GPX Power Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 (edited) Well I got the GM from Rob-put it together-very easy I bought this for my wife who has never found any gold with anything-she had tried the 2300 but it was a little to heavy for her so I thought we would try the GM being its liteweight and beginner friendly So I take her to a place where Id found gold before-I turned it on and took it through its paces just to get aquainted with it and it didnt bite me my schooling for her was to find a good target and let her hear it -show her how to pinpoint it and then capture it from the dirt-so we dig a few targets good and bad just to test the accuracy of the meter but none were gold -and it was dead on-so after that she wanted to take it for a spin by herself and within 5-10 minutes she had her first target she calls me over and I rechecked it with the GM meter said good so I scrape off some dirt target still there and reading good the next scrape and target was out of the hole-I had forgot to bring my scoop and my gold container and I was way up on a hill well after a little effort sifting through the dirt and dropping it on the coil one pinch at a time we hear a ping target was now on the coil moved the dirt around a little and there it was her first nugget it was very small and I knew it was under a grain but wouldnt know for sure untill we got home which weighed in at 4/10ths of a Grain found at 1-2 inches in the ground-I ran my 2300 over it and not even a peep GM heard it loud and clear at 1-2 inches in the ground-We were using the 5 inch coil machine set at auto sensitivity plus and set at shallow-it ran real smooth over hot rocks and hot ground-next time out we'll try the other coil-I would like to get some more time on the gold monster but I think my wife is hooked now This is a super sensiitive machine and will give any VLF a run and yes even a GB2 the only difference is the GM will work in ground the others struggle in More to come along with my thoughts on the pro's and cons-Mike C... Edited June 11, 2017 by GPX Power 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Soloman Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 Great post - Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrod1101 Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 Very Nice.... Congratulations!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted June 11, 2017 Admin Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 Hey Mike, Excellent first report on the Minelab Gold Monster 1000 from you and your Wife. I haven't been out with one yet, so hoping to get more feedback from the first guys in the field with it. Keep us posted on the Pro's/Con's of the new Gold Monster 1000. Congrats on the first nugget find with it. Interesting the SDC 2300 didn't hear it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Slim Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 Thanks Mike. Congrats to your better half. Keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPX Power Posted June 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 Ya Rob I was surprised to that the 2300 wouldnt even peep on it I was even scraping on it but the GM hit good on it I was running the sdc at 4 sen and 3 Thold-junped it up to 5 sen and still nothing-The smallest nugget I found so far with the sdc is 8/10th's of a grain-it probably has to do with the composition of the nugget Dont know-Thanks Mike C... PS-I was running the auto controls which are factory presets which are dumbed up but work well-But I know the GM is much hotter if you run it outside the presets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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