Does this easily detect gold underground?
1112837
I have found gold jewelry with it, but have not had the chance to look for raw nuggets. As far as easily, no gold is easily found, but if the coil goes over it, the machine will let you know. If it was easy everyone would do it! Don't quit your day job haha! Great machine for the price!
1112838
good question. It is difficult to find gold with any detector. Gold reflects on the same frequency as beer tabs and nickels depending on the size of the gold. Sometimes it reflects on even lower frequencies like iron. The result is that the detector will find the gold, but you won't know if you are getting gold or a beer tab until you dig it up. Of course, it will normally be a beer tab.
1112839
To detect gold, you'll need to increase your range of frequencies, which may lead to alot of dug up scrap, but a loud solid tone should usually accompany a ring and such.
987516
When you get the machine to work at all it will "help" locate metal objects including gold. I was not able to get mine to work regularly. When it did work I was able to locate metals without distinction. In other words I could not get mine to only hit on gold. It would either hit on metal or nothing. I would suggest looking into a better machine if you want to locate only gold/silver. If you are looking for a toy for amusement only then this item will probably work well for you.
1433169
First of all, I am not a "DUDE". That discourteous, disrespectful term is 20 years out-of-date! Secondly, a metal detector does not "test" anything. This unit can locate gold or silver as well as aluminum and iron objects. To a limited degree, it can discriminate for and eliminate signals from aluminum and iron objects. The display indication you get is more of a suggestion than a guarantee of the type of metal found. If your primary intent is prospecting for gold or silver, you probably need to purchase a high-end detector that is specifically designed to locate those specific metals. First of all, I am not a "DUDE". That discourteous, disrespectful term is 20 years out-of-date! Secondly, a metal detector does not "test" anything. This unit can locate gold or silver as well as aluminum and iron objects. To a limited degree, it can discriminate for and eliminate signals from aluminum and iron objects. The display indication you get is more of a suggestion than a guarantee of the type of metal found. If your primary intent is prospecting for gold or silver, you probably need to purchase a high-end detector that is specifically designed to locate those... » Read More First of all, I am not a "DUDE". That discourteous, disrespectful term is 20 years out-of-date! Secondly, a metal detector does not "test" anything. This unit can locate gold or silver as well as aluminum and iron objects. To a limited degree, it can discriminate for and eliminate signals from aluminum and iron objects. The display indication you get is more of a suggestion than a guarantee of the type of metal found. If your primary intent is prospecting for gold or silver, you probably need to purchase a high-end detector that is specifically designed to locate those specific metals. « Show Less
1468786
It really depends on the size of the object, which is true for most detectors anyway however I have found dimes & pennies with this detector as far down as 10 Inches.
1498922
Hello Nick, it has a discriminator mode that can cancel out different metals. No metal detector is 100% accurate, but I found the ACe 250 to do a decent job. Read some of the reviews of the buyers and watch the reviews on youtube .
1200203
I have used it to find an iron pipe about 18" underground. Sometimes it would lose track of the pipe and then pick it up further down the line. Not sure why this is. If it could only find exactly where the leaks are it would really be amazing! Unfortunately, metal detectors are not designed to locate leaks, they just locate the pipe which is a big help. I have found three leaks in an old irrigation system thus far but the next one is still eluding me. There must be a leak as water is going in and not coming out. It has also picked up miscellaneous things a couple of inches from the surface located while searching for the pipe. I have been very pleased with it especially given the price. I have used it to find an iron pipe about 18" underground. Sometimes it would lose track of the pipe and then pick it up further down the line. Not sure why this is. If it could only find exactly where the leaks are it would really be amazing! Unfortunately, metal detectors are not designed to locate leaks, they just locate the pipe which is a big help. I have found three leaks in an old irrigation system thus far but the next one is still eluding me. There must be a leak as water is going in and not coming out. It has also picked up miscellaneous things a couple of inches from the... » Read More I have used it to find an iron pipe about 18" underground. Sometimes it would lose track of the pipe and then pick it up further down the line. Not sure why this is. If it could only find exactly where the leaks are it would really be amazing! Unfortunately, metal detectors are not designed to locate leaks, they just locate the pipe which is a big help. I have found three leaks in an old irrigation system thus far but the next one is still eluding me. There must be a leak as water is going in and not coming out. It has also picked up miscellaneous things a couple of inches from the surface located while searching for the pipe. I have been very pleased with it especially given the price. « Show Less
1890793
It detects gold, silver and iron and gives an approximate depth notation so you know if you are looking at something close to the surface or deeper. It has a headphone jack to allow more accurate listening, also silent operation which is important in public areas. You can tune it to rule out metals you don't want to pick up like aluminum or copper, for instance. The different tones, once you learn them, help to distinguish between the different metals as well.
19928
Yes, both gold and silver but sometimes it detects aluminum and tin as silver. Not a bad detector for beginers.
2263480
I am afraid I cannot answer that. The digital screen Goldbug is the first and only Goldbug detector I have owned, and I am impressed with its features and quality construction.
1763869
If close enough, it will alert to metallic presence. Not the best choice thou for searching larger areas, as you must be very close to the object you're searching for.
1515429
Probably- I haven't used the at pro gold yet, but this detector has been used in challenging situations with good results! The more I use it the more I like it!
1494542
This detector will work through anything. The unit picks up elector-magnetic field that all metals give off and these EMF penetrates everything.
915908
Yes. Just do not ground the gold terminal. Gold terminal - Ground Middle terminal - Load Other terminal - Positive (Battery)
417127
As far as I know, if a metal detector can work underwater, it should work on land too.But as far as this particular metal detector goes, I wouldn't trust it.There are way too many bad reviews on the internet for this detector.Also, many of the good reviews on Amazon for this detector look like fake reviews, as if the reviews were posted by the seller.
3049
This detector wont be able to tell the difference between gold and nails in your floor boards. Gold and iron are similar based on how the detector works. As far as trying to find a bracelet inside your home with one, that part im confused on. Do you think somehow it fell in duct work or in a crack in the hardwood floors?
1496753
No, I think it might detect electric wires, hopefully but this model is just for studds, I could not make anything out of this so I drilled into concrete, make sure you set deep scan and hopefully it will find electricity but I don't know, I won't bet on it -
919447
No, but it'll detect rusty nails, and beep at anything that even remorely contains metsllic minerals. Total piece of junk!