Fisher Gold Bug Pro

Gold bug pro

DARK DIGGER in ny -
The best hands down on the beach 5 pieces of gold on the beach in 5 days my friend has the AT PRO nothing in the same 5 days it cant be luck (5 DAYS 5 STARS)

Mar 12, 2012

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GB Pro

Martin in New Zealand -
I have many metal detectors –Garrets 350, Whites, Minelab X-Terra 305 all which are superseded the Gold Bug Pro with the exception of my Garret Sea Hunter MK11 for beach searching.
I have searched a park a few times with all these other MD but now have found anything close to what the Gold Bug Pro has found.
I’m don’t care who says what I have been detecting for a while now and know how to use a MD and the Gold Bug is tops it can go deep.
Any way this is only mans opinion.

Feb 01, 2012

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F75 in sheep's clothing?

Tim in PA -
I owned an F75 for about 2 years and found many civil war relics with her but hard times broke us apart! But then things got better so I decided to buy another one. But the price was not in my budget anymore. So I took a chance and purchased a Gold Bug DP for around $400 less than a new F75. After finding many relics with it at the same depth as the F75 and the same great ID as the F75 I will be honest I can't really tell the difference! Oh yea there is a difference it's $400 cheaper. I recommend this detector if you want an F75 but can't swing the $1100 price tag.

Dec 15, 2011

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Gold Bug DP Pro - First impressions

Keith in England UK -
Just bought this great machine - confess I have only used it once for 1 hour on the beach but found 12 coins at various depths ranging from just beneath the surface to 9 inches.

I have owned the Garrett 250, Minelab Etrac, Sovereign GT, Explorer SE Pro, Tesoro Vaquero and The Laser Hawkeye - But all had varying issues which resulted in me selling them. I am not knocking any of these machines but on first impressions the Gold Bug seems to be the perfect machine for me.

It is lightweight. Easy to switch on and go yet it is a serious machine. I bought it for all round use and have so far found it to be the easiest of all the machines I have used on the beach. It works well on dry, wet and black sand. I used it in discrimination mode at 20 which cut out iron nails. The target ID numbers locked onto the target and remained constant with each pass. I could easily identify modern coinage and also found the depth to be accurate.

Ground balancing was quick and easy and pinpointing was spot on. I turned the gain to practically full on and the machine still remained quiet. Moving to the wet sand just required a quick ground balance and off I went. The machine is extremely quiet between targets, non of those confusing multi tones.

I air tested the Gold bug for sensitivity to small gold items and it detected everything including fine trace chains. None of the other machines I owned matched this sensitivity to gold.

Tomorrow I will be testing it on pastureland. I am confident from what I have seen so far that the Gold bug will prove equally as good on land.

Still have a lot to learn about this machine but I know I will enjoy getting to know it better.

Sep 06, 2011

57 Yes
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