who uses the g2 or gold bug pro to detect gold with?

[vaquero44]

i'm currious if anyone uses the g2 or gold bug pro for gold prospecting in river beds and streams and your results?

 

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[trinityau]

Check my posts on Arizona Gold Prospectors Forum, you may have to become a member. My posts are all under TRINITYAU. You will find much more info about detecting with PI's and VLF's at this site also. TRINITYAU/RAYMILLS

 

[NeoTokyo]

I just picked up a GB Pro last Friday, I went up to an area that I had been underwater sniping and hit the exposed bedrock and a little in the creek.
I found a lot of "trash" items plus an old axe head but no gold.

The exposed bedrock has been pretty heavily worked over all ready but I figured I would give it a try.

In the creek I found several iron objects, detected them just fine.

If its hitting that stuff it will for sure hit gold when it finds it.

 

[Lanny in AB]

I just picked up a GB Pro last Friday, I went up to an area that I had been underwater sniping and hit the exposed bedrock and a little in the creek.
I found a lot of "trash" items plus an old axe head but no gold.

The exposed bedrock has been pretty heavily worked over all ready but I figured I would give it a try.

In the creek I found several iron objects, detected them just fine.

If its hitting that stuff it will for sure hit gold when it finds it.

The most important thing while nugget shooting is to be sure your detector is properly ground balanced the entire time. Lots of times you'll find trash, but not be ground balanced properly, so you'll miss the tiny whispers of faint gold targets. They get lost in the background clutter if the machine is not finely balanced--I guess that's what ground grab on the Pro is for?

All the best as you keep trying out that new detector,

Lanny

 

[NeoTokyo]

What about being in all metal mode with gain 100% up and having the low tone set to 30+?
Does that work just as well as the other mode?

 

[trinityau]

No, not for gold and not in our area. I generally run a smooth threshold at about 11. In our area you will hear the tiniest at the greatest depth at about 11. Here are some from today. TRINITYAU/RAYMILLS

 

[pistol perfect]

threshold at about 11? u mean like 11 o clock? or threshold at only 11?

 

[DesertNuggets]

I use a GB2 most of the time. Great machine.

 

[boulder dash]

Gold bug 2 fan here. I have had mine a few years. I think it is the best detector out there. I have found quite a few patches with it. I call it the skunk buster. It is not uncommon to find 20+ gold a day. Seems I have found several thousand in just a few short years. I have owned 3 gpx minelabs and I alway seem to go back to the bug. The secret is to learn your machine.

 

[trinityau]

When you turn the GB Pro on you are turning the knob on the Left, the gain, the power, all the same. There are no numbers. Turn the gain knob till you hit the 11 o clock position. Now go to the knob on the Right , the discrimination, the all metal mode, threshold, all the same. Turn the right hand knob to the right until you are comfortable with what you are hearing. You have to have to hear some threshold so that signals will break it. Push the ground grab button down while pumping the GB Pro coil up and down close to the ground and you will see the numbers on the screen line up pretty close to the numbers in the bottom right side of the screen, when this happens you are ground balanced. At this time if your threshold is warbling, not steady or eratic then turn the gain a tiny bit towards the 10 o clock position or until it is nice and steady. Depending on the ground you are working you may be able to go higher on the gain and some ground will force you to go lower on the gain. As you are detecting you are hearing the threshold and if there is a difference in the sounds and it is not staying where you set it at then you need to rebalance with the ground grab button again.

While you are detecting swing the coil as close to the ground as possible and go at a speed which will enable the threshold to maintain. There is no set speed to swing the detector at, just so you maintain a steady threshold. If you swing to fast in a particular area and the threshold is breaking up then you will miss subtle signals. As you learn your detector you will find little tricks you can use that will make things easier. I would not use the discrimination mode for normal gold detecting. The GB Pro will pick up the same tiny pieces that the GBII will but not in discrimination mode. If you are detecting in a high trash area and you have gold that is bigger than a gram then you can detect in the discrimination mode and it will work for you.

You guys still using the GBII, it is a great detector, I have literally found pounds of gold with my three over the years. It was hard for me to change from the GBII to the GB Pro. In my opinion the GB Pro just does so much more when you learn how to use it. It goes far deeper on big and little. It works in soils that the GBII had to fight. It stays balanced better. It is waterproof. It has a far easier learning curve for beginners. The GB Pro is far cheaper, less batteries, longer battery life and the discrimination on anything over half a gram is fantastic. For those not wanting people to know their business it breaks down into a pack better. As stated above I know the GB Pro will find the same tiny sub-grainers as the GBII can, only difference is it does it with more ease as far as I am concerned. These are all my opinions, TRINITYAU/RAYMILLS

 

[pistol perfect]

Thanks! This is good information!

When you turn the GB Pro on you are turning the knob on the Left, the gain, the power, all the same. There are no numbers. Turn the gain knob till you hit the 11 o clock position. Now go to the knob on the Right , the discrimination, the all metal mode, threshold, all the same. Turn the right hand knob to the right until you are comfortable with what you are hearing. You have to have to hear some threshold so that signals will break it. Push the ground grab button down while pumping the GB Pro coil up and down close to the ground and you will see the numbers on the screen line up pretty close to the numbers in the bottom right side of the screen, when this happens you are ground balanced. At this time if your threshold is warbling, not steady or eratic then turn the gain a tiny bit towards the 10 o clock position or until it is nice and steady. Depending on the ground you are working you may be able to go higher on the gain and some ground will force you to go lower on the gain. As you are detecting you are hearing the threshold and if there is a difference in the sounds and it is not staying where you set it at then you need to rebalance with the ground grab button again.

