Which will get smaller gold, GMT with the small coil or a GP/GPX with a small 6" round coil?

[Infiniumexplorer Excalibur]

Which will get the smaller gold? Lets say in moderate mineralisation (for Australia). I'm just curious, as I've used and owned GP's and a GPX (and know they do well on small gold) but never used a 6" coil with it. Now I own a GMT (for various other reasons), but I don't have a nugget small enough to test and my scales only go by .1 increments.

 

[steve herschbach]

Hi,

You have several thousand dollars invested in detectors. Try spending two dollars on a small test nugget if you do not have one to arrive at answers that really count - your own. I'm sorry if that sounds flippant. But people ask questions on the internet not realizing you can get as many answers as you want. Lots of times it makes more sense to just find out what works best for you. I'd say in your case listening to me is a waste of your time as opposed to just finding out yourself what works best where you are.

For where I am doing what I do the answer is GMT. But so what? I'm in Alaska, you are in Oz. Alaska is huge and so there is no clear answer. It depends where I am.. My stupid do not know what I'm talking about choice for Oz would be the GP/GPX. Problem being I have friends there that assure me Australia is also a large place with varying mineralization and types of gold. No pat answer, and despite what we hear in some places in Oz a hot unit like a GMT or Gold Bug 2 might be a better choice.

No magic answers, no best machine for everything everywhere. Give me one location, I'll figure out what is best. But the more locations you toss in, the more need I have for multiple detectors. Which is why I have a half dozen detectors!

Steve Rorschach

 

[Infiniumexplorer Excalibur]

I do not currently own a GP or a GPX, I can't borrow one. I can rent one, and I would however, I can't rent a 6" coil and I'm not going to buy one just for a test. I used to own a GP 3000 and I have used others in the past, I do not spent that much money on detectors as the ones I have were trade ins or bought and from a previous detector sold.

I have plenty of small nuggets and believe me, If I owned a GP I would have found the answer by now. Your post was a bit presumptuous as I mentioned in the first post that I owned those detectors.

The ground that I will be detecting on is actually very quiet, there are two different areas like that, and some moderate.

I like asking specific questions because those are the ones that tell me a lot about the particular subject matter. I also find that those are the least answered... so thanks for at least replying. I'm not interested in settings because as you said, I can just go there and try them where I'm searching. There are people who have used the 6" in the areas I'm searching and this is partly the concern for my current situation.

 

[steve herschbach]

Hi,

On rereading my post I do apologize as it was a bit harsh.

OK, simple answer is GMT. I have a GPX-4500 and in an air test there are nuggets I can roll around on the coil that it will not detect, but which the GMT will give a strong signal on. I regularly find nuggets weighing less than 1 grain (480 grains per ounce) with my GMT.

Again, my apologies, and hopes for a happy New Year for you.

Steve Herschbach

 

[Infiniumexplorer Excalibur]

Thank you for the info, much appreciated and a happy new year for you too.