What kind of tone will the GT give on a gold coin?

[Gilligan]

I was wondering, do you get a high tone on, say, a $5 gold piece? How about other gold coins? I understand that, with rings, it varies according to the size and type of gold, as to whether you get a lower or high tone. Thanks, I don't have any gold coins to test with my GT. Bryan in NC

 

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[Sandman]

I haven't found any gold coins with any of my detectors, yet. But with the GT the sound should be a "low growl" like the kind you get with a gold ring. I don't beleive it would be a higher pitched sound like you get with a coin that is clad or silver.

 

[Gilligan]

Thanks, I have gotten into a bad habit of just digging the high sounds that are smooth from 2 directions. I am making a bad mistake, aren't I??

 

[Gilligan]

Thanks, I have gotten into a bad habit of just digging the high sounds that are smooth from 2 directions. I am making a bad mistake, aren't I??

Yes you are ~ I was making the same mistake ... went back & dug the iffy signals ~ 3 buffalo nickels & a Citrine / Silver bracelet ...

I know it's a pain ~ But dig it all ... Nick

Thanks Nick. I have a White's Spectrum and got in the habit of depending on my readout too much. So about a yr ago, I bought a GT to get away from using a meter. When I first started detecting as a kid in the 70's, I had a White's Coinmaster TR. I dug any sounds that gave me a smooth consistant signal. I did alot of digging, but found a vast array of items that I never found with my more advanced Spectrum. So I decided to get the GT and focus on sounds like I did when I was a kid. Thanks again, Bryan

 

[Michigan Badger]

Thanks, I have gotten into a bad habit of just digging the high sounds that are smooth from 2 directions. I am making a bad mistake, aren't I??

You bet! I think we all fall for the 2 directional awesome signal syndrome thing.

Those who do this are missing the best and oldest finds.

See, once we get down to where great stuff is, our "tones" and "meters" and "programs" aren't worth a fiddler's fart. But all those toys sure are impressive while digging clad!

The GT is one of my favorites but when it comes to the difficult to find stuff everybody else has missed over the years it's back to basics. The same basics we used in the late 50's to date. That is, dig anything that has any possibility of being something worth digging.

I could use any machine I want to use. I now mostly use a simple little Silver uMax with the biggest concentric coil they make. All I look for are weak signals from at least 1 direction. Every day I dig coins on edge and coin-sized targets down in the 10-12 inch depth range. I may start to dig on an interesting TICK or CLICK sound and end up 12 inches down with an indian cent. Today I don't post most of my finds due to this site's copyright position.

Enjoy the GT and dig anything that sounds the slightest bit suspicious

 

[Gilligan]

Thanks, I have gotten into a bad habit of just digging the high sounds that are smooth from 2 directions. I am making a bad mistake, aren't I??

You bet! I think we all fall for the 2 directional awesome signal syndrome thing.

Those who do this are missing the best and oldest finds.

See, once we get down to where great stuff is, our "tones" and "meters" and "programs" aren't worth a fiddler's fart. But all those toys sure are impressive while digging clad!

The GT is one of my favorites but when it comes to the difficult to find stuff everybody else has missed over the years it's back to basics. The same basics we used in the late 50's to date. That is, dig anything that has any possibility of being something worth digging.

I could use any machine I want to use. I now mostly use a simple little Silver uMax with the biggest concentric coil they make. All I look for are weak signals from at least 1 direction. Every day I dig coins on edge and coin-sized targets down in the 10-12 inch depth range. I may start to dig on an interesting TICK or CLICK sound and end up 12 inches down with an indian cent. Today I don't post most of my finds due to this site's copyright position.

Enjoy the GT and dig anything that sounds the slightest bit suspicious

Thanks for the advice. I am a bit suprised that you are using the Umax. I thought you were a GT man all-the-way? I understand the Umax is a good machine, mainly based on what I keep seeing ModernMiner finding---some of the stuff comes from the old 1830's house he has hunted for a long time....the same house I hunted several times about 14 yrs ago.....so each item he shows, I MISSED. It hurts a bit but shows me that I should have hunted it harder. It is a huge property. He uses the Umax, I used my old 92' Whites Spectrum. I am still getting used to the GT as I don't get out too much due to home responsibilities. Enough of my rambling, take care brother, Bryan in NC

 

[Captn SE]

Getting back to your initial question on Gold coins and their readings/tones.....

