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Is The Gold Bug Pro & The G2 The Same Detector?
- Thread starter tabman
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Big Boys Hobbies
Well-known member
Other than cosmetics yes. Both dual processors and very good in iron!
Big Boys Hobbies
Well-known member
The G2 and GN Pro will do both coins and gold very well! Ready all the posts on the forum about them. They are impressing everyone.
Big Boys Hobbies said:
What are the numbers for a nickel in the discrimination mode? I'm not sure if I want to hear all that grunting going on. I think some of the grunting is lessen after you go past #40 in discrimination. I read that they will hit a dime at 10+ inches. I wonder if that's just hype?
Big Boys Hobbies
Well-known member
I believe. Remember though, the more discrimination you use in a machine the less depth you usually get. Its better to listen to the grunts so you will know whats in the ground your hunting. The G2 and GB pro are VERY quite machines. You can really crank the sensitivity up without EMI issues.
BH_Landstar_
New member
There is a depth reading, but only when using the pinpoint mode.
tabman----As I'm sure you know, the G2 doesn't have a "running" depth guage.----Depth # comes on screen when in pinpoint and it is calibrated to coin size targets.----I see it as being reasonably accurate (on coin size targets).----Where the G2 really "shines" is in it's absolutely amazing target seperation capability (especially in iron) but it does excellent in non-ferrous trash also.------The G2 (even at 19 khz) makes an excellent relic/coin hunter.----I see the depth issue as being plenty adequate on the G2 and that was a question I initially had about this detector.----- I have yet to try it in the gold fields but am sure it will excel there also.-----After all, that's what it was designed for, a gold machine---but it's certainly FAR more than just that!-----Bottom line--IMHO, you can't go wrong with this versatile little machine.----------Del
Other than the upper operating rod design, the shape/design of the display buttons, and stock search coil, yes, they are the same electronically.tabman said:
As with any detector, as long as there is no masking, ground mineral problem, the nickel is laying somewhat 'flat' to the coil, and how deep the coin is, I find most will give a VDI of 57/58. If too deep, visual read-out can be affected.tabman said:
The operator has control of the discrimination break point for low/high tones as well as the rejection point to silence trash.tabman said:
At turn-on, ALL targets will produce the same audio beep. If you run the Discrimination setting to '40', then all targets below that give a low-tone audio and above that break point produce a high-tone beep. After that setting as you increase the Discriminate setting, all VDI numbers above your setting produce a high-tone, below that setting produce a low-tone, but below a certain number they are silent or rejected.
As you increase the Disc. number above '40' you control the low/high break point, but the shaded area for the low-tone starts to decrease as the Discrimination increases, and the silenced rejection range increases. At the maximum Disc setting of '80,' there is no longer a low-tone audio. All VDI readings below that are rejected, or silent, and everything above produced a high-tone response.
With the Gold Bug Pro and G2, the operator has control of the audio break=-point and the lower-set rejection level.
I read all sorts of comments an many different forums about a wide-range of detector models and coin depth responses. I personally don't believe them all.tabman said:
Can I get a G2 to respond to a dinky-sized dime at 10+ inches? Maybe, if I do an 'air test' and I work the dime past the search coil at a very brisk speed at maximum sensitivity, etc. Do I think the G2 or Gold Bug Pro are capable of finding a small dime, with a good response, at 10" or more in an actual in-the-dirt hunting environment? No. Quite frankly I never count on any detector achieving this in-ground detection depth on one of the smallest coins we have commonly carried. Oh, things can happen, but I never plan on big surprises, especially from small-sized, high-conductive targets from high-frequency detectors.
The pinpoint function, accessed when hunting in the Discriminate mode, does produce a coin depth read-out. As with all detectors, it is reasonably accurate, especially on coins 3" or more in depth. I noted with the ones I have used that very close proximity coins, under 3", tend to read a little shallower.tabman said:
The G2 and Gold Bug Pro are excellent detector for a lot of people in many hunting environments. They can find targets of all conductivity ranges, but they are not the best for high-conductive targets such as silver coins.tabman said:
I like them both with the 5" DD coil when hunting for any good target in amongst trashy conditions. I like them both with the 11" DD coil for coverage of a more open site. I think they make an excellent choice for gold nugget hunting, for those looking for lower-conductive gold jewelry, or for relic hunters who normally are chasing low-to-mid conductivity targets.
I don't know how many other detector you own or use, but if I was shopping for one Teknetics model, and I was NOT interested in nugget hunting, but I WAS interested in finding silver coins, especially smaller dimes, and I wanted some of the better depth, such as down to
Tabman i was hunting with a bud using a Omega , He ID a coin at 9 inches, i scanned the target with GBSE and got a soft
repeatable ID using the same coil. It was a clad dime at 9 inches in mild soil.
If only coin hunting the Omega has more options.
The GB/G2 have an edge on small gold and run great in iron.
The other plus with the GB is i can run max Senc most of the time.
repeatable ID using the same coil. It was a clad dime at 9 inches in mild soil.
If only coin hunting the Omega has more options.
The GB/G2 have an edge on small gold and run great in iron.
The other plus with the GB is i can run max Senc most of the time.
I ended up getting a new Fisher Gold Bug SE with the factory added 4.0 software update. It's suppose to be same version as the as the Fisher Gold Bug Pro and Teknetics G2. Richard at http://www.backwoodsmetaldetectors.com/ made me a deal that I couldn't refuse. He's a great guy to deal with. Give him call and get yourself a good deal, like I did.
I'm really pumped up about this detector. I hope Richard gets in real hurry to ship it to me.
I'm really pumped up about this detector. I hope Richard gets in real hurry to ship it to me.