blowfly1967
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i know this is not a dedicated gold detector but,i have heard that it will find nuggets,true or false?has anybody had any success with this detector in the prospecting mode or it just dealer hype?bye for now, blowfly
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x terra 705 and gold nuggets?:ausflag:
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Steve in Idaho
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I have found many nuggets with my 705 using the 10" 18.75 DD coil. I now have the new Coiltex 18" coil for this next year in Alaska.
No, it isn't 'dealer hype. If you do a search on this forum for posts with "nugget", you'll find dozens of them.
Here is also a link to a compendium of posts, as found in the FAQFAQ. http://www.findmall.com/read.php?55,496336,496336#msg-496336
And if that isn't enough to satisfy your curiosity, you can always do a google search x-terra prospecting gold. There you will find videos by X-TERRA users and articles by lots of folks who have been enjoying success Prospecting with their X-TERRAs.
HH Randy
Here is also a link to a compendium of posts, as found in the FAQFAQ. http://www.findmall.com/read.php?55,496336,496336#msg-496336
And if that isn't enough to satisfy your curiosity, you can always do a google search x-terra prospecting gold. There you will find videos by X-TERRA users and articles by lots of folks who have been enjoying success Prospecting with their X-TERRAs.
HH Randy
nuggetripper
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[attachment 219414 goldfinds.jpg]i paid off mine this year being a novice nugget hunter it won't go as deep as the big money detectors but they give them a run for there money.The best nugget i found was a 4.7 gram about 4 inches down in a heavy minerlized area.IT FINDS GOLD don't let people say it can't find it it does.
Gday ,
I hate to burst any bubbles mate but here in Australia it wont cut much deeper than 1-2 " due to our heavy mineralised goldfiled soils.
Sens has to be set low or ground noise is a constant beeeeeeeep
The ground noise is relentless and it becomes VERY hard to read a nugget from mineralisation ground noise
As great as they are the Xterras do not cut it in Victoria, South Australia or WA...I havent tried Qld yet but I suspect its the same
i have tried the 6" HF and 5x10" HF , DD coils and the 6" is the better one.
I did find one small bit just under a gram but it was on the surface
Surface gold is rarity these days but the odd person with an Xterra snags one now and then
Go and try a Whites TDI or get a Minelab SD or GPX series if you are fair dinkum
If not and only want a bit of fun, try the Xterra and you will soon see what I am talking about.
Coin mode in the goldfields can be productive on old coins and relics
best of luck mate
T59
I hate to burst any bubbles mate but here in Australia it wont cut much deeper than 1-2 " due to our heavy mineralised goldfiled soils.
Sens has to be set low or ground noise is a constant beeeeeeeep
The ground noise is relentless and it becomes VERY hard to read a nugget from mineralisation ground noise
As great as they are the Xterras do not cut it in Victoria, South Australia or WA...I havent tried Qld yet but I suspect its the same
i have tried the 6" HF and 5x10" HF , DD coils and the 6" is the better one.
I did find one small bit just under a gram but it was on the surface
Surface gold is rarity these days but the odd person with an Xterra snags one now and then
Go and try a Whites TDI or get a Minelab SD or GPX series if you are fair dinkum
If not and only want a bit of fun, try the Xterra and you will soon see what I am talking about.
Coin mode in the goldfields can be productive on old coins and relics
best of luck mate
T59
Steve in Idaho
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That should nave been a 15" coil instead of an 18" coil. Slip of the fingers.
No bubbles were burst, as some detectorists found it hard to master a good VLF on heavy ground. Small coils and high frequency is a bad mix for depth. The truth is all of the current XTerra models excel on heavy ground, especially when allowed to open up in the mid 7khz and big 15" coil. The talk of 1" to 2" depth is quite wrong. An Xterrra properly handled on the gold fields is every bit as deep and sensitive as any of the Minelab gold VLF's that were made.
Personally I never liked the prospecting mode, far too much like the silly "Boost" in sensitivity mode that a lot of manufactures put on various detectors, (Max Boost etc), and prefer the threshold.
There are ways of utilizing these Xterra's in heavy ground and gaining great depth, but only those who were used to using the early VLF's with big coils and enhancers, tend to get the best out of them.
Personally I never liked the prospecting mode, far too much like the silly "Boost" in sensitivity mode that a lot of manufactures put on various detectors, (Max Boost etc), and prefer the threshold.
There are ways of utilizing these Xterra's in heavy ground and gaining great depth, but only those who were used to using the early VLF's with big coils and enhancers, tend to get the best out of them.