Gerry in Idaho Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 It's time to dust off the Fisher Gold Bug-2 with 6" coil. Spot price gold today broke $2300 US. Things are getting a little scary for that to happen, in my opinion. But back to Au and those lovely light weight, cost efficient, tiny bits of gold getting detectors. My personal favorite is the 25 yr old Gold Bug-2. Why we have not seen any improvement of that detector in so long is just silly. But at least it's still out there. Sure, today's masses of new Swingers don't know it's capabilities and or fine tuning features. They're swinging the popular GM-1000, Equinox 800/900 and 24K. Some of the smaller brands are also quite effective as well, especially with small sniper coils. If these Au prices hang around, you folks might start seeing me sharing Gold Bug-2 Success, one little itty-bitty bit at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RONS DETECTORS MINELAB Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 I used my gold bug 2 yesterday to check some lower grade quartz specimens out. It’s the next best thing to the gold falcon 20 in checking for small fly specks. Fisher has finally lowered the price on these gold bug 2 detectors to less than $500 with both 6 & 10” coils offered on their eBay site when using the best offer option. Even cheaper than the dealers get them for. 😳 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Scout Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Here is a semi recreated photo I sent to Gerry just after getting a GB2 from him and going through his class a few..well a lot of years ago. Still use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dig4gold Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 That's a tease showing a recreated photo of gold found years ago. D4G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Furness Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 I put off my trip back to AZ this past winter in exchange for a couple of opportunities in the Kayak Bass Fishing Tournament world on Lake Murray in SC. Most that know me know I have three conflicting addictions. Kayak bass fishing tourneys, whitetail deer hunting in NH/Maine and gold nugget metal detecting. It's looking like this fall may be a return to the AZ desert for a month if hunting dates work out well for me. I guess we will just have to wait until August to see if the price of gold holds or increases. Spring and Summer is definitely kayak bass season season for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Catcher Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 6 hours ago, Gerry in Idaho said: It's time to dust off the Fisher Gold Bug-2 with 6" coil. The only noise that has ever been worse than my tinnitus is that God awful screechy threshold sound of the GB2 😃 But the detector is unmatched in mild soil and shallow gold. GC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 19 hours ago, RONS DETECTORS MINELAB said: I used my gold bug 2 yesterday to check some lower grade quartz specimens out. It’s the next best thing to the gold falcon 20 in checking for small fly specks. Fisher has finally lowered the price on these gold bug 2 detectors to less than $500 with both 6 & 10” coils offered on their eBay site when using the best offer option. Even cheaper than the dealers get them for. 😳 Crap, makes me think of springing for one. One of my all time favorite detectors over the years. Almost sounds like Fisher is liquidating all the older models - hope something new is coming to replace them and it's not a getting out of the detector business sale. Has a cash flow desperation feel to it. Steve with 4.95 ounce nugget found with GB2 14” with 14 dwt nugget Another nugget with "Bulldog Nugget" with 3 ounce specimen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishing8046 Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 All I can say about the Gold Bug 2 is Iron sounds round and gold sounds sharp. Zip Zip to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rexhavoc Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 8 hours ago, RONS DETECTORS MINELAB said: Fisher has finally lowered the price on these gold bug 2 detectors to less than $500 with both 6 & 10” coils offered on their eBay site when using the best offer option. Even cheaper than the dealers get them for. 😳 Can someone point me to the Fisher eBay site? Finding a lot of other vendors but not as above - thx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RONS DETECTORS MINELAB Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 16 minutes ago, rexhavoc said: Can someone point me to the Fisher eBay site? Finding a lot of other vendors but not as above - thx. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ssn=firsttexasproducts&store_name=firsttexasproducts&_oac=1&_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l49496 Here you go! They have been really good at accepting lower offers. 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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