I will eat your gold

[Rick K]

By Turkey Day I will have (hopefully) an SDC-2300. With it I plan to clean up all your favorite patches, finding everything your weaker technology missed!!

Are you angry yet?

OK, maybe I don't exactly know where your favorite patches are. But be on notice. If you have found gold somewhere before, and if the ground was highly mineralized and/or if there was significant EMI, then don't tell me where it was, because this new detector will EAT what you missed!m - Or so I have been convinced by what I have read.

Gosh, that was ugly, wasn't it. But you know what, it seems likely that there is a grain of truth in it. It seems that the SDC will find flocks of small (and maybe not so small) nuggets in places where prior technology has failed to detect small or porous gold.

Check back in 30 days to find out if I have gold or bull s**t.

 

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[IMPDLN]

LOL, nothing wrong with being enthusiastic !!! Get out there and dig it up. Don't get discouraged if you aren't successful right away. After all the pros make it look simple. Keep that attitude going and hit it hard and I have no doubt you will do well. Dennis

 

[Terry Soloman]

Just try and keep in mind the dealers are trying every trick in the book to get rid of the units they have in stock. They are even bundling them together with the GPX 5000, so they have the money and room for the new Minelab gold hunter coming out in the spring.

 

[EccentricInTexas]

Looks like this is MineLabs answer to the Garrett ATX. You should keep track of what you find so you know when the Machine pays for itself. It does look like a mean machine!!!

 

[Rick K]

Terry,

you are right about Minelab's drive to clear inventory of GPX-5000 detectors. They are bundling them with SDC-2300’s and selling the combo at deep discounts. I didn't get one of these bundles because I believe the new GPZ-7000 which is coming in 2015 will replace the GPX-5000. I considered whether it was likely to inpact the future sales of SDC-2300’s (and therefore the eventual re-sale of mine) - my conclusion was that it wouldn't do that because of it's likely much higher price.

 

[dave wiseman]

The 2300 might be a great machine...but how good is the one that's waving the coil?The coil still has to be put over gold and the signal understood to find the yellow.

 

[DDancer]

Just "STAY OFF MY PATCH!" hehh hehh

 

[meMiner]

I wish you luck and hope you don't get too much indigestion eating all those nuggets. For sure let us know how the new detector works out for you.

 

[Hamfist]

Nothing finds the smallest shreds of .22 bullets like my SDC 2300. If you aren't finding them with yours, I've already been there!

 

[NeoTokyo]

Well all I have to say is "One may have the ability to buy a Ferrari F1, but does one posses the ability to use it correctly?"

Just poking good fun at ya, dig dig DIG those signals!

Hamfist: I love finding bullets and tiny tiny shards of .22's with my Nokta FORS Gold because if it were Gold, I would have found it and the FORS Gold finds TONS AND TONS of lead.
Now lets find a machine that can perform a little alchemy and we will be in business.

 

[sgt tee]

I don't want to know the exact place you are hunting for gold, But where would be a good place to get out and try to hunt for gold nuggets. Do you need a permit?? Is the land open to the public?? I was always interested in this type of hunting and I know its not easy to do. I just would like to know where to start. here in Pa. I don't think we have nuggets. I was told its all flour gold

 

[DDancer]

sgt tee, Welcome to the forum Feel free to post your question in a new thread here in the prospecting forum~ we are all busy poking fun and encouraging the gold eater to stay off our patches in this thread Hahh. Read up a bit here and I think you'll find some interesting answers to your questions.

 

[AZADAM]

Well, you got 13 days left before you eat your words.

 

[Rick K]

So far, I need an alchemist. My SDC is a lead finding wonder! The iteresting things so far are:

it is not nearly as invunerable to EMI as I had expected from reading rave reviews of it. Overall, it is about the same as my SD-2100. The amount of threshold warble is virtually the same.

Although it is quier overall when bumping into rocks, stumps etc. it sounds off if it brushes the top of a small growing sprout of something. Perhaps a static discharge of some sort.

