Gold Bug 2 Modification

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On 1/9/2023 at 9:44 PM, Kevin Patz said:

I use the Gold Bug 2, and I love everything about it's decades old design, Yes the updated version doesn't impress me

The mod I did like on the Gold Bug 2 was Gary Hudson's sensitivity modification, unfortunately though I lost contact with Gary years ago and this modified one needs fixed. I do not have the paper work either or I would try to fix it.

Gerry McMullen had one when we went detecting together about 20 years ago and he did really good with it, so I finally broke down and got one.

Anyone remember what all the switches did?

[YubaJ]

Ron, That's a great pic of a veteran GB2! My mods from Gary are more recent and the switches have a different placement and are of another type. I lost the instructions. My GB2 wasn't finding the grain pieces where I detect locally, and I almost gave up on it. But then I decided to give one of the knobs a tweak to the right and I've been finding pieces that don't weigh on the grain scale plus a small area that the Monster didn't talk about. Of course I have to ground balance almost constantly in some places. I'll see if I can contact Gary and if I can I'll let you know. His health hadn't been good.

[Glithium]

On 1/11/2023 at 6:39 PM, YubaJ said:

Ron, That's a great pic of a veteran GB2! My mods from Gary are more recent and the switches have a different placement and are of another type. I lost the instructions. My GB2 wasn't finding the grain pieces where I detect locally, and I almost gave up on it. But then I decided to give one of the knobs a tweak to the right and I've been finding pieces that don't weigh on the grain scale plus a small area that the Monster didn't talk about. Of course I have to ground balance almost constantly in some places. I'll see if I can contact Gary and if I can I'll let you know. His health hadn't been good.

Is there any way to get his email for mod info on the gb2?

[YubaJ]

No way to get his email, because he doesn't have one, an un-webbed guy whom I've lost contact with, but have an old phone # that I'll try sometime. I doubt he's still around.

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On 1/12/2023 at 7:47 PM, Glithium said:

Is there any way to get his email for mod info on the gb2?

Here's some pictures of Gary's Gold Bug 2 mods and part numbers. The one detector next to the mod is the original wiring.