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FORS Gold Review by Steve Herschbach - USA
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<blockquote data-quote="Jonathan Porter" data-source="post: 115036" data-attributes="member: 3495"><p>Agreed, I used VLF detectors professionally for a number of years and as Steve Herschbach can attest still enjoy chasing gold with them. The challenge is to target the correct areas where their use is possible, which is usually the shallower areas in and around bed rock or the tops of old diggers heaps. To date my favorite VLF detectors for chasing gold were the Minelab XT 17000, the Whites VSAT and the Fisher Gold Bug II. I've not done much with the later lower frequency options such as the Gold Bug PRO or some of the Garrett offerings, although I have had a play with the Xterra 705 and found it to be a little frustrating in some respects. </p><p></p><p>For small gold there is no substitute for having a high operating frequency in my opinion (32KHz and above). The Gold bug II does a brilliant job in pretty high mineralization considering it's runs a 70KHz operating freq, the Iron Grunt mode is also very good once you get used to it, Steve H showed me a lot of excellent tricks with this little unit in WA a few years back.</p><p></p><p>JP</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jonathan Porter, post: 115036, member: 3495"] Agreed, I used VLF detectors professionally for a number of years and as Steve Herschbach can attest still enjoy chasing gold with them. The challenge is to target the correct areas where their use is possible, which is usually the shallower areas in and around bed rock or the tops of old diggers heaps. To date my favorite VLF detectors for chasing gold were the Minelab XT 17000, the Whites VSAT and the Fisher Gold Bug II. I've not done much with the later lower frequency options such as the Gold Bug PRO or some of the Garrett offerings, although I have had a play with the Xterra 705 and found it to be a little frustrating in some respects. For small gold there is no substitute for having a high operating frequency in my opinion (32KHz and above). The Gold bug II does a brilliant job in pretty high mineralization considering it's runs a 70KHz operating freq, the Iron Grunt mode is also very good once you get used to it, Steve H showed me a lot of excellent tricks with this little unit in WA a few years back. JP [/QUOTE]
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FORS Gold Review by Steve Herschbach - USA
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