Tips for Successful Gold Detecting

Dig Everything (At least at first) Many goldfields are absolutely littered with iron rubbish; rusty nails, boot tacks, bullets, old cans, miscellaneous iron fragments, etc. There may be hundreds or even thousands of iron trash targets for every piece of detectable gold. This can seem overwhelming for a beginner (and even experienced) detectorists. It can be easy to get lazy and start depending too much on your detectors discrimination features so that you do not have to dig so many holes. At first, you should really dig every target, regardless of what it sounds like or what you think it might be. Learn the sounds that your detector makes before trying to pass over targets. As you gain experience with your detector you can start to reevaluate what targets are worth digging and which ones are not.

Choose the proper search coil Most metal detectors have several different shapes and sizes of search coils that can be used on each detector. Depending on the area that you are prospecting, different types of search coils should be used. Mono coils will generally locate targets deeper than DD coils, but will not discriminate targets in the same ways. Larger coils are ideal for finding larger, deeper nuggets in areas that have been hunted by previous detectorists, but sometimes a smaller coil will operate more smoothly in highly mineralized ground. Do not be afraid to experiment with different coils in different areas.

Slow down your sweep speed Most gold nuggets are small and give off a subtle target sound. Swinging your detector too quickly will increase ground noise and mask the sound of a gold nugget. Keep your search coil close to the ground and slow down your speed to increase the chances of hearing a nugget.

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