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« on: January 07, 2011, 11:58:08 am »
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I'll start a thread on the Gold Bug SE just in case someone else owns one too.  We can compare experiences and trade tips.  The new Gold Bug they say, is a special edition that won't be around long.  Big deal.  It has:

19 khz, 5 inch coil, manual ground balance, auto tuning, digital display, all metal and disc modes, two tones, target ID, depth indication, pinpointing, to name a few of its features.

Anyone else out there own one?

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« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2011, 12:19:48 pm »
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I have never used one but thanks for starting this thread. The more reviews we have the easier it is to answer that question that comes up every few months " What is the best detector out there."

P.S. Will it find aluminum?Huh?Huh?Huh?Huh?

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P.S. Will it find aluminum?

Ha!

Posted on: January 07, 2011, 01:11:47 PM
Fisher Gold Bug (from the manufacturer)

Threshold and Gain Adjustments
1/4 and 1/8 Inch Headphone Jacks
1 - 9V Power Supply
Lightest Weight / Best Ergonomics in the Industry
2 Search Modes: All-Metal and Discriminate
Large LCD Screen with 0-99 Numeric Target Identification Display
Large Target Alert
Depth Readout and Running Signal Strength Indicator
No-Motion Pinpoint
Computer Assisted Ground Grab and Ground Balance
Continious Ground Phase and Ground Mineralization Readout
2 Tone VCO
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Posted on: January 07, 2011, 02:23:19 PM
Ground balancing is achieved in the all metals mode by advancing the threshold control to a barely audible signal, and then pumping the coil 1 to 6 inches over the soil while engaging the ground grab button.  When the numeric values on the screen stabilize, you're done.  Advanced users can further adjust the ground balance to get a weak, positive response when lowering the coil to the ground, but the manual does not explain WHY an advanced user would want to do this.



Posted on: January 08, 2011, 12:20:17 PM
I went to my coin garden today with the gold bug and I can't find my dimes.  I located everything else.  Strange.  I pulled out more junk that the Micronta missed, even a BB size piece of iron at about three inches and nails at 6 inches.  Just no dimes.  I'm using the 5 inch head. I don't own the bigger coils.

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I went to my coin garden today with the gold bug and I can't find my dimes

I put the bug in discriminate mode and turned it up to full power.  Nothing chirped in the numeric range of a dime.  Then I put it in all metal mode and cranked it up...several hits but nothing close to a dime value on the scale.  I dug for an hour looking with my pinpointer...nothing.

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I went to my coin garden today with the gold bug and I can't find my dimes.  I located everything else.  Strange.  I pulled out more junk that the Micronta missed, even a BB size piece of iron at about three inches and nails at 6 inches.  Just no dimes.  I'm using the 5 inch head. I don't own the bigger coils.

Bwahahahaha!

That's because I came and dug them while you were getting that soda, mate!

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Ya know GoldDigger, I thought it might have been someone...but I never suspected YOU.  If you woulda asked I woulda given you  20 cents, BUT THEN I WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF DIGGING AND SIFTING WITH MY HANDS FOR 2 HOURS IN THE DIRT.

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"Scotty, beam me back . . . Scotty???"

"Is this thing broken? Yo, Scotty! Beam me back, mate . . ."

"Uh, oh."

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I've never seen a finer collection of "can slaw" in my life, mate! Good work.

Where did your wife get the light saber? I want one.

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That's a gold aura being detected by my special modified lense.  That's why I'm out there digging.   Grin

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That's a gold aura being detected by my special modified lense.  That's why I'm out there digging.


I'll comment on my own comment.  That there is funny now, I don't care who you are, that there's funny. Grin

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