I've done more air tests with two 12gm, one 2gm and one 1gm nuggets, air tests are not the same as finding targets that have been in the ground for millenia. With sensitive at 10 in all metal mode both 12 grammers gave a good signal at 145mm, both were flatish in shape, one was more 3D (hadn't travelled far when found). Flatish 2 grammer good signal at 82mm, flatish 1 grammer good signal at 57mm. Get a metal detector manual for all current metal detectors that we offer at MetalDetector.com. Read all metal detector manuals online. Fisher F19 Black and gold variant with 6' x 10' DD coil. The extra features do not really add to the ability of the F19 to perform as a nugget detector but neither do they detract from that capability, and some people may prefer this detector to the Gold Bug Pro due to the extra versatility. Until I find different I would not use the discrimination mode, all signals for the above nuggets in discrimination mode said ferrous. The 1 and 2 grammers gave a ferrous signal all the way even when touching the coil. The flatish 12 grammer signal changed from ferrous to non ferrous signal at 90mm from the coil, the 12 grammer 3D (hadn't travelled far when found) signal changed from ferrous to non ferrous signal 13mm from the coil. The size and shape of non ferrous targets affect the goldsnoop discriminating accurately. However, even as an air test, with sensitive at 10, in all metal mode, the goldsnoop would have targeted the above nuggets, all were found in shallow ground by my GPX4000. I bought the goldsnoop for my wife until we find a good patch, it appears a good entry level machine, easy to learn and ok in shallow ground. Much better that the one aldi had earlier this year, that machine would target a 20cent piece at 40mm. If you are deadly serious get a minelab, otherwise the goldsnoop for its price is a goer. I've read with interest comments about your gold snoop!! May be fine for coins etc but seriously, you couldn't expect it to find gold like a Minelab dedicated metal detector, Surely. 1 minelab =20 gold snoops!! Doesn't that tell you something!! I've been detecting for close on 30 years and had many different detectors, nothing comes close to Minelab Technology. The GPX4500 is the best Metal on the market bar none!!! Don't let anyone tell you any different. Morrissey vauxhall and i rapidshare downloader. ![]() I am not associated with mine lab,so have nothing to gain. It's like all the hype about the new Whites detector, Where is it? I wonder what detector the Australian Whites Agent uses when looking for gold!! Can I suggest it's probably not a whites!!! Food for thought. Cheers out back tom. Kristylaura2 wrote:Hey guys, I'm going down to victoria for 2 weeks and want to ask if anyone has found gold with the gold snoop. It's great for coin hunting but I'm not sure how it would go with gold. ![]() Or should I hire another detector down there? The Goldsnoop is capable of finding Gold both on and near the surface but it's also a VLF (Very Low Frequency) detector.which means you'll get fairly limited depth on mineralized soils and considerably more noise than the higher end rental models will offer you. You'll want to get the larger 12' coil (optional. And possibly not available here) which will allow for you to detect deeper and for larger items. Note though that each 12' coil needs to be tuned to the individual detector using it for some strange reason. The larger coil means you can cover more ground at a slightly faster pace. There's been some comments around town that some of the Goldsnoops have been 'modified' at the factory and that they are supposedly tweaked to perform better than their identical off-the-shelf KMart cousins. But a side by side comparison between an $75 off-the-shelf supermarket model and a 'tweaked' model last year (October 07) showed no visible or observable differences in our experiments. Consider also that these detectors are fantastic for owners in North America since their soils are more neutral. There's even a few old-timer Prospectors using them in Alaska etc. The also work fine on the beaches away from the saline content of the wetter sand at the shoreline. In Australia, I find a lot of the VLF detectors have a very hard time reading through the ore-rich soils here, including some of the best models on the market - UNLESS the nugget is closer to the surface.
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