Minelab X-Terra 70 : Down Under Prospecting

great job man excellent video I am buying one soon.

good video, thanks

A very informative video. Well done. 10/10

Wow, I enjoyed your video so much.

One of the best ones posted. Very professionally made.

0 bore-time Thank you for sharing!

did u realy find that nugget with the x-terra or your gpx-4000?

I didn't have a GPX-4500 when this video was made. Only the X-Terra 70. The nuggets found with the X-Terra were featured here in this video HOWEVER the video montage showing different TYPES of nuggets featured some examples of nuggets found by others – I included them to show the types of Gold nuggets (specimens in quartz, ironstone nuggets etc) which Prospectors may find. The 'secret' for the X-Terra 70 is to hunt shallower soils where possible… and listen for fainter targets.

Hi
I live in the northeastern part of the US as far as prospecting is concerned we have very very high mineralization in the soil but yet some very nice gold. what would be the best setting and coil set up in your opinion?
thanks and great video

Well, we Aussies are unfortunately 'blessed' with some of the very worst of the world's mineralized soils. Only a DD coil can handle it. Use Prospecting Mode PLUS Beach Mode for the best stability. Ground Tracking = ON. Best coil combination is the Elliptical DD HF coil. It handles the minerals in the first 9 inches pretty good… a good secondary coil is the little 6" DD HF coil… but ONLY for creeks & shallow soil areas. That 6" coil is too sensitive to minerals in deeper soil though.

Ive seen others dig targets (coins etc) at unusual depths with the X-Terra 70 – such as 17" & 22" in beach sand. Moist soil is rumored to increase the depth of the detector so recent rain is often a good thing. I dug the head of a small 1800's pick axe at almost two feet. Metal was 12" long. Most gold is VERY faint (audio-wise) until you scrape away the top layer of soil and rescan. The topsoil contains minerals and runoff so it pays to scrape it off and rescan.

i have the eliptical coil 18.75khz is that good?

Yes, the Elliptical 18.75khz coil is the right one for both general purpose Prospecting and Patch-Finding.

is the xterra 70 good?

It's a VERY good detector. It's also very versatile with the many optional coils available. It's best used as an "all rounder" for beaches, coins and relics as well as occasional Prospecting. But if you find that you want to do a LOT of dedicated Prospecting for Gold nuggets, it might be better to look at a more dedicated Gold detector like the Minelab Eureka or an SD/GP/GPX detector.

Thanks you! Very good video!

I noticed you were nugget shooting using the 6 inch coil but you were in the coin mode…wouldnt you want to be using the prospecting mode for gold? Were you in the coin mode just to try and discriminate what kind of metal it was after you located it in the prospect mode? great video BTW, I LOVED it!

Yes, that is correct. Prospecting Mode is certainly more sensitive and goes deeper, but by switching to Coin/Relic mode, you can get a better idea of what you are about to dig by using the inbuilt discrimination features. If hunting in shallow ground, you can work in Coin/Relic mode and use the numbers to see what your target might be. Otherwise, I always hunt in Prospecting Mode for better sensitivity.

The target in the creek (assuming it's the one I think you are referring to) was about 4 bits (tiny nuggets) of Gold that were clumped together and were each about the size of a grain of rice.

hi, just like to know where was that creek where you found those tiny nuggets? Thank you and really good video

I like your editing skills, you should work as a rep salesman for minelab. can you make another video something with more nuggets, dont get me wrong I love the wildlife out there in the outback on this video, mybe a video deminstrating were to hunt. flood plains,bedrock, creek, hillsides, drainages, ect.

I'm doing a book on these things as there's a demand for a publication showing maps and techniques. There's probably no real need for me to make a "How To" video on finding nuggets etc as there's a number of those type of videos currently available out there. I like the critters and I enjoy Prospecting and Detecting so this was sort of a compilation tape of all the fun stuff that I had sitting around on the computer.

So you can replay to "thorgray" within 24 hours, but not my 'Q'…. THANKS A LOT !!!

You should know by now that no Prospector worth his salt will tell you exactly where he digs his gold. Right? As such, I assumed your comment was simply an open statement and not an actual question.

I know if about a half dozen Diggers who mentioned the area they were working (on Private Property no less) to people asking… and returned to find themselves barred from future entry after people tore up the ground at night… after fence-jumping.

No thanks. I like my access.

Well…… thats fair enough, i got a answers thats all i wanted. Thanks

COOL… Excellent intro vid on nugget hunting with an X-70. thanks!!! 5 Stars!

cool vid learnt alot