While you are detecting swing the coil as close to the ground as possible and go at a speed which will enable the threshold to maintain. There is no set speed to swing the detector at, just so you maintain a steady threshold. If you swing to fast in a particular area and the threshold is breaking up then you will miss subtle signals. As you learn your detector you will find little tricks you can use that will make things easier. I would not use the discrimination mode for normal gold detecting. The GB Pro will pick up the same tiny pieces that the GBII will but not in discrimination mode. If you are detecting in a high trash area and you have gold that is bigger than a gram then you can detect in the discrimination mode and it will work for you.

You guys still using the GBII, it is a great detector, I have literally found pounds of gold with my three over the years. It was hard for me to change from the GBII to the GB Pro. In my opinion the GB Pro just does so much more when you learn how to use it. It goes far deeper on big and little. It works in soils that the GBII had to fight. It stays balanced better. It is waterproof. It has a far easier learning curve for beginners. The GB Pro is far cheaper, less batteries, longer battery life and the discrimination on anything over half a gram is fantastic. For those not wanting people to know their business it breaks down into a pack better. As stated above I know the GB Pro will find the same tiny sub-grainers as the GBII can, only difference is it does it with more ease as far as I am concerned. These are all my opinions, TRINITYAU/RAYMILLS

 

[NeoTokyo]

Thanks Ray, I will set it there tomorrow when I get out.

I did that exactly today at a playground and I was finding tiny tiny pin sized nail tips all the way down to about 8" on my deepest target.
We also found 17 cents. lol

 

[H-2 CHARLIE]

When you turn the GB Pro on you are turning the knob on the Left, the gain, the power, all the same. There are no numbers. Turn the gain knob till you hit the 11 o clock position. Now go to the knob on the Right , the discrimination, the all metal mode, threshold, all the same. Turn the right hand knob to the right until you are comfortable with what you are hearing. You have to have to hear some threshold so that signals will break it. Push the ground grab button down while pumping the GB Pro coil up and down close to the ground and you will see the numbers on the screen line up pretty close to the numbers in the bottom right side of the screen, when this happens you are ground balanced. At this time if your threshold is warbling, not steady or eratic then turn the gain a tiny bit towards the 10 o clock position or until it is nice and steady. Depending on the ground you are working you may be able to go higher on the gain and some ground will force you to go lower on the gain. As you are detecting you are hearing the threshold and if there is a difference in the sounds and it is not staying where you set it at then you need to rebalance with the ground grab button again.

While you are detecting swing the coil as close to the ground as possible and go at a speed which will enable the threshold to maintain. There is no set speed to swing the detector at, just so you maintain a steady threshold. If you swing to fast in a particular area and the threshold is breaking up then you will miss subtle signals. As you learn your detector you will find little tricks you can use that will make things easier. I would not use the discrimination mode for normal gold detecting. The GB Pro will pick up the same tiny pieces that the GBII will but not in discrimination mode. If you are detecting in a high trash area and you have gold that is bigger than a gram then you can detect in the discrimination mode and it will work for you.

You guys still using the GBII, it is a great detector, I have literally found pounds of gold with my three over the years. It was hard for me to change from the GBII to the GB Pro. In my opinion the GB Pro just does so much more when you learn how to use it. It goes far deeper on big and little. It works in soils that the GBII had to fight. It stays balanced better. It is waterproof. It has a far easier learning curve for beginners. The GB Pro is far cheaper, less batteries, longer battery life and the discrimination on anything over half a gram is fantastic. For those not wanting people to know their business it breaks down into a pack better. As stated above I know the GB Pro will find the same tiny sub-grainers as the GBII can, only difference is it does it with more ease as far as I am concerned. These are all my opinions, TRINITYAU/RAYMILLS

.....>> how does it vary with the whites GMT ? PLEASE

 

[Hoser John]

Million or so have bought the original Gold Bug---then the Gold Bug 2-and now the Gold Bug Pro over the past 20+ years or so. All folks run them differently COMPLETELY as some folks run hunt--and trophy hunt. Some folks run'm low and slow and get it ALL. Some half way in between as one mans pleasure is yet anothers folly. When you can wear out a new coil cover in less than a year as H you can rest assured you are gettn' it all and then folks behind ya do quit laughing as they can't say WOW look at what ya missed hahahaha- who wins the race--the snail or the hare----John

 

[Jeff Harris]

Ray, any chance you are a member of Roadrunners?

 

[H-2 CHARLIE]

just saw alot of used GMT machines on craigs list wonder why ?

 

[BugHunter]

Many thanks to Ray/trinityau - I have probably learned something about how to use my Gold Bug Pro. These two babies are really small: 0.12 and 0.16 g, taken from 1 - 1.5 inch depth. These are my first!

 

[Lanny in AB]

A big congratulations to you!!

All the best,

Lanny

 

[63bkpkr]

H-2 Charlie - somehow I think they had not learned the machines and did not find gold or not enough of it to make them rich so they quit. Just a guess though. I myself would not get rid of my GMT as it has been a true friend to me as I've learned at least a little bit of how it works.

I'm embarrassed to show these pictures again but as I've not been out enough lately I do not have new gold to show. The small pile on the half dollar was a combo find with the GMT/Panning/Sluicing while the tiny pieces on the dime were all GMT finds of gold in bedrock. The GMT finds it, just learn the machine............63bkpkr

combo

bedrock

 

[blynch35]

nice finds and good info on here ill be getting a gold bug pro pretty soon