Here's a metal detector review of the Bounty Hunter Tracker IV metal detector, certainly a top detector on my own personal list.

Bounty Hunter metal detectors are a good brand to consider for anyone, but especially if youre a beginner.

Whether you are just looking for a lost ring or doing serious treasure hunting you will love using the Bounty Hunter Tracker IV Metal Detector. This metal detector is easy to handle and is streamlined in design. The Tracker IV has some other qualities that are worth pointing out.

The Bounty Hunter Tracker IV will detect not only gold and silver but also items like coins and old iron objects. This model also is great at distinguishing between metals. This detector makes adjustments for the minerals that are naturally in the soil. This cuts down on the confusion of detecting the metals you want to find. This also enables you to detect in more types of soil. The Automatic Ground Trac is what enables this detector to distinguish the minerals and metals from one to the other.

You can use this metal detector in about any soil type from sandy beaches to highly rocky mineral filled soil. You can detect easily without changing the circuitry in any way. You should not have to do this to have a good detecting experience.

All Bounty Hunter metal detectors only need 2 9-volt batteries for operation. They are all light in weight and are designed ergonomically for comfort and ease of use. This means you can search longer with less fatigue. Nothing is worse than trying to use a detector that is too heavy. Your arms get too tried holding the detector and you cannot spend the day doing your hobby you so love.

The Tracker IV metal detector has two-toned audio that signals you as you approach your target. This helps you differentiate between what you are looking for from unwanted metals. Unwanted metals can include minerals that are in the ground naturally.

This model can even be used with headphones. This makes your search more private. Also on a noisy beach this allows you to concentrate better on your metal detecting. Tuning out the surrounding nature noises too can make the audio sounds that alert you to be heard better too.

With Bounty Hunter adding a preset ground balance to all their metal detectors they have the ability to neutralize their response to minerals in the soil. This enables you to use these detectors even in soils that have a high mineral content including the beaches around the saltwater of the ocean.

Some other features of the Bounty Hunter Tracker IV are things like a Target Indicator Meter, Sensitivity Control, and a Disc/Notch Control. It also has a depth detection of 8 inches on small sized items such as coins and 3 foot for large items.

It also offers two modes of operation that include a discriminating mode to rule out unwanted metals and an all metals mode.

According to published customer reviews, the Bounty Hunter Tracker IV is the metal detector you want to own. Users are stating that it is easy to assemble and to operate. They are also reporting that they find items very quickly after they start their detection search. They are usually discovering items in less than an hour even when it is a ring. They are also reporting that it is quite durable and dependable. So, own a Tracker IV today and make your detector experience more enjoyable.

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1	Finding Gold and Treasure

Tags: flakes of gold, gold value, gold location

Metal detecting for hidden treasures is becoming more and more of a popular hobby today. What makes it such a great hobby is the fact that anyone can go looking for buried treasure. You do not have to have any special skills or physical abilities to have fun with a metal detector.

Today, you can find a great metal detector to get started with for around a hundred and fifty dollars or so. So it is also a relatively inexpensive hobby. However, many people waste a lot of their valuable time and effort doing things that do not work when they could be finding buried treasures all the time. Below you will find a few tips that should get you started on your way to finding more buried treasure with your metal detector.

First off, go metal detecting right after a good hard rain. When the ground is wet, the metal detector is much more sensitive because the ground has a higher conductivity. If you try this technique, you will likely find things in the ground that your detector normally would not have given you a signal for. Be prepared to dig in the mud however. The signals you will get on a wet rainy day will likely be deeper than on other days.

Secondly, try using your metal detector on the beach before trying out in a field. Sand is a lot easier to detect in than soil. It is also easier to dig in. A third advantage to getting started with your metal detector on a beach instead of your gold prospecting location is that more people tend to hang out on the beach. This gives you a better chance of finding something of value.

Try going to the beach on a Monday. Often times the sand will be loaded with great stuff you can find because everyone hangs out on the beach during the weekend.

On a final note, a good piece of advice would be to find someone more experienced than you that could teach you how to have a successful treasure hunt. You can do this by joining a club, or searching online. The fact that you are reading this article shows that you are taking initiative to get more information.

There are many good sites you can find simply by doing a Google search for metal detecting tips. You will find all sorts of metal detecting secrets that more experienced people are sharing for free (like those in this article), and in video format. Consider investing in a course from an advanced treasure hunter, but stay away from high priced coaches who charge thousands of dollars.

