectors come along. I have renamed it and moved it to what I hope is its final location at Steve's Guide to Gold Nugget Detectors.

LAST UPDATE 12/10/2013

Steve Herschbach
 
This has been and still is a great reference...I often suggest newbies read this first...straight shooting and well founded opinions from one of the best.

Steve, thank you for your efforts.

fred
 
Hi Fred,

Thanks!

Hard to believe I have been updating it for over 10 years now. The field has matured a lot in that time. There used to be some pretty heated arguments about detectors back when the list started but most of what used to be subject to debate has now come to be wdiely accepted fact. Sadly though, I get the feeling the "Golden Era" of nugget detecting is now behind us. There are still good finds to be made, but more and more it is people ekeing out the last crumbs from areas pounded for years. I think it is really only the escalating gold price that keeps the whole thing going at this point. A guy can do ok on only a few grams these days as opposed to a few ounces. But even that will not last forever so we had better get out and enjoy it while it lasts.

Steve Herschbach
 
Yes, the Glory Days are gone from the known areas...Soon as I get my chores caught-up I will be heading out...again...hoping for a big one, I am overdue, in my opinion, but, the Gold Gods seem to defer in their opinions....what I need is some Beginners Luck...

Fred
 
Thanks for that Steve that was a pretty good understanding of the detectors on the market today for gold. I learned quite a bit about the detectors. An really 100 hrs ? I need more practice using mine.
 
I have visited numerous "pay-to-detect" gold nugget operations and ran my own for several years. I have watched and helped hundreds of new detectorists in the field. It takes a solid week of 10 hour days to get the hang of it for most folks. The people that go two weeks almost always I better in the second week. So 100 hours is on the high side perhaps but frankly I think most people who buy metal detectors to nugget detect never even get to 100 hours. They try it a few times and give up after digging nothing but nails and bullets. Getting 100 hours under the belt at least proves some desire to really give it a go.

But some people are naturals at it to be sure. They just pick up a detector and start finding gold. They are rare but they exist.
 
I found a nugget with mine but was in a spot where i found some gold. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DKBl20aLQE here is the video i made taking it.. lol iv only got 2 of them the other one was way small.. I just hate hot rocks..
 
I met a guy at Moore Creek that was going to throw his Fisher Gold Strike in the creek, except he figured he could get some money selling it.
 
Thinking about getting into gold nugget hunting. So how do you know if you are hunting in high mineralized hot rock ground. From what i have been reading this type of ground will determine what detector to buy.
 
1. Ask around. Most places are already being hunted, and all you have to do is ask.
2. Read geologic reports to determine the types of rocks that exist in the area.
3. Go prepared for any eventuality. http://www.findmall.com/read.php?18,1905225
 
Steve, which "UNDERWATER" detector would you suggest has the most sensetivity? I'm trying to figure out which, if any detector might be able to perform double duty as an underwater crevice hunter & hunting the bedrock below some of the dams. I'd also use it as a ring hunter for the waters in lake Tahoe & Donner... For most applications The AT gold might work fine, but the 10' limit kind of dampens my enthusiasm...If it were rated for 40 feet or so, I'd be GTG...
 
Steve,
I agree with your Guide to Gold Nugget Detectors 99.9%. Thanks for taking the time to put it together. Only exception I have is the V3i comes standard with a 10" DD coil, not a 12" DD .
Thanks
Tom
 
Thank you for posting are quite popular on metal detecting for silver, maybe you can get him to repost on this site or get permission from him to re-post.
 
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