GoldStrike / Gold Bug Question

[Anonymous]

Has anyone tried using a GoldStrike or Gold Bug2 to hunt for really deep targets in 'normal' soil? Yesterday I went to an old Boy Scout camp that was active from 1918 to 1941. Found 1 '41 dime, 3 wheats, a Boy Scout spoon and a pin - all in the 'assembly' area which was cleared by the owner many years ago. I'm confident the site has not been detected before - the stuff found was too easy to find in that cleared area. Over the last 60 years the huge trees have dropped 'tons' of leaves leaving several inches of compost and decaying vegetation before you can get to the actual ground. So I'm thinking that the good targets in the 'uncleared' areas are really deep - maybe 15" or more. Would a GoldStrike or Gold Bug2 find the deeper targets that I'm confident must be there?
Any other ideas on how to find these 'lost' targets?
Thanks for any ideas,
HH, Flyguy

 

[Anonymous]

I have used both of the machines you mentioned. In my opinion neither of them would be a good choice. The main advantage of the higher frequency detectors is the ability to find very small targets at a relative shallow depth. The GB-2 can detect a pin head size object at a couple inches, and it would see every speck of metal in that couple of inches and drive you crazy, but on coin size items it is about equal to most other machines. In my opinion one of the Minelab multi-frequency or PI detectors would be what you would need.