Trying to get the right minelab detector for gold nuggets and meteorites

[augoldminer]

I plan to do a lot of gold nuggets and meteorite hunting and looking for a minelab detector without paying a fortune.

I have used GP extreme and found good gold at the mine i ran but am now disabled and can not handle that size detector plus the GP does not discriminate nickel that is needed to tell if you have a meteorite and not a old WW2 bomb(found more then one live aircraft bomb over the years)

I am looking for a lighter machine with very good depth like the GP extreme and with nickel discriminating.

I have had a goldmaster v-sat for many years but its just does not find the deep gold and has no nickel discrimination

 

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[christo000]

Depending on how deep ur pockets r theres the minelab gpx 5000,gpx 4800, & the Eureka gold all of which are very good at finding gold

 

[Sandman]

I an not a nugget hunter, though my brother in NM hunts gold and meteorites. He uses lots of detectors and the one he uses the most is the White's GMT. I looked up the link for it for you. White's Electronics Gmt Goldmaster | Lost Treasure Online - Official Website of Lost Treasure Magazine It doesn't cost an arm and a leg either. Also you might look into the Tesoro Sand Shark. Both are lighter weight and I know the Sand Shark can be hip mounted of hung from your neck.

 

[Bart@Big Boys Hobbies]

The Fisher Gold Bug II runs at 71 khz. Its VERY sensitive to gold.

http://www.bigboyshobbies.net/fisher-metal-detectors/fisher-gold-bug-2-metal-detector

 

[augoldminer]

looking for something deeper then the goldmaster i have a V-Sat and have got a lot of gold with it
but so do many others have detectors with about the same depth range many good areas are worked out to that depth.

I had a Fisher Gold Bug II at the mine i worked.
yes its very good for very small gold that is not very deep. many areas i work have been cleaned out of this small gold.

 

[Mach1Pilot]

Have you tried an XTerra 705 gold? It would be way lighter than a GPX.

 

[Jason in Enid]

Minelab and cheap are mutually exclusive.

 

[extractor]

Is it the weight of the detector that is the issue or the battery that you have to carry that goes with it ?