A good gold machine can find coins, a good coin machine can't necessarily find gold. White's Goldmaster series VLF detectors are great, Fisher's Gold Bug 2 is GREAT, and Minelabs 2100's are simple and great! or you can dive deeper into minelabs detectors and buy some really expensive detectors that are HOOTTTT on gold and meteorites but have tons of interference and pinpointing issues...
I can take my GMT to the park and it's like shooting fish in a barrel... depends on if you are looking for small targets with low metal, or deep metal targets... happy hunting! [Erik] > Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:16:57 -0800 > From: mina...@yahoo.com > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Metal detector Question > > Hi Dean, > > I would draw a line between gold (& meteorites) and coins. A machine for all > around hunting usually lowers the performance of the machine in those > different styles of hunting. So many detectorists choose to own 2 machines > (one for gold/meteorites and one for coins). > > For hunting gold in Australia I would go with the Minelab because they were > developed in Australia in order to combat their heavily mineralized ground. > > They also make good coin machines. They may have a multi-use machine that > does a good job. The newer multi-frequency machines would be something to > look at. But again, 2 machines is better. Having a deep seeking gold > machine, along with a coin machine better suited to finding shallow, small > targets would increase the probability of success. > > I'm in the states and my Whites serves me well. I also have a coin machine > that can hunt gold, but I always put it down and use my dedicated gold > machine instead. > > Good luck, > > Mark B. > Vail, AZ > > > --- On Tue, 11/24/09, dean bessey <deanbes...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> From: dean bessey <deanbes...@yahoo.com> >> Subject: [meteorite-list] Metal detector Question >> To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 1:21 PM >> If somebody was wanting a metal >> detector with plans to use it searching for meteorites, gold >> nuggets and coins in Australia what would be the best metal >> detector to get? >> What things in general does one look for in buying a metal >> detector? >> Thanks >> DEAN >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
