Gold Detectors

G'day Howard

I recently bought a Minelab Xterra as that is all I could afford. Have been on two 'expeditions' and have found lots of rusty nails and 'hot rocks'. Still have to find something of value :-)

To do any serious detecting one needs anything up from a 2200 and they sell for around $3000. Then there is the 4000 and the latest model the 4500(around $6000)

Go have a look atthis website and ask the question.

The price to me seems reasonable by detector standards.


Cheers

The 2100 was a good detector in its day and will still find gold. It is just a little harder as the land has already been worked with the 2100's.
Last year I was using an extreme which again, the areas I was looking for gold had been even worked with the 3500 and I still found gold with it.
apparently when a patch is found you will always only pick 80% of what is there.
It's not a case of which detector you use, it is a caase of walking ofver the stuff. Any detector will find gold,you just got to walk over it.
My first bit was an ounce and a half using a groundhog.
That detector will still find gold but it will be alot harder than a $6500 one.
Peter

Ok for virgin ground but if you are going over old ground then not too good .

Just get him a woman , they are best at it !!

If you cannot afford the big bucks (Need to find 10 ozs plus just to break even) for a top of the range machine the this is a good starter machine. Price is pretty good. I would tweak it up with LI Battery at 12v and reduced down to about 6.7 or 7 volts and flog the old coils on ebay and buy one of the latest top of range coils.

The Xterra 70 is essentially a relic detector - and a very dood one as it can be digitally tuned to suit local conditions. It has demonstarted the capacity to find shallow gold in quiet country - particulary small stuff. I would not consider it as a primary gold detector
B-T

The SD2100 is a good machine for a beginner. If it is setup & tuned properly it will still out do some of the later machines. As already mentioned if it has one of the later battery packs or the Coil-Tech 12volt regulator setup, then it will detect deeper.
There are SD2100s out there modded up will outdo even the latest 4500s & at a cheaper price.
The price quoted with 4 coils is a very good as there are other sellers out there asking much more.
As far as efficiecy of the machine it all comes done to the operator & how he uses it. Cheers.