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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="WalnLiz" data-source="post: 9846" data-attributes="member: 147"><p>G'day aussteve,</p><p></p><p>Touchy subject at the best of times. As you will have read all over the place a PI machine is always best on the gold and a VLF machine will always be best on coins and relics. Bit like cars i guess. A mini will tow a caravan but not as well as a landcruiser.</p><p></p><p>By your description of the amount of use in each field, and assuming you eventually would like to get more serious down the track on gold, I would still lean toward a PI machine. There's 2 in your price range and both have a lot going for them. First there's the Garret Infinium, and as an entry level gold detector a hell of a lot of nuggets have been found by them, especially in NSW where the mineralization is no where near as bad as over west. On coins they're right up there but not quite as dedicated to trash discrimination.</p><p></p><p>The second option is the New Whites PI oz series, one of which i have recently purchased for Liz. Ive had a run with this machine and am becoming quite impressed with what you get for your Buck. It has already found gold and only been out twice. Admittedly I've only used it in NSW and will certainly be giving it the once over when i take it over to WA end of July. There's no coin out there that it won't find. I've heard that it can't handle the NT mineralization, BUT, i have a mate over WA at Halls Creek (ironstone capital of the world) who says with the correct settings it's very capable on the gold.</p><p></p><p>I will be doing some serious comparisons with the 5000 and at this present moment I'm more than impressed with what the whites can achieve....Best of luck on what can be a touchy subject....Cheers Wal. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WalnLiz, post: 9846, member: 147"] G'day aussteve, Touchy subject at the best of times. As you will have read all over the place a PI machine is always best on the gold and a VLF machine will always be best on coins and relics. Bit like cars i guess. A mini will tow a caravan but not as well as a landcruiser. By your description of the amount of use in each field, and assuming you eventually would like to get more serious down the track on gold, I would still lean toward a PI machine. There's 2 in your price range and both have a lot going for them. First there's the Garret Infinium, and as an entry level gold detector a hell of a lot of nuggets have been found by them, especially in NSW where the mineralization is no where near as bad as over west. On coins they're right up there but not quite as dedicated to trash discrimination. The second option is the New Whites PI oz series, one of which i have recently purchased for Liz. Ive had a run with this machine and am becoming quite impressed with what you get for your Buck. It has already found gold and only been out twice. Admittedly I've only used it in NSW and will certainly be giving it the once over when i take it over to WA end of July. There's no coin out there that it won't find. I've heard that it can't handle the NT mineralization, BUT, i have a mate over WA at Halls Creek (ironstone capital of the world) who says with the correct settings it's very capable on the gold. I will be doing some serious comparisons with the 5000 and at this present moment I'm more than impressed with what the whites can achieve....Best of luck on what can be a touchy subject....Cheers Wal. :) [/QUOTE]
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