Low Cost Detector help

[mountainman22]

Ive been lurking around her for a long time and finally joined! I want to thank you all for help from the past and future prospecting help! I caught gold fever and looks like ill be under the fever for good! I have been running a sluice and pan for a few weeks with hardly any luck(besides four flour flakes). I was on a claim working my butt off all day and got nothing! Meanwhile a 17 year old kid comes right next to me with a detector and pulls out a 4 oz. nugget! I am seriously limited to under $240 for a detector and have scoured for information. I know the good nugget/placer detectors are usually around $600 plus, but have read some good finds with a cheap detector. I am looking at getting a bounty hunter tracker IV and buying their gold nugget coil all for around$150. However I heard that a whites gm2 is under $300 but it seems impossible to find. Can anyone please shed some new light and help a new prospector out? Thanks so much in advance. MM

 

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[Reg]

John,

Herschbach originally listed the Vaquero as a poor man's gold machine but later bumped it down a notch when the GMZ came out. He had that posted on his forum and also posted it on the nugget shooter forum. Here is a link to his post on the nuggetshooter forum.

http://www.nuggetshooter.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=12820&hl=vaquero

Reg

 

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[Hoser John]

Thanks Reg I forgot which forum I saw on as that'n is one of my favorites as MODERATED STRINGENTLY and no bs allowed as here-John

 

[nuggetshooter323]

He also posted that on his stores website on the write up for the Vaquero. That was the main reason I've always sugested to people for their first detector to be the Vaquero, it makes them learn basic skills. You have to learn how to ground balance manually, well and often, and adjust the sensitivity for effect.