Gold Detector Question
Submitted: Thursday, Mar 24, 2005 at 11:44
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Member - Craig M (NSW)
Hi All,
Just wondering if any one has used a Bounty Metal Detector, eg, Tracker IV, and Quick DrawII.
Are they any good for the price, $325 & $425.
Any Info would be appreciated.
Hope everyone has a safe and Happy
easter.
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Reply By: Member - Blue (VIC) - Thursday, Mar 24, 2005 at 15:38
Thursday, Mar 24, 2005 at 15:38
I bought and tried a cheapy, $520 odd dollars... We have 20acres in the gold belt north of
Ballarat. Didn't find anything, not even a bottle cap. Bumped into a bloke nearby with a
Mine Lab unit approx$6500, he found gold on my block, albeit only very small amounts... All of it less than 150mm underground and all of it in
places I'd already searched... I sold my unit then sulked because I didn't have the $$$ for the
Mine Lab.
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Reply By: japmel - Sunday, Mar 27, 2005 at 21:21
Sunday, Mar 27, 2005 at 21:21
Craig M
Hi there,
The bad news is a bounty hunter isn't going to find much if any gold these days as there have been much better detectors around for a number of years now.
The latest gold detector from Minelab is the GP3500 valued at rrp $5800.00
but you can get them for around $5400.00
Haveing said that though you should be able to get a Minelab SD2000 for around $1000.00 or cheaper.
I would advise that you get a Minelab detector in the SD or GP range anything else is useless for finding gold in Australia.
I have been detecting for a number of years and currently have a Minelab GP3000
so if you have anymore questions please ask.
Regards
japmel
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Follow Up By: goldfinder - Tuesday, Mar 29, 2005 at 17:42
Tuesday, Mar 29, 2005 at 17:42
Good advice japmel. I just returned from a trip to Vic and the gold stuff is definately getting harder to find. I always find gold but the amount varies greatly. To stay on the cheaper side get an SD2000 and have it Modified at one of the gold prospecting stores. This allows it to find the smallest bit of gold that it would normally not have a chance of hearing. I use a GP Extreme and am waiting for some reports on the GP 3500 before possibly upgrading as I will be heading of to WA later in the year.
Spoke to a bloke at Tanagulla using a modified SD2000 and he had quite a bit of smaller gold to show.
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