I found the following on an Explorer usuers website. It shows what the ID #'s of various US gold coins would return if located with an Explorer detector. I can translate the numbers of this chart to a tone for each of the coins. The translation is how each coin would sound on an Explorer detector with Conductive Sounds setting (Note: In Ferrous Sounds, each of these coins would sound very similar). I'm no GT expert, and couldn't tell you if these coins on your machine will sound similar as they would on an Explorer. Good luck in finding a gold coin. That's still on my wish list.

Gold Currency Ferrous Conduct.

1 Dollar 08 04 ----- Sounds similar to a beaver tail or piece of small aluminum; very close to a US nickel in tone.
2.5 Dollars 08 10 ----- Sounds like a pull tab.
5 Dollars 07 22 ----- Sounds like an Indian Head penny or newer Zinc penny.
10 Dollars 07 27 ----- Sounds like a screwcap or copper memorial penny.
20 Dollars 04 29 ----- Sounds like a quarter/silver dime.


HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[radarwill]

Thanks, I have gotten into a bad habit of just digging the high sounds that are smooth from 2 directions. I am making a bad mistake, aren't I??

Yes you are ~ I was making the same mistake ... went back & dug the iffy signals ~ 3 buffalo nickels & a Citrine / Silver bracelet ...

I know it's a pain ~ But dig it all ... Nick

Wow, that sounds familiar. Thanks again Nick.

yo da man

 

[Gilligan]

Thanks alot, that is good info

 

[Michigan Badger]

I don't post most of my finds due to this site's copyright position.

Only the ones worth a possible copyright ... LOL

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,175160.0.html

I still think that post deserves BANNER ...

What I meant by copyright concerns was posting pictures of ebay coins and claiming I dug them LOL ...just kidding, but come to think of it ...well, best not go there

Seriously, thanks so much for the banner concerns. But, standing up for Marc I think he's right in his choices for the banner. He's looking more for things that make sense. As you know, most of my finds don't

I dug a large gold chain last year and it never made banner. Why? because I'm republican... No! because I didn't go get it checked out to make sure and it didn't have 10-18K markings. I would have done the same thing if I were in charge of the banner.

All our finds here are interesting and in a way cool. But banner stuff needs to remain obvious and diffinite---not highly questionable. Otherwise it can make the whole site look hokey.

But once again, thanks for the nice words, I truly deserve them 8)

 

[Michigan Badger]

Thanks for the advice. I am a bit suprised that you are using the Umax. I thought you were a GT man all-the-way? I understand the Umax is a good machine, mainly based on what I keep seeing ModernMiner finding---some of the stuff comes from the old 1830's house he has hunted for a long time....the same house I hunted several times about 14 yrs ago.....so each item he shows, I MISSED. It hurts a bit but shows me that I should have hunted it harder. It is a huge property. He uses the Umax, I used my old 92' Whites Spectrum. I am still getting used to the GT as I don't get out too much due to home responsibilities. Enough of my rambling, take care brother, Bryan in NC

I change machines all the time. I still really like the GT, that hasn't changed a bit. I really like trying different brands and models. This to me is almost as much fun as digging something good.

Right now I'm selling all my current machines to try others. I buy used so I lose little money. I can always buy another GT, Tejon, or Silver if I come upon a really hot spot.

So far the best detectors I've ever owned are the GT and Silver uMax. These two go awesome together.

 

[Gilligan]

Thanks for the advice. I am a bit suprised that you are using the Umax. I thought you were a GT man all-the-way? I understand the Umax is a good machine, mainly based on what I keep seeing ModernMiner finding---some of the stuff comes from the old 1830's house he has hunted for a long time....the same house I hunted several times about 14 yrs ago.....so each item he shows, I MISSED. It hurts a bit but shows me that I should have hunted it harder. It is a huge property. He uses the Umax, I used my old 92' Whites Spectrum. I am still getting used to the GT as I don't get out too much due to home responsibilities. Enough of my rambling, take care brother, Bryan in NC

I change machines all the time. I still really like the GT, that hasn't changed a bit. I really like trying different brands and models. This to me is almost as much fun as digging something good.

Right now I'm selling all my current machines to try others. I buy used so I lose little money. I can always buy another GT, Tejon, or Silver if I come upon a really hot spot.

So far the best detectors I've ever owned are the GT and Silver uMax. These two go awesome together.

Thanks Badg, I was just wondering. Have a great day, BP