GOldmaster Series!

[nitro74d]

Of all the Goldmasters, The GMT is the newest, but is it a lot better than the VSAT, Goldmaster II, and GM3. What would be the order in what is the best to just ok?

I am looking to sell my DFX and get a goldmaster, but I am not sure what one is going to work for Alaska and be all that it can be.

Thanks,

Nitro

[Jeffro]

I'm most impressed with my Vsat, but I haven't tried the others. Excellent depth, very sensitive, and light on the arm makes for a darn good machine you can swing all day long. Should work well outside of trashy areas. Will drive you nuts if there's a lot of trash around, too sensitive.

Does pretty well on batteries, too.

[jangles]

Hi Sandman,
That's my concern being new to nugget hunting is that the GMT will beep on stuff I can't see. I will be detecting in
Colorado mountains and streams and tailing piles. That's why on prvious post I was wondering about the eureka gold being able to run at 20 khz and passing up some of the gold dust? Or maybe the Lobo might be the answer.
BTW if I get the GMT how do I retrieve the small stuff?
Thanks..John

[Nitro 54]

The GM11 was the first Goldmaster-noisy, Then the V-sat,GM3,GM4-Manuel ground balance,GMT the latest with auto ground balance.On small gold to small to see easly, I just pan the signal. Check out Steves report over at the Alaska gold forum on his detector report. http://bbboy.netalaskagoldforum-viewthread?... He reports on all the detectors for Alaskan gold.

[Jim McCulloch]

Nitro, having used every model of Goldmaster as they came out, yes, the GMT IS the best of them all. The GMT will find slightly smaller flakes of gold then will the earlier Goldmasters, but more importantly, will help you keep in perfect ground balance, and will do so in the worst of soils.
Jangles, here in the Mojave Desert, in highly mineralized soil, the GMT will find flakes as small as 1/10th grain. If you don't want to find small nuggets, then, as you suggest, use a much less sensitive powerful detector, such as the Lobo Supertraq, or Eureka. But bear in mind that SMALL nuggets are what we professional nugget hunters call our "bread and butter" nuggets, those which constitute MOST of our income from nugget hunting. A while back a friend of mine and I ran a "competition hunt" on a well-worked nugget patch. When either of us encountered a signal, we'd call the other over to investigate, to see if his machine could also hear it. Of the 84 nuggets found with my GMT, his Lobo Supertraq could not sense even one, even when optimally-tuned, and using the same headphones as I. All of those 84 nuggets were too deep, or too small, for the Lobo to sense. Total weight of those nuggets was 121 grains. Yes, the Lobo DID get ONE nugget, which the GMT gave a much stronger signal over. It weighed 11 grains. Frankly, 121 grains is "mo' bettah" then 11 grains. Bad thing is that my pal has subsequently upgraded from his Lobo to a GMT, and now he does as well as I do.
John, the fastest method of tiny nugget recovery is the Jimmy Sierra Nugget Cup. In my latest book "Advanced Nuggetshooting - How to Prospect for Gold with a Metal Detector" I detail the use of the nugget cup. With the use of the nugget cup, often it takes only a few seconds to recover a target. Hope this helps; HH jim

[jangles]

Wow thanks Jim and everyone for all the info. Jim what is this book and where do I get one on how to use the gold cup?
HH John

[Jim McCulloch]

My latest electronic prospecting "how to" book is entitled "Advanced Nuggetshooting - How tp Prospect for Gold with a Metal Detector." For more info email me at OphirAU@msn.com

[snakejim]

Hey McCulloch! How come you never answered my emails?
RSJ

[Jim McCulloch]

Jim, which ones were those? When? HH Jim

[snakejim]

I sent you a few right after the fires.
Was wondering if I could help you in any way.
RSJ