Best Frequency for gold detecting ?????

[Astro Nut]

I have the Whites MXT PRO. I am thinking of getting another detector to use for gold detecting. The MXT Pro operates at 14KHz. I am looking at the Whites GMT at 48KHZ, the Nokta ForsGold at 19KHZ, the Gold Bug at 71KHz. Is the higher KHz better for gold prospecting over the lower KHz units? These detectors are in my price range. From what I have read the lower KHz is better than the higher KHz due to the higher KHz picking up more junk. I hope I am heading the correct direction. All feedback greatly appreciated Thanks
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Bill

 

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[Terry Soloman]

They all work great. The Goldbug II 71kHz, finds very small pickers at 5"-7.5" in depth. Smaller than a 19kHz machine - BUT NOT MUCH. If you are nuggetshooting, you should be in All Metal with an audible threshold in my opinion, but I'm an old guy.

 

[Jason in Enid]

You don't say what type of "gold hunting" you are wanting to do. Are you searching for gold jewelry on the beach or are you prospecting for nuggets and pickers?

 

[Phantasman]

Metal detecting technologies for gold prospecting

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Jason in Enid was asking what I was wondering too. If you mean gold jewelry, then you really don't need any machine "better for finding gold". You can simply turn down the disc. on ANY machine, and go out to ANY parks, and load up your apron with low conductors. So lack-of-low conductors to choose from, in schools and parks are hardly an issue But if you mean nuggets, then disregard this

 

[ivan salis]

tiny raw natural gold hunting is different than "gold jewelry" hunting --for natural gold nuggets / pickers much higher range models are the norm that must folks use...

 

[Tom Slick]

Usually the higher the frequency the smaller the gold the detector can "see". The trade off it that higher frequency equates to less ground penetration so lower frequency detectors often see larger nuggets, deeper then the high frequency detectors. There are many more smaller nuggets and flakes so the manufactures started making high frequency detectors years ago when electronic prospecting began. Do some research on your proposed detecting area to see what size gold has been found in the past, and then you can narrow down your choice of Gold detector. The MXT is an excellent all around detector including nugget hunting. It won't find nuggets as small as the GMT or Gold Bug 2 but it can find nuggets that are larger, and deeper than those two detectors. The 6 x 10" coil works very well as does the 3 x 6" Shooter coil for nugget hunting.

 

[GA_Boy]

71 kHz
Marvin