Detector Question

patches63

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Jun 20, 2009
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republic of trinity usa
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gpx4500,gmt
a decent coin machine will find a big slug sitting on or near the surface.reason is, places with natural gold are highly mineralised.gold specific machines are the best bet.you must walk miles,and dig from 30 to a hundred targets(all metal mode) for each nuggy.until you find your patch.want to spend less and walk right over the au with a coin specific detector? just getting the coil of a deadly gold machineover gold is a science unto itself.
 

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enamel7

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Apr 16, 2005
6,383
2,546
North Carolina
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Garrett AT Gold
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Thanx for responding Patches!

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luvsdux

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May 16, 2007
1,767
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Lewiston, Idaho
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Multiple Tesoros and Whites
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Possible, but not overly practical. Gold specific machines will find smaller pieces, deeper, that the typical coin machine may not respond to, even close. Nearly any machine will respond to a nice sized nugget at several inches but still miss the majority of smaller pieces. Hope this is helpful.
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