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General Metal Detector Discussion
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<blockquote data-quote="Chazza" data-source="post: 72191" data-attributes="member: 2602"><p>Horses for courses I say. I own both an Xterra 705 and a GPX4500, while l started off with the 705 (which was the combo pack with Mono and DD coil) and thought it was the bee's knees - even when gold hunting in some mineralized areas. I would never go back to nugget shooting with the 705 now I have the 4500. Although, yes it is possible to find gold with the 705, it just doesn't stand up in comparison to the 4500 (which did cost 4x as much!). </p><p></p><p>It was very noisy to use, but as a beginner, it was excellent and l learnt a lot - especially about hot rocks! So as suggested above, start with something basic, if you enjoy it enough you can always upgrade later. But as also suggested, don't get a cheapo machine that you will end up hating and will turn you right off the game. </p><p></p><p>And remember if you don't stick your coil over it, you won't find it! Regardless of what machine you are running!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chazza, post: 72191, member: 2602"] Horses for courses I say. I own both an Xterra 705 and a GPX4500, while l started off with the 705 (which was the combo pack with Mono and DD coil) and thought it was the bee's knees - even when gold hunting in some mineralized areas. I would never go back to nugget shooting with the 705 now I have the 4500. Although, yes it is possible to find gold with the 705, it just doesn't stand up in comparison to the 4500 (which did cost 4x as much!). It was very noisy to use, but as a beginner, it was excellent and l learnt a lot - especially about hot rocks! So as suggested above, start with something basic, if you enjoy it enough you can always upgrade later. But as also suggested, don't get a cheapo machine that you will end up hating and will turn you right off the game. And remember if you don't stick your coil over it, you won't find it! Regardless of what machine you are running! [/QUOTE]
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