Bounty Hunter Gold Digger: Review and Testing
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- Опубліковано 1 гру 2015
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My fiance lost her ring in the back yard! I bought a bounty hunter, waited for delivery, unpacked it and a hour later had her ring back! It works wonderful!
Great to hear Storm. Thanks for the great story and watching.
I've found everything from horseshoes to coins with this little unit! It works awesome!
+Matthewseven13 Could not agree more Matt. This is probably my favorite detector in the family to be honest. Love what it can do. Would have to pry it from my cold dead hands!
what does it do with gold? flake gold ect. or just dont buy it?
the truth never told I have the same exact unit. And I found alot of gold jewellery with it.
@@nathanhenry6599 what a senbility usted anda discrimination for find gold!??
Excellent video man thank you
My pleasure. Thanks for watching!
What is the best setting to find gold??
awesome thanks
ThankYou great video
thanks for the fast answer....
im beginner on this hobby just started one week ago.
but is fun for sure...
but im having hard time to learn
+Clautamir Alves It is a great hobby. Let me know if you have any questions...just ask away here or on my Facebook page. I try to reply within 24 hours or less to all comments.
Thank you. But i dont have face...
Thanks, just ordered one, look forward to walking the back of our property. Creek bed, lots of quarts, will see what happens.
How’d it go?
@TheHunterGT - Is the TK4 as good as the Gold Digger on Monte's nail test?
Thank you in advance!
Love your videos!
Nope. Gold Digger wins easily. T4 struggles on that test.
you do good as instructor
Thanks!
The Huntergt.... i think i will reorder. Im going to try the state beaches. I got a question for you... which one is better, this one being reviewed or the trekker4?
Tracker 4 is the better machine. I recently reviewed it. Just check out my latest vids.
TheHunterGT awesome fast reply. I saw your vid amd its better, just wasnt sure if its worth the extra 2 inches of penetration. I think i will get it. Thxs!
how deep can it detect? 1 feet? also can it detect stainless steel?
I got this for Christmas! I sadly haven't been able to use it yet because it is snowy outside. And I just wondered what are all the metals that it can detect?
Any metal made...it will hit
I'm thinking of getting my first detector and your video has me a bit confused. You set your machine so it will find a penny but not a gold ring ? So to find a ring you have to have it set to detect all metals ? Is there no way to discriminate between junk ( bottle caps, pull tabs ) and gold jewelry ?
Thom Vogan Gold will fall in the entire mid conductor range. Foil...nickel... pull tab...zinc. On this detector the discrimination is analog...so I cannot notch out sections like a digital machine can.
this has been a wonderful detector and still is! But moma needs a new pair of shoes, or and upgrade. Still having to keep it on the cheaper side but what do you thinnk about the bounty hunter 3300? they have one on sale this weekend only for $84.99!!! is it a better model than the Tracker IV?
I personally prefer the Tracker 4. It is much faster for separation and recovery speed. It is not a depth demon but it is blazing fast and good in trash.
I need to know how to put it together lol mine didnt come with instructions
Awesome review. I have a creek that is giving me gold flake in pans. I’ve just been digging, classifying and then panning. Just wondering, there is a lot of iron, like magnetite chunks the size of shotgun shot. Would this detect nuggets amidst all the iron?
It would have to be a significant sized nugget...half the size of a dime or so. A dedicated gold prospecting machine would for sure be better in a situation like that...but this same Gold Digger has found some large nuggets from others. So if luck is on your side...yes.
@@thehuntergt That’s what I’m hoping for - I’ve spent so many hours panning on this crick that small little pickers and flake won’t do it for me. I ordered the Bounty Hunter thanks to your review, and bare minimum I hope to find some old coins or relics detecting the old dredge lines.
I really appreciate the information, man. I bought the “gold nugget coil” for it and hopefully I can pinpoint the valuables. There is an old shithouse the prospectors used to use and maybe there was a coin spill! God Bless!
I got a used one from ebay but it looks brand new...however, well hell, thing doesnt work too good...everytime I put my hand on the metal rod part, it goes crrazy, I didnt have any rings on, checked the connection, was tight...what would cause it to beeep when my hand touched the rod? how deep can this one find metal cuz I had it over a piece of barbed wire andd it didnt beep till about an inch above it. TY
Only thing I can think of is the wire is exposed and is touching the metal somewhere. With trash knob on lowest setting...and sensitivity to highest setting. It should sound off on a coin sized target at 5 inches.
this is a great back up detector or just keep it in your car for that sudden hunch.
seoulkidd1 Agree 100%. Great backup or primary.
Thx for the vid. A beginner and just got this. What should be power be on? And if I’m looking only for coins I believe you said discriminator should be at 2 or 3 o’clock? Thx for the info.
I used to crank it up full blast. If it chatters just back it off a bit.
