maxxkatt
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For me many years ago it was looking for gold nuggets with a Fisher Gold Bug.
This detector had no digital read out and guess what didn't need a numeric display.
an experienced local gold prospector told me to look for white corroded bird shot and buck shot in a stream and that is likely spot for gold in a stream since the specific gravities of lead and gold are close, meaning they are heavy.
That is what we used the gold bug for, to find areas were flour gold will drop because that is mostly what you find in north Georgia these days, because all the gold mines got the big nuggets in the steams. We would hand dig out these areas and run the gravel through our sluice. Almost always found gold every weekend. Not a lot, but enough to keep us digging for 2 years.
I also found a very good example of an 1800's hand forged miner's pick about 3 inches deep. It sounded off like I found a buried volkswagen. These were good days on my introduction to using a metal detector. The gold bug was simple and easy to use.
This detector had no digital read out and guess what didn't need a numeric display.
an experienced local gold prospector told me to look for white corroded bird shot and buck shot in a stream and that is likely spot for gold in a stream since the specific gravities of lead and gold are close, meaning they are heavy.
That is what we used the gold bug for, to find areas were flour gold will drop because that is mostly what you find in north Georgia these days, because all the gold mines got the big nuggets in the steams. We would hand dig out these areas and run the gravel through our sluice. Almost always found gold every weekend. Not a lot, but enough to keep us digging for 2 years.
I also found a very good example of an 1800's hand forged miner's pick about 3 inches deep. It sounded off like I found a buried volkswagen. These were good days on my introduction to using a metal detector. The gold bug was simple and easy to use.