E-Trac or Infinium for gold nugget shooting

[jjbond]

Hi Minelab E-Trac and Garrett Infinum fans...

I'm wondering which machine between these two you feel would be better as a quick nugget hunting machine (not for flour super small gold). I realize the differences between the technologies used by each of them (I own both as well as a GPX-4500) but am interested in the opinion of others as to the use of these for a quick light weight nugget finding or patch prospecting machine.

Note: For fairness I will be posting this in the E-Trac area as well.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts guys n gals.
Jennifer

 

[metalhead]

Definitely the Infinium LSIt is made for nugget shooting. The E-Trac is a great machine. Unfortunately, it is not designed to find natural gold(nuggets). It is great for coins and rings(jewelry). So is Infinium. E-Trac is very good at finding metalic items that are round. However, the Infinium will find the naturally(irregularly)shaped nuggets best for ya. Good luck whichever machine you decide to use.Happy Hunting!

 

[jjbond]

Thanks Metalhead, from what I've seen, read etc... you're 100% correct.

Cheers
Jennifer

 

[bearkat4160]

Being a VLF the E-trac might be a little noisy in gold countrty and isnt really designed for such. As the Infinium is designed for it. Your GPX 4500 will find smaller deeper nuggys, but the Infinium is very quiet and powerful for .5 gram and up.

Alan