How to find gold with Minelab's Gold Monster 1000, settings and techniques to detect gold nuggets
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- This video is about how to find gold with Minelab's Gold Monster 1000 metal detector. Join me as I go out in the field and demonstrate how to use the Gold Monster 1000 to detect gold nuggets in an old placer mine in California. This metal detector is very sensitive and can see very small gold. I will also talk about how I set up the Gold Monster 1000 to find gold. A link to purchase the gold monster from High Plains Prospecting is here: highplainspros...
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Chris thanks for showing me how to use my gold monster 1000 seen all your videos have leat a lot from you Chris , by far you're newest video using your new chest camera was a genius idea , as you always say put your self over gold , I need to get better at it I'll keep doing my homework , Chris thanks for all your knowledge you share.!!!
Thanks and I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Just realized and put a face to the voice, used to listen to all your i.d rock videos. Best on UA-cam ! Thanks for sharing your years of experience and knowledge my man!!
Wow, thank you!
Thanks for sharing these details. That machine is becoming very popular.
A good machine and easy to use. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Good info Chris, love the monster, people don't believe how small, how's sub 0.002g, why bother? well also found 3.2g a foot down, small coil, keep up good work, set max man mostly.
As long as the ground will handle the max gain, its fine.
Thank you for putting out videos. I am new to gold mining, And appreciate you and people like you for putting out free videos for us to learn. When you mentioned you wrote a book I looked it up and it turns out I just bought your book this weekend. I walked in to The Miner's Cache in Redding California and I asked the owner what's the best thing you got for a new minor to learn and he handed me your book. So thank you.
Thanks for the kind words, I wish the best of luck in your prospecting efforts. More videos are coming!
Good explanation of the gold Monster! I recently found a patch just like you had thee where I pulled 25 little bit off of. I love that machine! Keep up the great informational video Chris and keep finding that gold!!!!!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video.
Great video, sometimes you find big stuff most times small! But it’s goldfever.
Yep, that is the truth. Glad you enjoyed the video.
A suggestion would be to show screen on monster and show exactly what settings. Much more informative to see what you’re doing instead of hearing. Thanks anyway
I'll do a separate video on setting up the Gold Monster for finding gold.
Thank you for putting your heart and mined of your passion for us
God bless you!!!
I appreciate that, I'm glad to hear it was helpful.
@@ChrisRalph just got my first time GM 1000 and like to learn where and how to use it, your video was very helpful
Thank you
The book Chris spoke about is the best book I've ever read about prospecting....barnone..!
Thanks for the kind words. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Another good video,I liked the size comparison with the nickel. I can honestly say I haven't found anything that tiny with my gold bug 2 juiced all the way up and on boost ,well maybe 1 piece of wire as small.My new gold monster will be here this week🙂
It also takes an ear for listening to faint signals from your detector. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Thanks Chris, 👍
Good video on the Monster 1000.
I received your book a few days ago and plan to read it soon and study it through the winter also.
Aaron
Glad you enjoyed the video.
Thanks Chris
Great instructional video on the Gold Monster 1000.....Much appreciated Chris.
Glad it was helpful!
Ordered your book. Can't wait. Also bought the GM 1000.
I'm sure you will like the book, and the GM 1000 is an excellent detector.
Interesting that in your scoop the angle of the nugget affects the signal strength.Now I am wondering how many bits of gold are waiting in the ground to shift slightly either by water,earthquake, volcanic activity to make them more recognized to a detector. Thanks for the video.
Where it is in the scoop affects how close the nugget is to the coil, and tilting the scoop one way or another moves the gold closer or farther away from the coil. Its only an issue where the gold is tiny and close to the limit of what the machine can see. Glad you enjoyed the video.
my name is Rick, and i just bought my 1 detector just like yours.
I'm in Brazil in the Minas Gerais region and I really want to find my first nugget !!!
will I find with this detector?
I am confident!
congratulations on the video.
sharing information is very important to contribute to the global community.
thank you.
very good video.
There is much gold in Minas Gerias.....