If you follow these tips, you will be well on your way to finding more treasure with your metal detector, and finding those treasures much more often!

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The most important aspect of choosing a metal detector for gold prospecting is knowing what detectors are proven to find gold - whether gold nuggets or flake.

Most metal detectors are produced for multi-use purposes and many of them will not be a good choice for use in highly mineralized gold prospecting locations.

Don't buy any older technology detectors like BFO and TR detectors. These are considered relics thanks to the major technological advances achieved over the last few years - technology that's standard in most all metal detectors on the market today.

A VLF or a PI metal detector is what you want in order to get the best results finding gold. There are a number of very good VLF and PI gold detectors available on the market - at least a dozen or more. Prices vary and you'll be able to find a very good gold detector that fits your budget.

In highly mineralized areas like typical gold prospecting locations, I suggest you strongly consider the pulse induction PI detectors.

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Finding Gold and Treasure

As far as gold detector accessories, there are many on the market that can be a big help. If you pick the right accessories, they can greatly increase your gold detector's overall performance.

One 'must have' accessory is a good set of high impedance headphones. If at all possible you want to try and match the impedance of the headphones to your actual gold detector. You will find that some work great with some detectors, while the results with other headphones will not be so good.

Another worthwhile accessory is an audio booster, or signal enhancer, which helps to increase faint target signals. Be aware that audio boosters can increase the background noise. So it's advised not only match up the audio signal enhancer with your detector and headset as best as possible, but also get a quality audio booster designed to hone in on the gold and filter OUT extraneous noise.

Nearly all detector manufacturers produce a variety of search coils. The 'search coil' is the actual round-shaped foot of the detector - the device that you move just above the surface of the ground as you're scanning the terrain. Search coils can vary in size and also in configuration (Mono and Salt, DD, DD pro) . As a general rule, the smaller circumference loops work best for tighter areas and smaller gold which is close to the surface. Larger coils have the advantage of allowing you to cover more ground, although they have less sensitivity to smaller pieces of gold, the advantage with these though is the much deeper depth to which they can detect gold nuggets. However, it all depends on the size of the gold 'target' and the coil size.

Recent improvements in metal detector coil technology has resulted in some rather advanced gold detectors coming onto the market now. For instance, the MineLab 4500 is quite an advanced piece of electronic prospecting equipment.

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1	Finding Gold and Treasure

Then there's a Prospecting pick, also called a 'digger' - You'll also need one of these. The less weight you have to carry, the more ground you can cover at your gold prospecting location, So choose a prospecting pick that isn't too heavy. Whether a metal or wooden handle, it doesn't make much difference. Just be certain that if you choose a wooden handled digger, the handle is durable and won't be prone to break. Because sure as shootin', if it's going to break it will break right when you need it most.

An extremely powerful magnet is also a very handy item to have when prospecting in terrain that has a lot of iron trash. A good, large magnet will save you a LOT of time when digging in an area like this, helping you sort the 'trash' metal from the gold.

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Tags: claim, gold ore, gold mine

Focusing back on gold tools and equipment, lets take a look at the gold sluice.

Please read on to find out more about this incredible piece of prospecting equipment - something that should be in every prospector's gold kit - is fantastic for catching gold in riverbeds, streams etc.

The Gold Sluice is a great and very handy piece of gold kit, small enough to transport virtually anywhere. A gold sluice looks similar to an elongated metal tray, with a wider opening at the top to funnel the water through the gold sluice. You basicly hand trowel or shovel material from the stream bed into the top of the funnel, then the action of the water flowing downstream carries this material through the sluice. Usually youll use a gold sluice in a few inches deep of flowing water.

Along the bottom of the gold sluice is a gold catchment mat, on top of this gold mat there are riffles all the way down the sluice, the idea being that as the material is placed at the top of the gold sluice, the water action will carry these gravels etc through the sluice towards the bottom edge. Any gold, naturally being heavier than the other material going through the gold sluice, this will become trapped by the riffles and the mat below them.

You can quite easily make your own gold sluice or they can be bought online, indeed, if you look in our gold store on this site, you will find many for sale at very good prices.

Video Demo - Mini Gold Sluice

The gold sluice is very effective in collecting gold in streambeds and rivers - so to utilize it you do need flowing water. There are many makes and models of the gold sluice available online, with some interesting innovations on the market. But all sluices basically use the same principle for collecting gold.

