Detector For Small Gold Nuggets wanted!

[Aziz]

I am searching for a detector, that is very sensitive for small gold nuggets.
I am not informed about the new brands, but may be one of you know a good detector.


Aziz

[Unregistered]

your detector

Minelab-Eureka gold

[Sean Goddard]

Compass Coinscanner Pro. Proven performance and wipes the floor with anything Minelab can make in this category!

[Ralph]

Gold Nugget Machines

Of the current production gold machines, the most sensitive to small gold nuggets is by far the Fisher Gold Bug II with the available 6.5 eliptical coil. This particular unit is capable of detecting flakes smaller than 1/10 of a grain, if you even care to look for anything that small. Excellent iron disc. circuit as well.

Ralph

[Rattlesnake Jim]

Detector For Small Gold Nuggets

As Ralph stated the best for the smallest gold is the Fisher Gold Bug 2 with the 6.5" elliptical coil. In second place would be the newer White's Goldmaster series: Goldmaster II, Goldmaster Vsat, GM3, GM4b, and GMT when used with the 6" elliptical coil. In Third would be the Minelab XT18000 and Eureka Gold run in the 60 KHZ. Fourth is a toss up among the Compass AU52, AU2000, Fisher Gold Bug with small coil(original gold bug not the gb2),Garrett Gold Stinger with small coil, Minelab XT17000, Tesoro Lobo Super Traq, Tesoro gold demon, etc. That's a lot to choose from! Also the Minelab GP series does a pretty good job on small gold (several grains) when using the 8" Mono loop.
Best wishes!
RSJ

[Carl-NC]

Jim, how would you rank the various White's models (Goldmaster II, Goldmaster Vsat, GM3, GM4b, and GMT)?

[Rattlesnake Jim]

Rating the various White's Goldmasters

Carl that a tough one, but I'll do my best.
Here's a little history first.
The Goldmaster II was the first of the new series of Goldmasters and I was fortunate to use a prototype out the Dale Ditrict near 29 Palms California around 1986/7 I believe. Fisher had the original Gold Bug out and it was kicking butt finding nuggets. White's needed to get some of the market so they started the Goldmaster II and opted to run the GM at 50 khz whereas the Original Gold bug was somewhere around 17 to 19khz. The 50 khz made the GM II much more sensitive to small gold than the original Gold Bug and White's added an iron ID circuit with meter which helped in trashy areas.
All the new GMs run around 48 to 50 khz so they are good on small gold.
From the GM II they added a variable self adjusting threshold control to handle variations in ground minerals better and it became the GM Vsat model.
The GM3 had a frequency adjustment added so you could hunt with other Goldmasters nearby and they added two boost selections on the audio output. The GM4 had a push button electronic ramping ground balance adjustment added and the did away with the small hipmountable boxes and went back to the lunch box style. The GMT is the latest and features your choice of auto ground balance and tracking or manual ground balance. It also has a grab button which instantly sets the ground balance.
All are good units. The GM3 is a favorite with a lot of nugget hunters because of it being chest mountable or hip mountable with its small control box. However it is a manual ground balance unit.
For a new fellow the GMT is great and easy to use. The only complaint I have about it is that it's not easily hip mountable.
I hope this helps!
Got to get to sleep cause I'm headed out for some nuggets in the moring. See you in a couple of days!
Best wishes for golden days!
Rattlesnake Jim

[willy]

One area where the GMT excels over the GB2 is in heavily mineralized areas with lots of varying hotrocks. It's all in the ground tracking maaaan. Groovy. ...Willy.

[Travlin_Dan]

My Experience with prospecting.

If you ask me, any detector which can be successfully ground balanced will work for finding placer gold.And a smaller coil will help find the smaller targets by signal concentration ,,and will get in and out of cracks and in crevices in front and behind rocks .My choice has always been the old school units of Heathkit and White . It is most important that you read the operating instructions carefully and if possible experiment with some real placer gravel(full of garnet and iron minerals)and plant a nugget or two at various depths to find the optimum operating range for a specific type of gravel(indigent to its original location)for your detector. when you can find a penny under a iron pipe, you are ready to hunt gold nuggets...TD Now advice is free for a reason you know....!

[Rattlesnake Jim]

TD you are handicaping yourself by not using a true nugget detector of more recent manufacture. I have been detecting since 1965 and nugget hunting since 1984. The fellow said he wanted a detector "very sensitive for small gold nuggets". Ralph told him the truth, as I did! The ones you mention "Suck" for small gold nuggets or large gold nuggets. They aren't nugget detectors. They are general purpose detectors and won't handle the bad ground minerals as well as a true designed nugget detector. You've got to have the right tool for the job to enjoy the best results. By using an inferior detector you'll leave nuggets that I will find behind you. If you like giving me gold nuggets, then tell me where you hunt them. I'll be glad to send you pictures of the ones you left in the ground and didn't find! :0)

Rattlesnake Jim

[Travlin_Dan]

False Bravado

Doesnt become anyone,, Ive found my share thanks, dont even need your gold, lotta guys who prospect also sell detectors on the side so I understand your defense of those high priced motion outfits, a good operator with the cheapest machine will find more than a crackerjack with a cadillac, bells an whistles too,,,, Ill tell you what makes a good gold miner.... a good goldmine... dont need any crap here and wont take brow beatin, thats why I prospect alone mostly.I have my digs cause I keep my trap shut about em.What ever works for you is good for you ,,,,, like I said,,, theres a reason advice is free ya know... TD

[Rattlesnake Jim]

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Have a nice day!

RSJ

[Travlin_Dan]

I noticed you completed ignored my acceptance...

About your "gold". there Jim, uh dont you want to prove me wrong there?Heres your big chance ,, tourists act this alot, we see it every summer.Turns out youre wrong .Dowsing works for practitioners who have learned the art, yes there are those who will glue an acorn to a string and look for nuts, but I didnt need a nut finder when I found this forum,they grow right outta the woodwork!I certainly appreciate you real folks who have made this page a real boon to me , Ive accomplished my goals with your help and I happy, thanks boys,,,rather be happy by myself in the woods than pattin my self on the back sniping folks from behind a key board Jim.██████████████████████████████████████████████ ████ By the way , where did you get your degree? Im am interested in what you know ,, it might add to my methods.Just business, nothing personal. TD

[Carl-NC]

Gentlemen, I don't mind people disagreeing and even debating, but keep it polite. No personal comments, no name-calling. Thanks.

[Rattlesnake Jim]

Guys I've allready shared as much as I want to.
I'm outa here!!!!!

Quote from TD:
"By the way , where did you get your degree? Im am interested in what you know ,, it might add to my methods.Just business, nothing personal. TD"

TD,
if you want to know what I know it will cost you. I'm tired of trying to help people by giving good honest advice for free and getting slammed █████████████. I've got better things to do. You guys figure it out on your own. I'm not going to waste another second on this forum. I've got better things to do. Get a life! Try helping others █████████████████!
RSJ