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Hey Philski, was just worried that someone might get agro on my comments, you know how some forums can get ugly when all we are trying to do is learn and impart learned info. Some of the learned info is wrong and I for one like to have any of my misconceptions straightened out. Ive actually got no idea of which detector to purchase because of this issue. The big guns all point mainly to GPX machines to find gold. Really annoying that there aren't standard field depth tests on say 1gram, 1 ounce etc with standard coil as part of the selling point.

My own test on the xterra 70 was really disappointing on a half grammer - 3inches air swing max with dd coil. Made me really skeptical on "gold detectors". Previously id been told my machine could find gold- that test goes against that theory in my eyes.

I don't have any bigger nuggets but do have access to a 100g gold bar. I'm hoping the owner will let me depth test that on my machine. Wish there were more youtube vids on gold depth testing at different size specimens.

Id like to put it out there, what machine will find a 1/2 gram nugget at 6 inches minimum, and also on same settings and same coil find a 1 oz nugget at 12 inches minimum.

Id be happy to purchase that sort of machine.

Peter

<blockquote data-quote="Twapster" data-source="post: 38488" data-attributes="member: 1582">Hey Philski, was just worried that someone might get agro on my comments, you know how some forums can get ugly when all we are trying to do is learn and impart learned info. Some of the learned info is wrong and I for one like to have any of my misconceptions straightened out. Ive actually got no idea of which detector to purchase because of this issue. The big guns all point mainly to GPX machines to find gold. Really annoying that there aren&#039;t standard field depth tests on say 1gram, 1 ounce etc with standard coil as part of the selling point.My own test on the xterra 70 was really disappointing on a half grammer - 3inches air swing max with dd coil. Made me really skeptical on &quot;gold detectors&quot;. Previously id been told my machine could find gold- that test goes against that theory in my eyes.I don&#039;t have any bigger nuggets but do have access to a 100g gold bar. I&#039;m hoping the owner will let me depth test that on my machine. Wish there were more youtube vids on gold depth testing at different size specimens. Id like to put it out there, what machine will find a 1/2 gram nugget at 6 inches minimum, and also on same settings and same coil find a 1 oz nugget at 12 inches minimum. Id be happy to purchase that sort of machine.Peter</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Twapster, post: 38488, member: 1582"] Hey Philski, was just worried that someone might get agro on my comments, you know how some forums can get ugly when all we are trying to do is learn and impart learned info. Some of the learned info is wrong and I for one like to have any of my misconceptions straightened out. Ive actually got no idea of which detector to purchase because of this issue. The big guns all point mainly to GPX machines to find gold. Really annoying that there aren't standard field depth tests on say 1gram, 1 ounce etc with standard coil as part of the selling point. My own test on the xterra 70 was really disappointing on a half grammer - 3inches air swing max with dd coil. Made me really skeptical on "gold detectors". Previously id been told my machine could find gold- that test goes against that theory in my eyes. I don't have any bigger nuggets but do have access to a 100g gold bar. I'm hoping the owner will let me depth test that on my machine. Wish there were more youtube vids on gold depth testing at different size specimens. Id like to put it out there, what machine will find a 1/2 gram nugget at 6 inches minimum, and also on same settings and same coil find a 1 oz nugget at 12 inches minimum. Id be happy to purchase that sort of machine. Peter [/QUOTE]

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