Detector Question

[enamel7]

Hi all!
I posted this in the prospecting forum, but got no response. I just bought a White's Prizm IV. Is it possible to find natural gold with this detector?

 

[patches63]

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.

 

[enamel7]

Thanx for responding Patches!

HH

 

[luvsdux]

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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