@@ChrisRalph Thanks for listening.
People willing to help others make a difference in the world. Once again congratulations for the beautiful work.
thankful
You look exactly like one of my old daily members and it’s scary funny y’all even sound and talk like you’re related 😂😂😂
OK.
i got the minelab equinox 800 and seen a few tests that compare all these detectors and I guess the differences are small but in the field it is just tough. You see these "air tests" where you can detect 1 gram of gold at 20 centimeters. In the field it is different. Most of you guys are working in desert like areas but I have been searching in the Ardennes, Belgium where there is a good amount of soil and vegetation. If you are detecting in gold mode 2 with the equinox 800 expect a lot of noise trying to run the detector close to the soil through the bushes. In a wild environment these things couldn't even detect a thick gold ring because they just cant get close enough to it. Just my opinon :) I carry some samples and throw them out to test if I can find them but even that is not easy in a wild environment with bushes and stuff
You dont say which coil you are using but the smaller equinox coil will allow you to get in and around bushes and rocks, etc. VLF type detectors lose a lot of depth when the ground is well mineralized. Air tests mean little or nothing as very few nuggets are found floating in the air!
@@ChrisRalph yes I used the standard 11 inch coil. Maybe will buy the 6 inch if I ever find any gold. The equinox is multi frequency VLF but indeed possibly the pulse induction type detectors would do better. This is my first detector so I wouldn't know. I bought into the Equinox 800 hype :) But it took me a long time to decide what to buy. At first I was looking at the pulse induction detectors but most where quite expensive and the latest version from Whites TDI got some criticism (supposedly the older version was better). Also the area is not that mineralised I would think. No reddish hue. But in this area gold has been found. Maybe more a little further to the east. More to the east you got an area called the "Vulkaneifel" where there were active vulcanoes (last 1 erupted 10K years ago). In this area also gold has been found. Here is a German article of a man who found a nugget of almost 8 grams: www.rundschau-online.de/region/kreis-euskirchen/kall/april--april-urfter-entdeckt-zufaellig-wertvolles-goldnugget-im-fluss-32304888 This is in an area about 70km east of my location. But in between at about 30km also gold has been found in the rivers. Possible these are deposits from the vulkaneifel area.
I found some fossilized conglomerate lenses near my house (at a steep angle of say 70 degrees) and was hoping for a fossilized placer type deposit. However my detector found a lot of aluminium paper rolled up in little balls that must have been sitting there for 50 years, a beer cap, a nail, a button and some other trash :) You got to have a very possitive attitude for this hobby. On some of the youtube films some of these guys already get exited finding trash, this is what I call a very positive attitude. A little nugget would get me exited. But I think I am going to stick to the rivers and river banks when the dry season starts. I was convinced I would find a few nuggets higher up in the hills because people here only look for war relics and they mostly stick to areas known for where the battles took place. I am looking in an area of an old gold mine.
Thank you, I'm looking to buy a detector so I have been going through your videos. I am thinking about the minelab 1000 or the Fisher gold bug. Planning on a trip to Nevada around Thanks For Giving week.
Best of luck to you. Finding gold isn't easy.....
WOW, i can hardly believe that machine works so well. small gold too. i have a whites metal detector.
, its all in the setup i have been told.
You must get the coil over shallow gold. That's the thing. Glad you enjoyed the video.
@@ChrisRalph last night after work , i was on some crevises in weber creek, and i got 22 shells and a 9mm too. im on the heavys huh !! no gold on that adventure. i think once i find hevys im gonna clean that crevise out and pan the material. thats how i found my first nug on bedrock with a detector last month.
Good video Chris. I like finding the little ones, there a challenge. I still haven’t made my mind up between the Gold Monster and the Goldmaster 24K.
Got to get together for sure next year!!! Glad you enjoyed the video.
Absolutely. I just have to close the shop doors, learn to say no and make time to get some detecting in.
Excellent I've ordered your book mate 🥂
Amazon does not work there? There is a guy who is getting set up to sell it in Oz, I think he has some already.
