Mate I'm a newbie too and I was first looking at Minelab Excalibur 2 as I'm almost blind and a screen display is useless to me so I'm looking for an audible detector. Next I looked at the the ATGold again it's good but .. Now I'm thinking of a Fisher Gold Bug 2 .. It seems to be a very good unit and gas an impressive pedigree .. Good price too.
I'm considering getting the White's GMT Metal Detector because I heard it's a bit easier for a newbie to use than these Fisher's. Any thoughts would be welcome.:-)
Good video. I just picked up a GB Pro with the 5" coil. Definitely easier to ground balance than my GB 2. Don't know yet if it is as good on nuggets as the GB2. Still learning the discrimination feature which I don't use that often. This video was very helpful. Thanks.
@joehast Would there be a chance that an auto ground balance would fail to produce results where as a manual ground balance would be better for someone more experienced and would be able to tweak it to work?
In other words, is the auto ground balance fool proof?
They're the same, both are manufactured by Fisher labs. One is more geared to the European market. The SE has manual ground balance, where the Pro has auto ground. This is the only difference per Fisher Labs.
LOL...as usual I didn't watch the whole thing before I posted a comment...sigh...well it looks like you can tell the difference between iron and led, so I guess the only question is what about aluminum? Thx.
Hey, Nice video...I have an original gold bug and well as you probably know it picks up everything...what I am wondering is if there is a point on the se, pro or 2 to where you have the iron locked out but it will still pick up say gold and led. and if so can you also get rid of aluminum or will it come in as a low or high tone? I live in eastern oregon and they have the snake river lower than I have ever seen it and right now we're looking for led sinkers. Thx. Ray
Mate I'm a newbie too and I was first looking at Minelab Excalibur 2 as I'm almost blind and a screen display is useless to me so I'm looking for an audible detector. Next I looked at the the ATGold again it's good but .. Now I'm thinking of a Fisher Gold Bug 2 .. It seems to be a very good unit and gas an impressive pedigree .. Good price too.
seeradog 5 days ago
I'm considering getting the White's GMT Metal Detector because I heard it's a bit easier for a newbie to use than these Fisher's. Any thoughts would be welcome.:-)
guyNbluejeans 1 week ago
wouldn't the five inch coil be better in trashy ground?
micmoable 5 months ago
I've dug nearly every item you've got there over the years and much more--ha! That unit looks and sounds good--bet it'd be sweet in trashy ground--
micmoable 5 months ago
Good video. I just picked up a GB Pro with the 5" coil. Definitely easier to ground balance than my GB 2. Don't know yet if it is as good on nuggets as the GB2. Still learning the discrimination feature which I don't use that often. This video was very helpful. Thanks.
ohlode 6 months ago
@joehast Would there be a chance that an auto ground balance would fail to produce results where as a manual ground balance would be better for someone more experienced and would be able to tweak it to work?
In other words, is the auto ground balance fool proof?
pkrska 6 months ago
They're the same, both are manufactured by Fisher labs. One is more geared to the European market. The SE has manual ground balance, where the Pro has auto ground. This is the only difference per Fisher Labs.
joehast 8 months ago
why does it look much like the Teknetics G2 ? who is copy ? is this a china manufacture copy assembly for any company item?
Donatillo1961 10 months ago
LOL...as usual I didn't watch the whole thing before I posted a comment...sigh...well it looks like you can tell the difference between iron and led, so I guess the only question is what about aluminum? Thx.
rayjs1963 10 months ago
Hey, Nice video...I have an original gold bug and well as you probably know it picks up everything...what I am wondering is if there is a point on the se, pro or 2 to where you have the iron locked out but it will still pick up say gold and led. and if so can you also get rid of aluminum or will it come in as a low or high tone? I live in eastern oregon and they have the snake river lower than I have ever seen it and right now we're looking for led sinkers. Thx. Ray
rayjs1963 10 months ago