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General Metal Detector Discussion
What's a good Gold Detector to start out with?
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<blockquote data-quote="RedDirtDigger" data-source="post: 88447" data-attributes="member: 2964"><p>Hi Fossicking Kid.</p><p>A common question you have. <strong>If you plan to spend many days a year (say 45 days a year) detecting </strong>for gold nuggets you should <strong>buy a minelab 5000 (cost $6100) or a second hand 4500 (cost about $4100). </strong>They are the best machines and if you are going to invest a lot of your time detecting you should not be using a lesser machine that will miss lots of gold. If you buy a 4500 or 5000 then you need to spend many hours becoming a student of detecting and you need to get out with an experienced detectorist early on.</p><p></p><p>If your budget doesn't stretch that far, I would start a savings plan to get a Minelab 4500 rather then buy a cheaper coin/gold gold/relic detector (which will not find much gold and will be noisy because they can't cancel out noisy ground). </p><p></p><p> Also while the earlier Minelab gold detectors such as 2200/extreme/4000 etc can find deep gold they still struggle cancelling out noisy ground such iron rich clay/charcoal/termite nest pieces and the all too common hot iron rich rocks. </p><p></p><p>The new Minelab SDC 2300 ($3990)will find you plenty of shallow gold, but if you plan to explore and look for patches of gold or travel to WA or detect areas where gold may be over 40cm deep the SDC cannot have a bigger coil fitted and is limited in the depth it can go. And because the coil is small you will not be covering much ground in a days detecting and that limits your success rate.</p><p></p><p>These are my thoughts ...other forum members will have different views.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RedDirtDigger, post: 88447, member: 2964"] Hi Fossicking Kid. A common question you have. [b]If you plan to spend many days a year (say 45 days a year) detecting [/b]for gold nuggets you should [b]buy a minelab 5000 (cost $6100) or a second hand 4500 (cost about $4100). [/b]They are the best machines and if you are going to invest a lot of your time detecting you should not be using a lesser machine that will miss lots of gold. If you buy a 4500 or 5000 then you need to spend many hours becoming a student of detecting and you need to get out with an experienced detectorist early on. If your budget doesn't stretch that far, I would start a savings plan to get a Minelab 4500 rather then buy a cheaper coin/gold gold/relic detector (which will not find much gold and will be noisy because they can't cancel out noisy ground). Also while the earlier Minelab gold detectors such as 2200/extreme/4000 etc can find deep gold they still struggle cancelling out noisy ground such iron rich clay/charcoal/termite nest pieces and the all too common hot iron rich rocks. The new Minelab SDC 2300 ($3990)will find you plenty of shallow gold, but if you plan to explore and look for patches of gold or travel to WA or detect areas where gold may be over 40cm deep the SDC cannot have a bigger coil fitted and is limited in the depth it can go. And because the coil is small you will not be covering much ground in a days detecting and that limits your success rate. These are my thoughts ...other forum members will have different views. [/QUOTE]
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