My Experience As A Novice With The Minelab GM 1000

[robbiemvfc]

Hi All,

This is my first post  :)

I wanted to share my experience as a novice.

My daughter and I were watching a you tube Video on gold detecting and we decided that it would be a fun thing to do together. So I went and spoke to a dealer and he suggested the GM1000.

There was only the one review at the time that was very positive. 

 

Four/ five months later and I have been out six times with my new GM1000 to Various locations within the golden triangle , All I had to show from it was a crap load of junk and a heap lead shots.

I started seeing more reviews pop up so naturally I was  reading/watching the reviews on the GM. ( a lot weren’t good)

I started to doubt myself and my machine.

So I decided I need to go out with someone to tell me what I am doing wrong and to see if I had wasted my money.

Via Facebook I discovered someone and went out with him for the day.

He restored my faith in it and I learnt to trust the detector.

The other thing I learnt was how to run it in manual successfully.

After the training I went out again and it finally happened . I found the yellow stuff , Not just one bit either.

Now I can’t retire on the two little bits (0ne .4g and the other .2g)

However God it feels bloody good !

Now I do plan on getting a PI detector at a later stage when funding permits however in the mean time I can now know that the GM can do what it was sold to me as.

Good luck everyone!

Rob

[Steve Herschbach]

Hi Rob,

Welcome to the forum!

It is very difficult when new to detecting, especially nugget detecting, to know what is up when you struggle with a new detector. Nugget detecting is in my opinion one of the most difficult types of detecting there is. The reality is it is hard to find gold nuggets if you know what you are doing and not unusual for novices to go a very long time before finding that first nugget. Many in fact never do and give the whole thing up. Along the way it can be quite easy to start questioning the detector, in particular new ones with little track record.

You now know part of the secret appeal of nugget detecting however. What makes it great is it is so bloody hard! Like climbing a mountain or running a marathon, it is the difficulty of the challenge, and then the satisfaction of overcoming the challenge, that sets metal detecting for gold nuggets apart from most types of detecting. You look so long, and work so hard at finding that nugget, that when it appears it can be a real rush. An addictive rush at that. Once you experience the thrill of finding gold it is a rare person who does not want to just do it again and again.

And so..... congratulations, and thanks for posting!!

[beatup]

Hello,welcome and well done.

[robbiemvfc]

Thanks JW,

There were times on the weekend that I had to drop the sensitivity down to two. so it doesn't love the hot ground

Unless it was a sun baker I doubt I would I of found it, However in other sections in the same location the sensitivity was up to seven. 

It still wouldn't of had the punch of a PI but at least I am out there.

As for being hooked , LOL yes I am. Best thing is my kids love coming with me so that makes the wife happy cause she gets the day off.

Happy wife happy life!