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Metal Detectors
General Metal Detector Discussion
Which gold detector would be best for beginner
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<blockquote data-quote="Hawkear" data-source="post: 676892" data-attributes="member: 4728"><p>My thoughts.</p><p>Disregard the 3000 and 4000 as have been followed by better machines.</p><p>2300 - Top performer on small shallow gold and still at the top performance level on those. Will struggle on deeper (potentially larger) nuggets. Pretty sure fire when searching shallow ground in known goldfields. Cable free operation is an advantage.</p><p>4500 - Good all round performer and good on deep nuggets with medium to large coils. Will not match the small nugget performance of a 2300. Requires cable to separate battery.</p><p>5000 - Similar all round performance to the 4500 and with addition of fine gold timing its performance on small gold is improved especially with appropriately smaller sized coils.</p><p>When searching for nuggets remember that the number of nuggets you will find is proportional to the size (and depth).</p><p>Large deep nuggets = Rare</p><p>Small shallow nuggets - Common</p><p>Mid sized and depth - More than rare but much less than common.</p><p>If I am pressed for a recommendation, I would suggest the 2300 as it is the one most likely to get you on the board and you learn a lot by finding gold so the more chance of a find regardless of size the more you learn.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hawkear, post: 676892, member: 4728"] My thoughts. Disregard the 3000 and 4000 as have been followed by better machines. 2300 - Top performer on small shallow gold and still at the top performance level on those. Will struggle on deeper (potentially larger) nuggets. Pretty sure fire when searching shallow ground in known goldfields. Cable free operation is an advantage. 4500 - Good all round performer and good on deep nuggets with medium to large coils. Will not match the small nugget performance of a 2300. Requires cable to separate battery. 5000 - Similar all round performance to the 4500 and with addition of fine gold timing its performance on small gold is improved especially with appropriately smaller sized coils. When searching for nuggets remember that the number of nuggets you will find is proportional to the size (and depth). Large deep nuggets = Rare Small shallow nuggets - Common Mid sized and depth - More than rare but much less than common. If I am pressed for a recommendation, I would suggest the 2300 as it is the one most likely to get you on the board and you learn a lot by finding gold so the more chance of a find regardless of size the more you learn. [/QUOTE]
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