Whites TDI SL

[Prospectingvictoriasgold]

Gidday guys, i had just bought the new whites tdi sl, i paired it up with the 8" detech coil. These are my first finds with it, i found them within 30 minutes after turning the unit on for the first time. No hot rock found and no ground noise to be heard, first signal to be found was this specie, a nice sweet solid signal, after i moved the litter i scraped away 2 inches to find it, the picture of the larger gold here is what was inside, a 0.61g nugget. Found a few iron target and $2.00, there signals were loud, the iron was very obvious, the coin was a very nice signal, i then found this 0.26g piece, moved the litter and scraped away 4 inches b4 i found it in the hole. The Detech coil runs very quiet and smooth, on this ground, i balanced out at 9 1/2, the gain seemed very happy on 5, all other setting were default. My mate had his gpx4500 running the NF Sadie coil, over the same ground, he was finding all the hot rocks and ground noise, of course he balanced it all out but as he went forward he had to keep balancing out, me, i kept all the tdi settings the same and only ever balanced the once on start up. Its a very quiet and smooth running machine which really impressed my mate with the gpx, i am sorry i dont have a video, i did not prepare myself for the what ifs, next time, i just bought a go pro, so footage of this setup in operation will follow on my next day out. For a budget pi machine under $2000.00 that is a proven gold grabber, i highly recommend this unit with the detech mono.

 

[Prospectingvictoriasgold]

Thanks JW, i am pretty excited of its maiden outing, very promising signs

[Steve Herschbach]

Welcome to the forum! That is the way to start out. Nothing like finding gold right away to boost confidence in your chosen detector. Thanks for posting and good luck with your detecting.

[Bhogg]

Nice Finds indeed! and fantastic to see the TDI still going strong, it's also great to see some finds from the guys running these machines and I'm really looking forward to any videos of the machine running and also your finds!!.

Please keep us posted!

[Mark Gillespie]

Awesome finds.  I too love the SL, very good machine.  Only thing I wish for is a PI machine with good discrimination

[Prospectingvictoriasgold]

Gidday mark, cheers mate. I dont think it will take long to get used to it, the low conductivity targets are a very distinct sound,,,copper, lead, gold....coins and buttons here in Oz all scream out, the junk iron, aluminium all give a grunted overload signal so far from what i have found, infact, i almost guessed correctly all targets b4 i dug them up. I think me and my sl are nearly one, lol