Gold Bug Version 2.9 - Superior Performance?

[berryman]

There are a fair number of posts on this and other forums extolling the virtues of the Gold Bug with Version 2.9 software installed (GBSE?). Among other things, it's asserted that the "29er" achieves better depth (i.e., "hotter" performance) than do later Gold Bug models with Version 3 and 4 software installed. If ture, it would seem that this particular model would prove to be a superior relic machine. Are these assertions correct or is the superior performance of the "29er" simply an urban legend?

 

[godigit1]

I don't have a 2.9 but I have a 2.0 with saturated audio and it whips both the version 1 G2 and the plain Jane GB version 4 I have.
The G2 beats the plain Jane By almost a inch in air tests and the 2.0 or Frankenstein model some have referred to it as will turn around and beat the g2 by a inch and a quarter.
It will also hit way harder at depth. You can barley hear a deep signal on the G2 but the 2.0 is full volume at full depth.
Everyone may be saying yea right but I can prove it. And when I have the time I intend to video this.
What is strange is the plain Jane is exactly the same inside as the G2 as far as I can tell. They must have dogged it down on the software. I still have to compare all resistor values to confirm my suspicions.
So I would say its not legend!!!!!
I think it was a mistake to add VCO to the disc mode it made it way less deep. And we have Vco response both in the pin point and all metal mode. A toggle from all meat to disc and saturated audio in disc makes a more versatile machine.

HH
godigit

 

[Keith Southern]

The 2.9 does seem to be a little deeper than a 4.0...but Now I much prefer the 4.0 to the 2.9...

though the 2.9 seemd a little deeper ,,,,for depth I use other machines anyway,,,what I find is the 4.0 will unmask better...

it all lies in the target response...

the 2.9 was full on VCO from coil bottom to depth...

The 4.0 is beep out to about 5 inches or so then VCO comes into play..

whe you couple the first 5 inch tight beep with the laser edged 5x10 DD you can pick the slightest peeps out of nails that the VCO audio does not fully relay to you audibly...

Also the All metal gain is more adjsuted to meet the disc gain on the 4.0... the 2.9 required turning back when going form disc to all metal and nothing wrong wiht thta exceptht he I.D. depth falls off when the gain knob is truned back...you can get more i.d. depth in all metal on the 4.0 than the 2.9 with stable operation...

Also in disc mode the I.D. screen clears itself after a few sceond's..on the 2.9 it holds to the next target...why is this problematic....what if the last target you hit was iron reading 23 well you get a hit but tis too deep to trigger the I.d. to change but you look down and see the 23 still there and unknowingly walk away from a good target that was just past the numeric i.d. range but not knowing it...On the 4.0 the self clearing option will not show a target i.d. on too deep of a target so you will investigate to see what it is..

but the 2.9 is a tad deeper if thats what you require...

Look at the strongpoints of each and decide...I use detectors as tool's and the unmasking in iron is more important than the depth on this freq....so I choose the 4.0 now.

Keith