how much gold???

[blaze16]

wanting to get a whites gmt just wondering how much gold people have found using one and any tips.

 

[Twapster]

I think its not the correct etiquette to ask such a bold question, gold finds are a very sensitive topic. All detectors are good unless proven otherwise, im sure whatever detector you get u will have a lot of fun with it.

 

[Ben78]

People do find gold with Whites GMT yes. If you have never detected for gold please know that it isn't as simple as walking around with a detector that suddenly makes a noise over gold. VLF detectors set a balance point where the threshold is quiet for ONE ground setting, when you move the coil anything that is above or below that ground setting will make a sound. That means rocks, air, your hand, that tree root, endless nails, old horse shoe etc etc. This is the primary reason that people go for a PI machine, that lack of response to most ground changes. I say most because even some ground causes the best machines to howl and carry on.

 

[Twapster]

I concur with Ben78, the reason why I purchased a PI was my VLF was like a screaming coyote in the areas I was looking for Gold....if I was looking for coins or relics then VLF is the way to go but the sweet and subtle sound of Gold seems to be better suited to PI machines in most instances. Of course If you find a rock specimen or quartz reef, you would be digging the VLF out. Unfortunately there aren't many machines that give you the best of both worlds. If Gold is your thing...a VLF may drive you mad if the fever hasn't. :lol:

 

[Big Nugget]

wanting to get a whites gmt just wondering how much gold people have found using one and any tips.

Hey B16,

The GMT is one of the best detectors you will get your hands on for a $1000 bucks.

Most machines have some idiosyncracies but its all about knowing your detector.

Sure the VLF's might cough here and there, you just need to interpret what its telling you.

Buy the best you can afford, listen to your machine, get to know it REALLY GOOD and never detect where there isn't any Gold!

 

[Goldtarget]

Haha I've had trouble detecting where there is gold. In its class the gmt can do the job no question. Try and seek out someone with some serious time on the machine to guide you locally if at all possible.

 

[Metamorphic]

People do find gold with Whites GMT yes. If you have never detected for gold please know that it isn't as simple as walking around with a detector that suddenly makes a noise over gold. VLF detectors set a balance point where the threshold is quiet for ONE ground setting, when you move the coil anything that is above or below that ground setting will make a sound. That means rocks, air, your hand, that tree root, endless nails, old horse shoe etc etc. This is the primary reason that people go for a PI machine, that lack of response to most ground changes. I say most because even some ground causes the best machines to howl and carry on.

Simply not true of the GMT....auto ground balance adapts to ground change beautifully with the DD eliptical.
Air and Tree roots???? PMSL. What are you smoking Ben?

As Big Nugget says, learn your machine properly. Most make the mistake of setting gain/sensitivity too high trying to gain extra depth and thats the main reason it will get chatty, but a PI will do that also.

If your machine lacks response to ground change, you aint gonna find much gold with it mate!

Regards

 

[loamer]

Just a few comments on VLFs in general.

For their time they were the dogs bollox -nothing better and really started all this current lunacy.
I still own and operate an Xterra 70 VLF and use it conjunction with my 4500. Why?
. Best pinpointer in the world on quartz reefs and especially good in confined or difficult spaces.
. On small species in quartz - magnificent. If hitting into a reef - excellent on throw out checking. many, many grams from this.
. On clear mullock - world beater on small wheat sized gold and even smaller -again, many, many small pieces.
. Light weight and can be carried in a day pack. Always with me.
. After patch hunting with bigger coils, switching to the VLF for an hour or so around mullock heaps, quartz and conglomerate dumps is a good fun break.
. Easy to use.
. Great training detector, especially for kids.

As pointed out by meta, the sensitivity issues are very much correct. I run mine flat-out in clear mullock and quartz and then back it way back for other mullock or when relic hunting around old reef workings. Yes they burp, fart and wheeze but so do all detectors, their operators and their dogs.

Summary - VLFs still have a huge place on the gold, even on mongrel mineralised ground. Mine has a 10 x 5 coil so I know that it has limited depth anyway so turning it back is not an issue, what I want is pretty close to the surface anyway. They are great fun, light, easy to use, and they will find gold no worries at all.

 

[Hunting the yellow]

but having said all that above it doesn't mater what detector you have or if you even know how to detect or not. I keep telling people that its the area that's not well known you swing it over if you know what im trying to get to

 

[Goldtarget]

Just to add to your summary loamer in relation to the gmt it makes a huge difference if you understand the machine and is noises well enough to make it work. I gave mine up despite excellent tuition and having watched literally the very same machine over the same areas many times because I struggled to understand it. I think that is a reflection on me directly, not the machine or conditions. But I can't play golf either. No matter how much practice I have or good tuition I cannot get my handicap lower. Yet some people thrive and can play from the word go. I only add this because I want to explain that what use how and where can make a big difference, as does the level of experience.