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<blockquote data-quote="Ridge Runner" data-source="post: 424585" data-attributes="member: 3775"><p>Both are truly great machines but here are a couple of facts to consider,</p><p></p><p>The Xterra is a great multi purpose machine and it will find Gold and when the ground minerals are high being a VLF it can deal with them a bit better than an LF machine (higher) frequency machine but it won't see the real tiny Gold, even more so if you have to lower the Gain if the mineralization it very high.</p><p></p><p>The GM-1000 on the other hand being a high frequency machine will find very tiny Gold indeed, The GM has a fairly good tracking system in it so to date they seem to be doing quite well in hot ground conditions but because it is a high frequency machine if you have to lower the Gain because of the ground conditions it will still see most of the small/tiny nuggets. </p><p></p><p>I have never used the GM but I have seen the results of what they achieve and I have owned many High Frequency machines so I know how having a higher frequency can work in your favour even at a reduced Gain, where as lowering the gain on a VLF machine can hinder the machines ability to see them tiny nuggets,</p><p></p><p>If Gold is your sport of choice and your budget is a bit on the lean side then I would go for the GM-1000 and even if you find enough Gold to buy an SDC 2300 still keep your GM-1000 because in junk filled sites a good VLF/LF is worth it's weight in Gold.</p><p></p><p>hope that helps,</p><p></p><p>John.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ridge Runner, post: 424585, member: 3775"] Both are truly great machines but here are a couple of facts to consider, The Xterra is a great multi purpose machine and it will find Gold and when the ground minerals are high being a VLF it can deal with them a bit better than an LF machine (higher) frequency machine but it won't see the real tiny Gold, even more so if you have to lower the Gain if the mineralization it very high. The GM-1000 on the other hand being a high frequency machine will find very tiny Gold indeed, The GM has a fairly good tracking system in it so to date they seem to be doing quite well in hot ground conditions but because it is a high frequency machine if you have to lower the Gain because of the ground conditions it will still see most of the small/tiny nuggets. I have never used the GM but I have seen the results of what they achieve and I have owned many High Frequency machines so I know how having a higher frequency can work in your favour even at a reduced Gain, where as lowering the gain on a VLF machine can hinder the machines ability to see them tiny nuggets, If Gold is your sport of choice and your budget is a bit on the lean side then I would go for the GM-1000 and even if you find enough Gold to buy an SDC 2300 still keep your GM-1000 because in junk filled sites a good VLF/LF is worth it's weight in Gold. hope that helps, John. [/QUOTE]
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