I talked to the guy who is wholesaling them down under, and he said the following stores either have them or will have them shortly:
Lucky Strike Golding Prospecting - VIC, Geelong.
Pilbara Prospecting and Camping Supplies - W.A, Karratha.
Top End Prospecting - N.T, Darwin.
The Prospector's Pick - W.A, Bunbury.
Nugget Ned's Prospecting Supplies - Online website: www.nuggetned.com.au/
@@ChrisRalph thanks for the information 🖖
For nugget hunting, what would be your recommendation? A gold bug two, or the monster 1000? This will be my first metal detector.
Or, is there something else that you suggest is better than these two? Also, I just ordered your book and I should have it tomorrow! I’m very excited. Thank you for all your content!
I'd go with the monster, I think it's just easier for a beginner to use.
Thank you very much Sir
Gold Monster 1000 Experience video.Sir
Glad you enjoyed the video.
I like the legs you've got on the shaft just below the control box. Where did you find those? The GM1000 is so top heavy when it is set down it tends to just tip over.
I got mine from Miner John Derloo - He sells various accessories for metal detectors.
Chris your a gold detective pro. For your filming, try an ND filter to lower your shutter speed and decrease your sharpening in camera. 👍
Have to take the ND filter off my old camera to put it on the new. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Chris, if you're still watching this...
Obviously hand digging sub dollar pickers isn't worth the effort. But if you're locating multiple small pickers, would it be worth it to dig the area, and get the pay to a sluice set up and wash it? I would think that would be one of the uses of detecting at high sensitivity would be to locate areas with good fine gold potential.
If you are really in it for the money, get a job!
@@ChrisRalph if you make enough money, you don't need a job :o)
I was wondering where you purchased that bipod holding the detector when placed on ground?
Miner John sells them - you can find him via Google on the internet.
@@ChrisRalph thank you, I just purchased one!
Great video Chris! Would you be able do a video on how to use and find gold with the Goldmaster 24k?
I'm not a dealer so I dont have access to everything. I dont own a Goldmaster (any of them) and so I cant do a demonstration of detectors I dont own. Sorry. The goldmasters are good detectors, but I already own a bunch of different detectors. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Will the small coil still pickup bigger gold 🧐 cheers
Big coils for big objects deep, and small coils for small objects shallow. The small coil will see bigger nuggets, but not as deeply as the larger coil. The bigger coil will see deeper, but will not see some smaller gold pieces. I am glad you enjoyed the video.
Thanks mate for the info on the coils keep up the good work 🍻
I was showing pat (keene engineering) you use his product and pictures in your book so far so good I like it a lot (the book) so when I'm done reading or read it again will I be able to find enough to buy the state of california ya I know knock it off kenny it's very interesting learning what not to do so I can get to 20 grams and get a free metal detector (the goal) gold bug 2 / gold monster read this guys book !!!! so you don't do things wrong and get good gold talk to you soon boss
Glad you enjoyed the video.
Thanks for sharing.
Cheers Famo59.👍🤓⛏🍺
Glad you enjoyed the video.
I noticed the cool stand attached to your detector. Can you tell us where to get one?
My friend John at Mminer John Designs sells them. See: minerjohndesigns.com/product-category/detecting-accessories/
@@ChrisRalph thanks! I’m off to order it now!
Hi Chris, Before I got my Gold Monster 1000, I watched many videos on that detector, videos from you, Jeff Williams, Dan Hurd, and others. I wanted to have a lot of knowledge about this detector before I even owned one. I went to a Gold Bearing area, I know the area has gold because i have found about 2.2 grams of gold using the Gold Hog Raptur 2 per day. Oddly, when I finally used the Gold Monster 1000, I found no gold, but I did find 2 chunks of lead, an aluminum can, and some iron attached to a stone. Have you had days like that? Is this normal? lol...
