Embarrassed Novice

[oldtimerROB]

I bought a $65 beach detector from China on ebay this year -probably the same brand as yours and when I assembled it the four wires I had to join were not colour coded.So now it beeps when over nothing and goes silent when over a tin can. I cant undo the metal rod containing the wires from the housing as it went into a catch, so the whole thing,s useless.We were intending to dig holes and examine the soil for nuggets at the time whilst we were awaiting delivery of a much better detector.
As far as a cheap detector goes, at $950 a Racer 2 will handle the mineralisation better than other cheaper detectors according to Phase Technical under the 1K mark..A Racer Gold is best suited for use in low/medium mineralisation for searching tiny gold.

 

[Hotrob]

G'day mate,

You've said it yourself...... "you'll only get what ya pay for".
By the way ....Spot is a funny name for a wallaby...... should've called him Skippy or Joey.

Rob.

 

[Blackwolf]

Hinted to my brother ....guess what came in the mail today for Christma?
Minelab X-Terra 705

Next weekend....I'm off prospecting!!

Wish me luck.

 

[xcvator]

Nice brother :Y: :Y: :Y:

 

[silver]

X X
crossies

 

[Blackwolf]

Testing the beach setting.
Couple of hours down Carrum Beach, $2 along with a couple of star pickets and a sinker. Good testing out the settings.
Off gold prospecting next weekend.

 

[nuggetino]

Know someone who recently just detected his first nugget with the 705. Hopefully you won't be far behind. Goodluck :Y:

 

[patchfinder]

Congrats on your choice, my wife had a 705 for couple of years and had a lot of fun, just recently we upgrade to an SDC2300, now you have a serious machine, so be patient and do a lot of research, gold will come, good luck.

 

[zigzagps]

Can I have a brother like yours?