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finding gold with a metal detector

Chrispy		Posted : Monday, 17 September 2012 9:43:46 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 31/07/2012(UTC) Posts: 314 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 82 times Was thanked: 230 time(s) in 102 post(s)		hey guys ive been coin detecting for a couple of months now and havin a ball. found a couple of nice gold rings but i'm real keen to hit some gold nuggets. im headin to some private land up the maruia river. i realy need some advice on where i should be swingin my coil. theres the maruia river itself with mostly large shingle beaches. then theres a small creek with finer shingle and the odd rock slab jutting out into the creek itself. wat should i be looking for and if my coil piks up a nugget wats the best way to get it up. digging or panning? as you can see im greener than a green thing on this gold huntin but im headin up there in two weeks for four days. oh yea and they just had massive flooding that has changed course of both river and creek. as far as i can see theres no claim on this area. any advice would be great. Chris

element111		Posted : Monday, 17 September 2012 9:59:17 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 2/12/2011(UTC) Posts: 114 Location: blenheim Thanks: 49 times Was thanked: 34 time(s) in 21 post(s)		what type of detector are you using?

Chrispy		Posted : Monday, 17 September 2012 10:11:57 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 31/07/2012(UTC) Posts: 314 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 82 times Was thanked: 230 time(s) in 102 post(s)		i have a garret ace150 with an 11" coil and a laffeyette goldseeker with a small coil. the gold seeker is an italain copy of a goldbug 2. piks up crazy small bits of metal down to about 5" deep.

kiwijw		Posted : Monday, 17 September 2012 10:30:01 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 28/03/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,152 Thanks: 92 times Was thanked: 658 time(s) in 324 post(s)		Hi there Chrispy, What detector are you using? If chasing gold then you really need a gold detector as opposed to a coin/relic machine. I wont go in to the reasons why here. You are best to target exposed bedrock, If your coil is water proof, then bedrock in the water itself is good. Or exposed bed rock outside of the water. If you have an idea of how deep bedrock may be if it has overburden on top of it then you will need a bigger coil to get the better depth but this is very limited on small gold & depending what detector you are using. Hence shallow or exposed bedrock is the best to target. You will need a detector pick or similar to dig & scrape into the bedrock to retrieve any targets. Check this footage out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSHn2uhASrM Happy hunting & good luck out there JW :)