I also have another how to use video with it. Might be worth a watch.
Will this metal detector work under a few inches under water?
Yes the coil, not the box 📦
Can you use this metal detector to hunt for gold nuggets in the ground?... And if so... what setting would you set it on?
While it would find larger nuggets the size of a dime...it would not be useful for smaller gold nuggets which is 95% of the gold out there. I would not recommend it no. However...I would run it 100% sensitivity and 0% discrimination if I did.
Ok so have you submerged the coil under water? I dont mean the whole thing, just the coil.
No I have not. I think it is weatherproof - not waterproof.
How long does it operate with fresh batteries? Also, what trash eliminator setting would you recommend?
About 15-20 hours on a pair. Depends on the site. I'd usually run it about 11 o'clock position.
Thanks for the info. I’ve been considering getting one of these metal detectors and going metal detecting. I love a good treasure hunt!
By the way, did you know the recovery speed of this device is pretty much exactly the same as the BH Tracker IV?
Speaking of the Tracker IV, I wonder which one is better at singling out gold....any idea?
T4 is slightly faster, this unmasks same plane nails better. Both are 6.6kHz and have similar depth per coil ratios. Neither will single out gold...have to dig the entire trash range for gold.
@@thehuntergt "have to dig the entire trash range for gold" - Isn't that what life is about. Oh well, at least I won't have to dig nails.
Hopefully I can eliminate more trash targets while not skipping over gold with my other detector - the Goldmaster 24K.
How mach meter work this metal detactor
Do not rely on the meter....might as well cover it with tape.
what's the best discrimination dial setting position to find only gold (natural and manmade) or to single out gold as much as possible?
Toss a rusty nail down...turn the dial until it grunts...then dig the rest. Gold runs from foil all the way to the zinc range. You must dig the entire foil - nickel - tab - screw cap - zinc range of targets to find gold.
@@thehuntergt This guy
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says (FF to 6:03) if you set the TE dial at 3 dots from the far right, iron will be completely knocked out, gold will have a low grunt, and silver will have a high tone. Hmm, I wonder WHAT ELSE though would also have grunts at that setting.
My noise doesn’t come out anymore, but the needle still moves. What do I do now.
If under warranty send it in....if not...take it apart and look for a loose connection at the speaker.
Do you know if it would work for gold nuggets?? Trying to prospect.
It is not ideal no...it would need to be a fairly significant sized nugget.
best setup to find coins is all the way up?
On this detector...yes...crank it up.
What detector do you use
+TamerOfTheCats I use the Land Ranger Pro...my wife uses the Fisher Gold Bug. In my last video I actually used this detector at a relic site and came away with some pretty cool stuff.
What depth
Hello Hunter GT. This detector is basically the same one as the VLF model. The only difference I can tell is that they differ in their facade. This must have been a marketing ploy. I'm really disappointed with the depth as it definitely is a lightning quick machine but it's lack of depth severely hampers an otherwise perfect machine but for $50, what can one expect, right ?? It's only rival in terms of recovery speed/response time is the Famous Trails GC-1023 (two-tone) which is on par with detectors costing many hundreds of dollars more. The Chinese one can be roughly $125 new though. The Chinese really did their homework on their product, in terms of the rec. speed/response time. There's also the MD-1023 as well as the GC-1022(minus the meter and a little cheaper). I think it is marketed in Britain under the maplin name.These are 'right beside' the BH Gold Digger in terms of recovery speed/response time and are deeper than the BH Gold Digger. I tuned my GC-1023 up internally by adjusting the sensitivity potentiometer and now it will air test detect a zinc penny at 8". I also had to readjust the tone as my sens. adjustment changed the tone as well but it does an AWESOME job in my local park on coins to 8/9" deep. BANG-ON solid, loud, positive high tone on good targets and low tone for the disc'd out trash targets.
Prairie G I've always said if this Gild Digger was a couple onches deeper there woild be no reason to own the Tesoro Compadre. By far one of the fastest machines out there...and also passes a nail board test.
most people sweep too quickly for deep targets ,sweep slower and stay just above ground,most deeper signals will barely register,just a tiny blip ,headphones allow you to hear those real low volume blips
Hello lotwguide33,
yep! The headphone technique I really got discouraged away from but I have to say that if I were to replace my old "clunky" headphones and my worn out "featherweight", walkman-type with some lighter-weight, round 'studio' wraparounds, I think you're right; I'd probably (re)amaze myself with at least a (few) deeper signals, I never would've heard from just the main speaker but comparing the preadjusted sound level of these models to some other machines, these machines a (pretttty) loud, (especially indoors)lol!
deep search maximum
😆That's interesting!👍
Can this detect grams of gold?
Yes for sure. 1gram of gold would be doable.
Price
How deeper can it beep underground ?
They say small coins 6 in.
Bigger object 2 feet
Is it waterproof so I can use it in water?
