Holiday Weekend Gold

[Lunk]

It was a beautiful weekend in the forested hills of the Idaho goldfields, with temps in the low 70’s and plenty of sunshine and cool breezes. I took full advantage of the 3-day Labor Day weekend to continue working some old spots with the Minelab Equinox 800 in Gold Mode with the 6-inch coil. Saturday and Sunday saw a combined total of 24 bits with the Nox; I’m more amazed with the performance of this machine each time I use it.

I switched gears on Monday however, and decided to swing the Gold Monster instead of the Equinox. It’s taken a back seat this summer, as I’ve been swinging the Nox almost exclusively. So much so that I’d nearly forgotten how good the GM 1000 is; even running the sensitivity at 10, it was much quieter than the Nox in hot ground. Between that and the Monsters simplicity of operation, along with its amazing sensitivity, I found myself falling in love with the  machine all over again.? Definitely going to start using it more often, and not just because it found an additional 12 bits of yellow.

So all up, 36 pieces for the extended holiday weekend, with a combined weight of 3.1 grams.

[Glenn in CO]

Great detecting weather, good gold, can't beat that. WTG!

 

[Lunk]

6 hours ago, kiwijw said:

What Gold mode were you in with the Nox, 1 or 2? 

Kiwi, I was running in Gold Mode 2.

[oneguy]

Man you really hammered them.....!!!!  Good job!  Heading over today for a couple hrs, I'll be down on the creek getting familiar with a new machine......

[brogansown]

Lunk,

Earlier this year I borrowed Mike's Gold Monster and with the small coil was able to pick up those tiny pieces even better than with the Gold Bug 2.  The GM 1000's ergonomics are not so good, so I always revert back to the GB2.  As you said it is a really sensitive machine.  Good job with all those nuggets.

[Gravelwasher]

 Way to gather up the bits, nice haul of gold!!

You know your doing something right getting the subtle sounding targets.?

[beatup]

Yes it sure does look like it was a great holiday outing Lunk.

[Steve Herschbach]

Great job Lunk - lots of nice gold bits!

I was recently running the Equinox with 6" and Gold Monster with 5" coils and as you noted was reminded again of what a great little machine the Gold Monster is. I tend to lean Equinox just because I am a control freak, and the Equinox offers more control. Yet the GM1000 does the job amazingly well with almost no controls at all. I think which has the edge is going to be very dependent on the location.

I am sure we both prefer larger gold, but any gold is way better than no gold, and as long as little gold is around I am almost guaranteed to not get skunked. The tiniest flake beats a skunk!

[Gerry in Idaho]

Dang Lunk that is a great haul.  Between you and Peg, there might not be much Idaho gold left next season for the new EQ-1000.  Or is that the GM-2000?  Either way, very good finds and glad you were able to have success with both.

[rusty1212]

great job thanks  for showing the  gold