I'm shortly putting out a nugget detector's guide with hints on how to find gold with a detector. Finding gold with a detector is tough. It has to be large enough for your detector to see. No detector sees dust. It also has to be close enough to the surface for the detector to see. You also have to listen to faint targets - lots of new guys ignore the faint sounds and dig only the screamers, which are nearly always trash. And yes, in old workings there is way more trash than gold - the old timers left trash on purpose, but they tried hard not to leave gold.
By viewing videos on the GM1000 one can't say it won't hit the tiniest of targets with a more saturated type of signal response...audibly full strength!
Glad you enjoyed the video.
Ty for the inspiration we all need this, now deed you try to get some paydirt home to c if you have some flower gold ?
I just took the gold I found with my detector home. I should have bagged up the dirt as it would have had some flower gold. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
THANKS
No problem
Nice !!!!!!! Gold !!!!!!!!
Thanks! Hope you are doing well. Glad you enjoyed the video.
@@ChrisRalph doing good was out finding Gold on Monday with old friends and new ones !!!!
Looking for some advice, going to buy a gold detector and It’s between the gold monster and the gold bug 2. Watched a lot of videos and both look like good. Hunting small gold in the mother lode of Northern California.
I own both and use my Gold Monster a lot more frequently in California than I do my Gold Bug 2.
@@ChrisRalph Thank you, was GM 1000 was my first choice. I think it will do fine.
Love the videos, learning a lot and have your book on its way looking forward to reading it. Thanks again.
Been over 2 weeks waiting for fisher goldbug pro & hasn't even shipped, so I canceled it. $300 more & ships same day I may just purchase this
lots of shortages these days.
Yeah the monster is a killer machine , ive yet to get gold with it !
The gold is out there. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Hi Chris. I also Emailed you about this. Do you ever use the larger coil on the Gold Monster to search for gold. I am going to purchase one in the spring. Just wondering. Great videos. Very informative.
I use both coils, but use the smaller one more than the larger.
I noticed you have an after market stand for your Gold Monster. Did you make it or purchase it. Thank you. Great Videos.
is it easier to use a pinpointer than the scoop and hand method?
No, because pinpointers are not sensitive enough. They will not see small gold that your detector can easily see.
Chris, in you book to provide locations or mines that are open to the public? Or is there a website or other book that you can recommend that will provide locations where they used hydraulic pits? Thank you
Its a book on how to find gold - how to recognize the best places to look. It has a few maps, but its not a where to find gold in......... type of book that lists 1,000 locations.
@@ChrisRalph
Are you on social media like Facebook or Instagram?
I dont use other social media to connect with viewers - I write for a magazine and that is how I connect. Magazines are old school social media!
Hey Chris, quick question .. Any tips on where to start digging once I have pinpointed a target with 11" coil ? ... I seem to dig off scew from the target, and is usually off to the side ? I refer to deep targets that I can't pinpoint with my pinpointer tool "Pro-find 35" that only does a couple of inches .. Thanks Chris .... !!!
All I can say is practice with pinpointing. I did a video on pinpointing, and you might want to look at that. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Hi Chris. I was looking at your book on Amazon and I was wondering if it's needs to be updated or anything? I'm on a tight budget as far as my hobbies go and I don't want to buy it if it's missing too much or you know whatever. Thanks.
Its been updated a couple years ago. Amazon lists date of first publish, not date of last update. Glad you enjoyed the video. Very little of the information changes anyway, just the listing of the newest detectors on the market.
Merci beaucoup pour votre vidéo
De rien!
Thanks for all the great videos. I have a question that I can't find an answer to. Maybe you are knowledgeable enough to answer it. Hard rock claims are claims that pertain to gold bound in rock (ore) so a hard rock claim does not lay claim to placer deposits in the area? would it be legal to metal detect over a hard rock claim?
Courts say that you cannot go on a lode claim to detect placer, the lode owner has rights to all minerals. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Is this detector good for the ground around Downieville California?
Good for some ground around there but not so good for others.
Where did you get your bipod please?
I am a bipod.
Where did you get that leg for your gm1000?
Miner John designs. Find them with Google.
@@ChrisRalph thanks! :)
I try use Manuel but just screams on every rock..auto not good & why?
