White GMT usable for more than gold nuggets hunting?

[Fraulein]

Hello! I am new to metal detecting. In fact I am a Garrett Ace 250 Newbie. I am learning to use my current detector and I love it. I know I have to do my classes and practice with my current detector until I learn its reactions inside and outside. However, I am starting to look for my next metal detector, maybe next season.

My area is known to have gold nuggets hidden here and there. There is a old copper mine about 3 miles from my place, It used to be the biggest copper mine in Canada back in the mid 18Th hundreds. I am interested in a machine to start prospecting for gold. The white GMT is the one tickling my fancy right know. However, I would like to know if you could also use it to search for coins and jewels. I know the machine is engineered for gold prospecting. The white detector company already have plenty of coins detecting machines.

I would like to know from the folks using the GMT, if they are also using it for coins and jewels? In the Garrett forum, many Scorpion Stinger users (the Garrett gold prospecting detector) also have a great time finding coins and jewels with their detectors. The Scorpion also seems like a good detector, but I am more interested in the GMT.

 

[Butch in Colorado]

It's main function is gold. But many folks use it for coinshooting as well. It just takes some learning as to how coins are reported to it.

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

Lots of positives for the MXT on detecting gold.
Also has relic and coin /jewelry modes.
Have this unit (MXT ) and does well for coins and relic unfortunately no gold in this part of the country.

 

[moondog2000]

I own a gmt and a scorpion and this is the difference I have found. I have a poker chip with a small flake of gold glued to it, the gmt sounds off on it and the scorp does not. the gmt is 48 kz and the scorp is 15 kz is why. the gmt is easy to ground balance and the scorp is a little harder to master. the gmt is easy to coin shoot with if its not reading iron you dig and hope its a coin, the same with the scorp, if it sounds you dig and hope its a coin. I dig all targets as that is what you do when you prospect. the gmt at 48 kz does not have much depth , most coins I have found were at 4-6 " . the scorp is a different story, at 15 kz I have dug lots of coins at 8-12 " . My wife and I have been prospecting for over a year and have not found any nuggets yet, they say you need to to dig a thousand targets before you will find one and I'm still working on it. when I take the scorp out in the quartzsite gold fields I find tons of targets,I once dug a boot tack at 8" . when I take the gmt out I don't find many targets at all due to the lack of depth, but lots of locals are finding lots of gold with the gmt, I have seen it and that is why I bought 2 of them.the gmt will track mineral in the ground and tell you where to dry wash and that is how I get my gold.I love the scorp ,at the beach it finds tons of stuff , I have the most fun with the scorp. Its a tough call, I 'm glad I have both and that is what I take to the gold fields. If I could only own one it would be the gmt as it will do everything easy.

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

Another unit that Whites came out with not to long ago is the GMZ with a price range of $500 verses GMT $800
Uses the 48kHz frequency
Weights -- 3.35 lbs
Operating mode -- all metal
Ground rejection -- Yes
Power -- 8 AA
Battery life -- 47 hours
All metal construction except the coil

A field test done in the Gold Prospectors Magazine of the 2010 Jan/Fed issue by Jim Klein
Seems from the write up it's a good basic detector no learning curve

 

[Old Katz]

MoonDog:
I wonder if the MXT would sound off on it since its operating at 14khz.
Katz

 

[moondog2000]

You would think the mxt would be the perfect single detector to own but when your in the az goldfields the majority of people finding nuggets are using a gmt or a gold bug. the man that runs the promack mining store says he can use any detect. in the store when he goes out prospecting and he uses a gmt, I have seen his gold and thats why I bought one. one of the prospectors in quartzsite has a mxt and has not had any luck and he is a successful yuba river dredger who has found pounds of gold, his recomendation is to buy some thing in the higher kz range.If you bought a mxt you should also buy a double d coil for nugget shooting which is about $130 more. the mxt would be way better than the scorp as its modern and the scorp is old school.If the gold in your area is tiny I would say the gmt but if the nuggets are larger the mxt might be ok.I think the mxt would be an excellant coin & relic machine & an ok gold machine were as the gmt is a dedicated gold machine & an ok coin shooter. I guess you will have to choose what you want to do the most,coins or gold to help make your decision. from what I read it sounds like your ace 250 is an excellant coin shooter so maybe a gmt.