It has a clear sharp reaction to most targets with a minimum of reaction to ground.

it is very nearly as deep,as my SD-2100, to the point where I am reconsidering my original plan to keep the 2100 for hunting deeper nuggets.

 

[meMiner]

Interesting observation about the interference from plants but not rocks. If it is static, then maybe there is a way to continually discharge the static. Instead, my guess (pure speculation on my part) is the detector is so sensitive, that water in those plants is confusing the detector. I have seen the same thing with some detectors where moisture is a problem, especially after a short rain where the ground is wet on top and bone dry underneath. This is more of a problem with VLF than PI detectors, but I wonder if that is what is happening?

I was considering buying an SDC this summer and ended up getting a GPX5000. Your observations have helped me a little bit with my buyers remorse. I was questioning myself if I had made the right move. What I still like about the SDC is its portability. I still dislike having to put GPX battery on my back when I have an area that I want to quickly detect. It sounds like a small thing, but I find it frustrating to have to put on the webbing, rather than turn on and go like you do with most detectors.

The argument for keeping the 2100 is you could still keep it as your backup detector or one to lend out to a buddy who is joining you, plus it does have the benefit of taking multiple coils, whereas you are stuck with the stock coil on the SDC.

Don't chew all those nuggets you are finding. LOL

 

[NeoTokyo]

New tech is a wonderful thing isn't it?
I am finding more bullets than I ever have before with my Nokta FORS Gold.
I am happy to find bullets because I know that if it were gold, I would have found it.

 

[Lanny in AB]

Interesting observation about the interference from plants but not rocks. If it is static, then maybe there is a way to continually discharge the static. Instead, my guess (pure speculation on my part) is the detector is so sensitive, that water in those plants is confusing the detector. I have seen the same thing with some detectors where moisture is a problem, especially after a short rain where the ground is wet on top and bone dry underneath. This is more of a problem with VLF than PI detectors, but I wonder if that is what is happening?

I was considering buying an SDC this summer and ended up getting a GPX5000. Your observations have helped me a little bit with my buyers remorse. I was questioning myself if I had made the right move. What I still like about the SDC is its portability. I still dislike having to put GPX battery on my back when I have an area that I want to quickly detect. It sounds like a small thing, but I find it frustrating to have to put on the webbing, rather than turn on and go like you do with most detectors.

The argument for keeping the 2100 is you could still keep it as your backup detector or one to lend out to a buddy who is joining you, plus it does have the benefit of taking multiple coils, whereas you are stuck with the stock coil on the SDC.

Don't chew all those nuggets you are finding. LOL

Have you thought of the light weight after-market battery packs that you attach to the side of your GPX? That way you don't have that heavy weight on your back? They're only a fraction of the weight. I have the setup on both my old 2100 and on my 5000, love it.

All the best,

Lanny

 

[Lanny in AB]

New tech is a wonderful thing isn't it?
I am finding more bullets than I ever have before with my Nokta FORS Gold.
I am happy to find bullets because I know that if it were gold, I would have found it.

Sorry to hear that you've been under the weather.

Hope you're now getting better chances to chase the gold.

All the best,

Lanny

 

[Lanny in AB]

So far, I need an alchemist. My SDC is a lead finding wonder! The iteresting things so far are:

it is not nearly as invunerable to EMI as I had expected from reading rave reviews of it. Overall, it is about the same as my SD-2100. The amount of threshold warble is virtually the same.

Although it is quier overall when bumping into rocks, stumps etc. it sounds off if it brushes the top of a small growing sprout of something. Perhaps a static discharge of some sort.

It has a clear sharp reaction to most targets with a minimum of reaction to ground.

it is very nearly as deep,as my SD-2100, to the point where I am reconsidering my original plan to keep the 2100 for hunting deeper nuggets.

With all of the lead you're finding, I'd say that when you get that machine of yours over some gold, you should be able to start the party.

All the best,

Lanny

 

[Hoser John]

5000s all over for under $3500 to $2500.......folks are acting like they do with cars now. Each year jus' gotta have a nice new shiny unit hahahaha insanity. John