Btw sweet stand on the gm..were u get that..I hate putting gm down rolls everywere
This is no manual mode on the GM 1000, so I am not sure what you mean......
@@ChrisRalph ok so I guess the Manuel I thought was just were the center wasn't black..so I went out yesterday & kept it turned sensitivity to like 9 were center black..but wen I dial it out..it just screams..so I guess just trying to figure it out..cause constantly digging mineral rock..wen center not black.
Thank u for responding.
You may have lots of hot rock, maybe try a different location.
@@ChrisRalph thank you
Manual mode is first ten bars on sensitivity setting before auto 1&2
Chris, where did you get the stand for you GM 1000?
A friend of mine makes them. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
@@ChrisRalph does he have a site I can buy one 9ff of?
I am not a detector dealer and do not sell metal detectors.
@@ChrisRalph wasn't trying to buy a detector. I want one of the stands for my gold monster. You said you had a friend who sells the stand
Could you send me a Gold Monsters 1000 detector if I buy yours I know it's original you send to Brazil
I am not a dealer, I do not sell metal detectors.
Saleeban ahmed orshe dear teacher will you tell me lunar meteorite stone what does looks like
generally like a meteorite.
Hmm, didn't get to see any "settings" or "techniques". I was hoping for a video on how you start up, select your levels, ground balance and then how you work the ground. I didn't get anything from this video. :(
I did talk about this on the video. It is a very simple detector. Automatic ground balance, automatic gain, the whole video is about how I work the ground.
@@ChrisRalph Yeah would been good to actually show it, not just talk about it. I own one, but I'm always curious to see how others swing it around.
wish you were here to teach me how to use my white
Glad you enjoyed the video.
All the gold monster videos I've seen the gold it finds are very small - it's hell on "fly poop"! But how deep will it punch? Will you miss pickers at 6" - 1 ft.?
It has a bigger coil to punch deeper, but the big coil misses the tiny pieces. This is true of all metal detectors. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Definitely in my haaaaaaaaaand
I am glad you enjoyed the video.
Hi
Hi can totally discriminate aluminium’s irons coins, nickels, and coppers and detects only valuable golds and /or silver
NO
Very nice video ser how meter deep under ground can detect ? I hope u can give me a chance or sameple to have that kind of guget I am Roger Gallarde of Davao Del Norte Panabo City Philipines I'm very poor person ser, so I can't afford to buy your budget but i have many area of japanes treasure that was on 1942 i know that because of my grandfather he said don't go away this place because my japanes amo burried hear a tons of gold ... If you are interested please help me, give me w/ out paying your gudget I promised to you , and al mighty god I will give you a share name it, 25 year me in treasure hunting , untel now 0 balance parin I'm 62 years old now .
It is not a deep detector - less than one meter, depending on many factors.
@@ChrisRalph a ok , I think ser Ralph that your monster 1000 can help me to locate sucker deposit gold inside the tunel
You know ser Ralph, your technology is very useful to me to find gold ., but my problem is I haved no money to but that ... Coz I'm laborer very poor
Am I the ONLY one who finds it difficult to watch a man who calls himself a “Professional Gold Prospector “ who admits he doesn’t make any $ finding Gold!. Sure, he’s interesting and informative but I want learn from a Real Gold Prospector!
Yes, you are the only one. So please stop watching my videos and commenting on them. From now on I will delete your comments and not answer your questions. I make over 100K a year on prospecting related activities, including selling my discoveries to mining companies who have geologists that know 10,000 times more about geology and ore deposits than you do. There is more to making money in prospecting than just finding nuggets with a detector.
Nice Indian head
I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Chris, I've been looking for the auxiliary legs you have on your GM1k, I cant seem to find a vendor for those. Is that something that originally had a different function but you adapted to it?
It drives me nuts when mine keeps rolling over when I'm thinning out the scoop.
The GM1000 is pretty much the tipping-est detector on the market. This is what I use:
minerjohndesigns.com/product-sample-product/miner-john-designs-heavy-duty-pro-detector-stand/
Thanks !