Gold Bug 2 14" Coil Performance

[Steve Herschbach]

So... Out of nearly 250 views no one else has any experience with this 14" but Steve?

With the 14" coil in Iron Disc mode whats the smallest nugget one would expect A reliable hit on?

Come on guys' this is one of the most popular detectors of all time and no ones spent any time with the larger coil just to see how it performs?

 

Yeah, I would say that about sums it up. I sold hundreds of Gold Bug 2 detectors and almost no 14" coils. Only that few years at Ganes Creek stirred up some local interest. Most people keep a 6" coil glued to the unit. The Gold Bug 2 strength is getting small gold and the 6" coil plays to that. The 10" coil is the "big coil" as far as most people are concerned. I did not even stock the 14" coil the last ten years due to zero demand.

 

i never tested a 14" coil in disc mode for small gold but should be able to hit very small, like a grain or two, in air tests. The worse the ground the larger the nugget would need to be to overcome the blowback from iron ground mineralization so it is a question that has a variable answer depending where you are.

 

So there may be more answers to come from others but it may take more posts on more forums to get them. http://www.detectorprospector.com/forum/topic/177-gold-prospecting-metal-detecting-forums/

[Steve in Idaho]

I use my 14" coil most of the time. I have found small gold up to a 33 oz nugget. I have found gold as small as a small bird shot. I chest mount the box and this makes a lighter load on my arm. I only use my 6" coil when there is tight places that I cannot get the 10" coil into. I was in to Ganes last year when a friend found a 12 oz nugget with his GB II and it was down deep on a side of a pile up high on a hill side. I still use my GB II and my Minelab 705 along with my ATX. I only wish that they would open up Ganes cr again.

[LukeOzDigger]

Well' the GMT 14x8 DD coil would easily pick up .1 gram nuggets close to the surface I'm assuming the GB2 with the 14" coil should do this also even if I had to drop the gain because of the ground noise...

a part of the reason I started this topic was because of the lack of information on the 14" coil yes it does have a purpose and possibably in more areas than people realise but I may have to purchase one to find out if it works in my moderate soil.

The reason I'm so interested in the 14" is these flat nuggets are sitting sideways down in a slatey sandstone reef just out of reach of smaller coils and a minelab Pi don't see them' some can be up to a gram but not enough to spend the money on a SDC, digging the ground up at the wrong angle knocks them deeper and usually ends up a big hole but interesting all the same.

[auminesweeper]

I use my 14" coil most of the time. I have found small gold up to a 33 oz nugget. I have found gold as small as a small bird shot. I chest mount the box and this makes a lighter load on my arm. I only use my 6" coil when there is tight places that I cannot get the 10" coil into. I was in to Ganes last year when a friend found a 12 oz nugget with his GB II and it was down deep on a side of a pile up high on a hill side. I still use my GB II and my Minelab 705 along with my ATX. I only wish that they would open up Ganes cr again.

When did they actually close Ganes Down??

12oz nugget that's going to make Steve Go Ouch, The flaming years he put into that Place and many hours of hard work,

[auminesweeper]

Well' the GMT 14x8 DD coil would easily pick up .1 gram nuggets close to the surface I'm assuming the GB2 with the 14" coil should do this also even if I had to drop the gain because of the ground noise...

a part of the reason I started this topic was because of the lack of information on the 14" coil yes it does have a purpose and possibably in more areas than people realise but I may have to purchase one to find out if it works in my moderate soil.

The reason I'm so interested in the 14" is these flat nuggets are sitting sideways down in a slatey sandstone reef just out of reach of smaller coils and a minelab Pi don't see them' some can be up to a gram but not enough to spend the money on a SDC, digging the ground up at the wrong angle knocks them deeper and usually ends up a big hole but interesting all the same.

Well I  have the 14x8 Concentric for my GMT and it is not as hot to Small Bits As The 6x10, Which I found Odd because My Bigger coils for the MXT see Bits on the surface down to 0.03 grams / Half A grain or just under. But the GMT's 14x8 Does not see them even with the Higher Frequency,

So If you use the big one always keep your 6x10 real close because I have not got the Faith in it as of yet,

 

john

[Steve Herschbach]

Ganes Creek last season open to the public was 2012 http://www.detectorprospector.com/steves-mining-journal/last-visit-ganes-creek-pay-to-mine.htm

There was an invitational hunt last spring http://www.detectorprospector.com/forum/topic/335-ganes-creek-spring-hunt-produces-50-ounces/

[LukeOzDigger]

Purchased the 14" coil.

quick testing shows it's going to perform as expected it will see a .1 gram nugget shallow in hot soil (1") the machine does get a little confused/crackly in iron disc mode but overall not too bad.

Hopefully get away in a few weeks and put it to work might even get some video footage.

[Steve Herschbach]

I will certainly be interested in learning more about how it works out for you.

[LukeOzDigger]

Yeah' all you hear are complaints about how the GB2 runs in hot ground, onestly compared to a PI yeah it's noisey as hell' but for a VLF it runs quite well.