The Gold Dry-washer

If water is a problem, for example out in the middle of the desert, a similar piece of gold equipment comes into play, in a nutshell its very similar to the gold sluice working on the same principle, only this time a very fast stream of air is blowing the material through the channel rather than water and this is called, the gold dry-washer.

A gold drywasher doesnt cost very much, the only downside to many of these gold drywashers is
1. the noise they make and
2. the dust that they can create.

Having said that, depending on which model you buy, the gold drywasher is also very effective in the collection of gold. Of course, come will work better than others, so do your research to find out which gold drywasher is particularly suited to your on-the-ground conditions. You can also buy a dustless gold drywasher. The two can be seen side by side in the gold drywasher video below.

Video Demonstration - Standard Drywasher vs Dustless Drywasher

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1	Finding Gold and Treasure

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One of your main considerations to keep in mind any time you are gold prospecting is to keep the weight down to a manageable size. There is nothing worse than carrying too much gold equipment out in the field, getting tired from walking long distances carrying everything including the kitchen sink. Youll only carry more than you need once to never do it again.

Of course if your gold panning or gold prospecting location is close to your vehicle, then this advice does not matter quite so much. However, you'll be surprised just how much everything weighs when you add it all together. By their very nature, many of the tools and equipment that are a prerequisite for prospecting and finding gold are fairly heavy to carry alone over any distance on rough terrain.

Before moving on to other gold tools and equipment, here are some basic gold prospecting tools which can be easily overlooked. But when you're out in the field, if you don't have them you'll really wish you did as they will make your prospecting work so much easier.

The entire gold toolkit you'll need - the right gold prospecting equipment and essentials - will depend greatly on the terrain of the location that you are gold prospecting, so use your common sense as well as the advice in this article.

A small sharp axe is always a good idea for cutting away tree roots etc or dead timber in a river bed, to get to your ideal gold prospecting location.

A sharp knife too can help and is small enough to be considered indispensable out in the wild.

A long shovel is a good idea, more lightweight the better, this will save you bending over all the time and possibly hurting your back. A long handled shovel is also handy for digging out holes to get to your gold bearing gravel. A shorter spade is an option.

A couple of trowels are always extremely handy, a short one for putting spoil into your gold pan or spiral gold wheel, an extending longer trowel for digging deeper or accessing harder to reach areas.

A long metal pick is excellent for prying open crevices where gold may be hiding or to simply loosen material prior to digging.

A GPS so you can make a note of any locations where gold has been found may also help you as well as of course a mobile phone or GPS Spot device in case of emergencies.

Also carry a small compass with you if trekking out into the middle of nowhere.

A plastic or metal gold pump is also excellent for drawing up material from deeper down or for use underwater. This works by suction and simply sucks up the dirt which is then contained in the tube for easy placement into your plastic bucket. These are especially useful to use within crevices where gold may be trapped.

Rubber gloves will of course keep your hands dry, warm and somewhat protected, it goes without saying that warm clothes are a necessity as is enough food and water for your trip. A pair of gardening gloves are also a good idea when digging out banks etc where there may be sharp rocks etc.

Some sort of insect repellant can be very useful in keeping midges off your skin, driving you to sheer exasperation and takes up an extraordinarily small amount of space as does a tube of antiseptic cream if you do cut yourself somehow.

A hooked painters scraper can also be used for crevicing very small cracks where gold may reside within.

A strong screwdriver or two can also be used for prying open cracks in rocks.

Two pairs of tweezers, one short the other long.

A rock hounding rock hammer will be great for hitting open any bedrock etc, indispensable in my opinion.

A gold sucker, small enough to fit in a backpack side pocket.

For locating tiny flakes of gold, within gold bearing quartz for example, a small magnifying glass or eyepiece can help you immensely.

And then a gold classifier to sort through your rubble which will fit inside your gold pan to save room.

Of course, every gold prospector will have his or her favorite tools. Read online and youll soon be able to pick up some useful tips and pieces of advice from other gold prospectors.

The main thing when out prospecting gold, use good common sense, sensible strong boots with ankle protection, a headlight, spare batteries, matches or a lighter, and an extra layer of clothing. Also, let someone know where you are, approximately, and what time you expect to be back. Its always a good idea to do this for ANY outdoor activity that will take you off the beaten path, let alone a gold trail.

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