Fisher Gold Bug/Teknetics G2 Forum

Hi everyone.

Just bought my Gold Bug Pro this weekend. I did a lot of comparison shopping for the features I wanted and after several weeks of research, I finally landed on the Gold Bug Pro, the small coil twin of the Gold Bug DP/G2.

I was pressed for time this weekend, so I only got a in a 2 hour hunt on Sunday and so far it is exactly as others has described. It seperates targets incredibly fast and really, really loves tiny objects. I was literally sifting through my trowel looking for BB sized pieces of metal. The sensitivity of this thing is amazing,

It is geared for small gold so it loves everything that falls into the gold conductivity range, especially foil! If you're willing to dig the trash I am conveinced you will find the gold jewelry if its there.

As a coin shooter, I find no problems with it at all and its depth is first rate.

I tend to ignore the targets where the Target ID gets really jumpy and stick to digging targets when the ID either locks on or stays within a few numbers. I'm not sure if thats a good Idea or not. Recommendations would be appreciated.

I ran with my discrimination set at 40 and my gain at about 70 to 80.

I'm heading to the beach with it soon to do some micro-gold jewlery hunting that most detectors bypass. This means I'll need a bigger coil for the beach and for open fields. I'm a little torn as to which one to get. I know the 11" goes deeper, but I've alwasy been a little bit partial to those elliptical 5x10" coils too.

I'll try to keep you posted on how things go. I have got a very promising hunt coming up in a couple of weeks.

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Smudge,

I have done a lot of beach hunting with my GB Se and the 11 inch DD. Here in NJ, I can get into the wet sand and ground balance around the 1.2-1.4 mark and it runs super smooth with sensitivity into the 90's. I run with discrim around the 20-22 mark and I have tested a 18K ring in the wet sand and it will hit it at the 7-8 inch mark. Mine as the modulated VCO audio, so the deeper items make a distinctive 'tick' sound but ID accurately. If the ID is all over the map, it's iron or junk. When you get a hit,, sweep at fast, 4-5 inch sweeps over the target and if it repeats and stays in the same ID range ( ie, only 2-3 numbers difference), dig it as long as it's above 40. I have found 40-45 range is foil and smaller gold, into the 50's pull tabs, nickels and med sized rings, 60-75 can be in the range of zinc pennies, 75 and above coins and unfortunately bottle caps. A lot of bottle caps ID like a quarter. Only bad thing with this unit so if you are dry sand hunting, be prepared ! HIgh 80's into the 90's is silver range.

I posted a YouTube video last year on the beach ( about 2-3 weeks after I got the unit). My unit was one of the ones that had to be re-calibrated due to the incorrect ground balance setting. Initially some of these units could not hit on bigger silver. I purchased mine from Bill Crabtree at Surfscanner and either he did the fix or First Texas, but whatever the case, my GB Se is one of the best units I have ever used and won't ever sell that thing ! It's already found gold and silver for me in the wet and dry sand (it's a KILLER dry sand unit).

Have fun out there and when you start to learn the GB and how it hunts, you will use that unit over and over again.

When you start hunting for old coins I turn the disc down to 29,even down to 19. The lower disc will unmask targets in the trash. Also dig some of those bouncy numbers. If you have iron in with a coin the numbers will bounce all over. A fun detector to hunt with.

Rick N. MI

Hey on those VIDs that move up and down you might want to dig those. A silver dime will sometimes at 6 inches and over will move up into the quarter range. And a deep penny will fall away from the 83 down to 72. But the will always move back to 83 at some point of swing over the target. Welcome to the family !!!! / #1

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HH
Ken in Georgia


Detectors own DFX, Tejon, X-3, Cibola, Vaquero, Cortez, CZ-5, 1265x, 1266x, Siver Sabre II. ID Excel, Amigo, Golden, DeLeón, G2 (the best iron eater in the world) 5 inch coil , 11inch coil. E Trac.

Thank you all for those really helpful suggestions. I've still got a lot to learn, obviously.

I'll start paying attention to where those jumpy numbers are going. If they head into the coin range, I'll start digging those too.

I have heard the GB Pro does well even in wet salt sand after you GB, which is one really nice feature to have.

I've got a full weekend coming up again, but hopefully I'll have time to hunt a little bit more.

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Wecome aboard , thought i seen you lurking in the metal detecting weeds. HH Mike

welcome to the family

The gold bug pro is a great detector. I am sure you will have some fun with it.

Welcome! Like others have said, ID on these machines is very stable, but WILL start to "range" or "bounce" when targets are deeper, as is true with any detector. This one, for me, is as "stable" as any on ID -- jumps MUCH less than many others, with depth. Still, a deeper coin will sometimes range down into the 70s, and back up well into the 80s. But, you will usually have an "average" ID number in the right ballpark, even on a deep one. Now, in dense iron, all bets are off (as someone else pointed out), since a coin right next to or under a nail will get skewed, ID-wise, at times, due to the iron. But, with target separation so good with these units, ESPECIALLY with the small coil, the vast majority of good targets will tend to give you an ID, or at LEAST an "average" ID, that is very much in the ballpark.

Steve

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Minelab Explorer SE Pro, Fisher Gold Bug Pro (DP)
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Norman, OK

Hi guys.

As long as it bounces in the 70s and 80s I'll dig it. The bouncing IDs I was not digging were jumping between the 10s, 30s and 40s, for example. The ones that were bouncing across a really wide range like that I was not digging, partially because of the spread and partially because of the ID numbers that were coming up.

Bad idea on my part?

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Congrats Smudge! You will love it! VERY good machine!

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The first target I dug with the GB Pro was a 2000 Bahamian Nickel in a place where it had no business being.

Definitely an unusual find and my first Bahamian coin.

I hope thats a clue of things to come.

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It is just wait !!!!

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HH
Ken in Georgia


Detectors own DFX, Tejon, X-3, Cibola, Vaquero, Cortez, CZ-5, 1265x, 1266x, Siver Sabre II. ID Excel, Amigo, Golden, DeLeón, G2 (the best iron eater in the world) 5 inch coil , 11inch coil. E Trac.