Not waterproof no.
is the coil waterproof?
No.
Does it work over walls? How deep?
On a coin size object - 5-6 inches max. It will work through drywall or OSB board no problem.
TheHunterGT thanks
same model as discovery two by radio shack,this detector will go to a depth of 5 ft for bigger objects,i have found coins from early 1900's to a depth of ten inches.most crucial is the discrimination settings,and ground balancing.these machines need to be adjusted from one site to another. other finds at depth incl. a gold wedding band with an inscription inside and dated 1892 at a depth of 12 inches under a tree root.
we have used this michine as well and we live it
+juan lara Hard not to like it for the price and performance. Fun little detector!
its not just the price. I had a whites coin master ($200) and this michine out performed it
@Jeremy 77 no I don't I took it back and got my money back years ago
@Jeremy 77 lol right
pliss, work 2019 to buy ??? what is the best "bounty hunter gold digger" or "tx 850" ???
The TX 850 is a clone rip-off of a Gold Bug Pro with an AT Pro coil. I would stay well away from that.
@@thehuntergt so, u recomended bounty hunter gold diger or tx 850 ???
@@iankartolo6849 Out of those 2...the Gold Digger.
water proof?
The search coil is yes...not the control box.
Is the head water proof?
The coil is yes...not the control box.
Hi. Is this metal detector water proof?
No it is not.
@@thehuntergt Oh.
Ce bien
Is it waterproof!
No...just the coil.
what does it do with gold? flake gold ect. or just dont buy it?
It will find a large nugget or gold coin no problem, but obviously would not be the choice for somebody who was taking gold prospecting seriously. You would want to step up to a Gold Bug or something similar, which can hit birdshot sized gold.
thanks
ola
Can this detect 3-4 feet underground metal ?
Maybe a tank...not coins.
@@thehuntergt what is maximum depth of bounty hunter land ranger pro ?
@@pankajpareek3205 For coins...8-10 inches.
is the coil water proof?
+Jaye Dee MUSIC Yes...the coil is waterproof. Just make sure the control box stays dry.
hey just if anyone know is, this water proof?
No it is not.
just got a bhgd,found a few hot wheels made in europe...kinda scared to submerge it though.is the water seal good enough?
I have had the coil submerged with no issues. Just keep the box dry and you should be fine unless it has had some wear and tear issues.
Ok,i was finishing the discrimination theory.pretty clever,beutiful house btw,like the dark wood...but I was thinking while watching I'm going to run a bead of hot glue around the separation in the disc..
Can the coil be swapped on this thing?
iCharmCity410 No it can't. It is hardwired.
TheHunterGT what bounty hunters do you recommend that you could swap out the coils? I’m thinking about getting a better one. This is my starter one. I’m torn between quick draw, lone star pro, and land ranger pro?
iCharmCity410 Land Ranger Pro is by far the best detector that Bounty Hunter makes. It can swap coils and use aftermarket coils. It is $250 on Amazon. However...the Teknetics Liberator is the exact same machine. Just a patriotic faceplate and different name. Use my code A1474 at www.tekneticsdirect.com to get it for $219 with free shipping factory direct. 5 year warranty as well.
TheHunterGT hmmmm 🤔 I’m going to look into that one too. Thank you sir.
iCharmCity410 My pleasure. First Texas owns Bounty Hunter...Teknetics...Fisher Labs. So often their machines are very similar (or in the case the LRP and Liberator are the same).
I ordered this with a pointer and a few other digging accessories on Amazon. Had to cancel every order the next day. Found out in most of CA this is useless. Its illegal to use these on pretty much all beaches. And if its not, digging is illegal due to preservation regulations. Incredible. :/ pretty much what I was going to use it for.
cgtalk ! Metal detecting is legal on all California beaches....even State beaches. Only beaches that have military areas are off limits. There are hundreds of people detecting CA beaches daily.
TheHunterGT dont know where you got that info. But your detector will be confiscated and ticketed if you search starting from Ocean Beach all the way down and up the coast. Thats from several people warning me about it. Apparently go up north of SF and the park rangers are total dicks and will take our stuff and call the local cops. Correct me if I am wrong please. I really wanted to get into this hobby.
cgtalk ! I hunt Avila Beach...Morro Bay...Pismo Beach...and Los Angeles area. Have truck police and lifeguards wave all the time. My wife and mother hunt beaches too. Who exactly told you this?
TheHunterGT cadetecting.proboards.com/thread/6710
TheHunterGT if you google ocean beach SF metal detector, theres tons of people pist off at the regulations.
Can we use this Under water
The coil only...do not get the box wet.
TheHunterGT thank you
i can use my gd into the water
walter maya The coil yes....but not the box.
Gold nuggets?
Whenever I go panning for gold I throw down 5$ in pennies everywhere.
Terrible lol
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