Metal detector for my sweetie ?

[Banjopicker]

I'm more in to tonnage, Highbanking and soon to be dredging. Sweetie is 4'11' 90lbs and has been bugging me wanting to use a metal detector while I work the shovel. I know nothing about them. Like I said she's a little thing so it can't be to heavy, and since she wont be reading this I'll say I don't want to spend a bunch of money. At the same time I'd like her to have at least a chance of finding something, after all if she looses interest I might not get to go as often. Advice would be appreciated.

 

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[aa battery]

well the Warden is 5 foot and about 125 (she is almost 59) uses my old garrett ace 100 . she out does me pannin and mding. CAREFULL!!

 

[MetalDetectorDude]

Tesoro Compadre!

 

[Lanny in AB]

The Gold Bug Pro.

All the best,

Lanny

 

[midnightmoon]

+ 1 on what Lanny said.

Get a Gold Bug Pro -- so she has a good chance at finding some. And when she finds some gold, she'll get hooked!

Anyhow, you will end up using it too.

 

[Hoser John]

Tesoro Lobo Super Traq as has a full discrimination circuit,auto gb so she doesn't get all frustrated with constantly changing soil conditions. Guaranteed forever and built solid with a removeable hipmount box so all she'll swing is a 1+ lb pole and coil. Your post has no location but you can use mine for free. Fantastic to have a woman who wants to go out with you....you already have found gold and she's it-John

 

[AzViper]

My vote is for the Gold Bug Pro, it's lite at 2.5 pounds, uses a user friendly and easy to carry 9 volt spare battery. Has a very easy, straight forward learning curve. I posted this earlier on another thread but here it is again,

To turn the GB Pro on turn the left knob (Gain) clockwise and turn the knob to the 11 o'clock position. The Manual says 12 o'clock but 11 o'clock is better for finding the small stuff. Now turn the (Threshold knob) slowly until you hear a slight sound. While pumping (coil) up and down over the ground hold the center GG button to ground balance it. That's basically it in a nutshell. Next swing GB Pro side to side holding the coil just off the ground. After GB Pro is set be sure to ground balance often if needed. Headphones are a huge plus because the gold will whisper just slightly unless the coil is right over the target or the target is big. While in All Metal Mode keep an eye on the ferrous bars left side of the display and the Bar Graph at the top of the display, While watching these two different scales on the display dig everything 0-2 bars on the ferrous while watching bar graph at the top of the display, the bar graph should be above 35. You will know hot rocks by the boing sound they make, pump the coil up and down over a hot rock and you will really hear it. On another note the Gold Bug Pro was designed my Dave (Woof) Johnson who is a member of these forums and currently is an Engineer for Fisher. Dave has a 40 page booklet called Gold Prospecting With A VLF Metal Detector. If you would like a copy of this booklet PM me with your email address and I would be happy to send you a copy. The link is on the Fisher website and the last time I check the file had all the pages out of sequence.

For a more in depth read on the Gold Bug Pro visit Steve page, Gold Bug Pro

Keith

GOLD BUG PRO MANUAL

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[Hoser John]

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[kazcoro]

I agree with the gold bug pro. My ten year old daughter can use it.