Recomendations on a nugget detector

Kinda depends on how much money you want to spend, and time to dedicate to it, White's makes a good one, Fisher, Garrett, and Minelab, there are some dealers, one I have talked to, and he dosen't try to push selling what he  handles, this guy gold detects a lot, and is very informative, I believe his name is Gerry, good guy, and very straightforward, he does have a dealership I believe in nevada or oregon, he won't try and sell something, but has classes even, might try and look him up.He's just a detectorist from what I can figure out, one that knows what he is doing.

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Thanks for the input guys! I was comparing the Garrett prospecting machines to the Whites one. All the Garrett machines operate in the 15khz range which is very similar to the DFX. There are a couple from Whites which operate at 45khz which I read was better for nugget shooting. So many decisions and I havent really even looked at Fisher and Minelab yet 

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Your budget and where you are hunting makes the real difference. The Minelab 4500 is the top of the line but it isn't good for much else because it doesn't discriminate. The Whites TDI is a good compromise if you want a multi use detector and costs much less. I personally use the Minelab 4000 with some success. I know guys who use the Whites and have found more gold than I have. I have also found gold with a Tesoro Lobo. Gold is where you find it and maybe I could have found nuggets with an ACE 250. It is just hard to tell. The real advantage to the PI units is they are not as bothered by the hot rocks so you get more time detecting for real signals instead of turning over lots of rocks. What ever you use nugget hunting is a blast.


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I use a White's GMT.  It ground balances very easily to ignore mineralized rock and focus strictly on gold.  It's not the cheapest on the market, but not the most expensive either.  Most importantly, it works well if what you're after is hunting gold.

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Thanks Bugar & Junker I will check those out.

GoldDigger That is a nice simple little machine. Very interesting.

Thanks Bigwater, I use a whites now so I was thinking the learning curve might be quicker.

So many choices....

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