which metal detector for gold coins

[junaidkhank06]

hello my friends and brothers i am from pakistan kpk.i am doing tresure hunt with my friend we search for tresure in old people, ruins.mean hundreds and some where thousand years ago a nature power camed and destroyed old population we search dig that we found many coins but value less .so i come to my question what is best metal detector for gold coins? thanks in advance

 

[Tom_in_CA]

... For individual coins the GPX 4500, GPZ 7000 or maybe a CTX 3030 (most user friendly option).

Fletch, would you really recommend a GPX 4500 or the GPZ 7000 for individual coin hunting ? Granted, he'll gain 6 or 8" of depth on coin-sized targets , but ....... isn't that a recipe for insanity ? Unless he was in some sort of clean beach or desert environment.

But the average place where a person "coin-hunts", is, by definition, old habitations of whatever-sort (ruins, fields where villas used to be, etc...). And heaven-help the person who tries to hunt such an area with a nugget machine.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

... i know in white,s tm-808 but asking in garret or minelab

Have you gone to their websites to see if they make 2-box detectors ? I know Fisher and Whites do, and I know Garrett used to (or perhaps still does). Just go to their websites and see if they sell a 2-box detector in their offerings.

They're all about the same mind-you, no matter the brand. Because, ironically, when it comes to the concept of a 2-box detector, it is not a function of "more sensitive" that makes them "better". Depending on what one means by "more sensitive" . Because as it is, the TM-808 (for instance) , if tuned very carefully, and held close to the ground, you can actually pick up objects as small as a domino. And that begins to defeat the purpose, if you're going after "big game".

You actually DON'T want it "more sensitive", in some cases. Unless that extra sensitivity was only for large objects at depth, and still lacked ability to find small targets. But that's a tall order to make a machine do. Because the moment you go to design "more sensitivity" to find those jar/boxes deeper, is the moment you also start to become sensitive enough to find domino or apricot sized targets shallow. Doh!

 

[Fletch88]

Fletch, would you really recommend a GPX 4500 or the GPZ 7000 for individual coin hunting ? Granted, he'll gain 6 or 8" of depth on coin-sized targets , but ....... isn't that a recipe for insanity ? Unless he was in some sort of clean beach or desert environment.

But the average place where a person "coin-hunts", is, by definition, old habitations of whatever-sort (ruins, fields where villas used to be, etc...). And heaven-help the person who tries to hunt such an area with a nugget machine.

Actually the 4500 is a killer coin/relic machine if you know how to use it. I actually have done well with it in iron laden civil war sites that have such hot soil a VLF won't touch it.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Actually the 4500 is a killer coin/relic machine if you know how to use it. I actually have done well with it in iron laden civil war sites that have such hot soil a VLF won't touch it.

But isn't the "iron-reject" feature on that only good for the top 5 or 6" ? Such that, if you *really* want to avail yourself of the depth a 4500 will get, then you have to for-go some iron disc. right ? And by the time you've done THAT, you're left with no more depth than a standard coin machine , eh ?

Or are you simply digging tons of iron ?

As for the "hot soil" part of the question: Granted, this age-old debate also goes for beach guys: "pulse vs standard". Then yes: there are some black-sands where a person has no choice. But given *normal soil* then, that becomes a non-issue in this question.

 

[Fletch88]

I have heard that the iron reject is only good down to a certain depth but I can't say how deep the hundreds of iron targets were that I didn't dig. Lol maybe some were good targets above or below iron, which caused a blank in threshold, but I usually do not dig much small trash iron like nails very deep (maybe I just was not able to pick them up at deeper depths) I have played with gain, timings, and stabilizer that actually helped pull goodies out of iron infested areas. Yes I would much rather of had a VLF if the soil allowed it but that was not really an option in this particular area.
I do see your point if he is in a relatively cleanish area the GPX would be worth the trouble but that is not usually where the things we search for are located, right?

 

[junaidkhank06]

How deep and how small ?

2 or 3 feet and small like it or half of it

 

[Terry Soloman]

Gpx 5000 with a big 24"-28" coil.

 

[HunterZed]

I recommend Minelab Safari that I bought on Ebay last few weeks.
We had an encounter in the city of ‎Johannesburg (Africa) with friends in a beautiful camping site and with a big surprise: With Minelab Safari I found an impeccable gold coin. It was very important because although we swept the area with machines from other brands that my friends had, Safari did not fail. Thanks Minelab for this beautiful machine.