Fisher Gold Bug Pro
Price: $700
Avg. Score: 
4.91
Based on 11 reviews
4.91Based on 11 reviews
Avg. Durability:
4.60
Avg. Ease of use:
4.40
First machine
July 23, 2017
I wanted a machine for gold and beaches, so I bought the machine in 2014,
now in 2017 the machine has found enough coins/jewelry to pay for it. I
love this beast, the weight on it is just right for my crooked shoulder and
back. The depth is okay, depth 6" in dirt for a coin. On sands it could
reach 8" easy on a 20c coin. Btw I live in Australia so it could be
different depth to some ground. I like the machine's ID and tone difference
to hint me what sort of metals are there. Discrimination is 5/5 for me. For
gold nuggets, I am yet to discover my first gold nuggets, but it does pick
up a test piece of 0.3g when at 1-2cm I am happy for a machine that can
discriminate.
They should have a back light on this machine for night hunting, but I got some clip on light for this matter. If fisher waterproof this machine and I would buy it for next summer.
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Would you recommend this to a new user?
Yes, absolutely!
DN from
Australia
80
Dp 4 me!
December 16, 2015
I have owned two Tesoros, two older gold bugs, and a Garrett A/T Gold. I
was out with a friend who owns a Fisher Gold Bug 2. I had my Garrett A/T
Gold. He was hitting targets that mine was not. I found a deal on A Fisher
DP Gold Pro. Next time out I was hitting targets his could not pick up. I
am thru looking for the right detector The Fisher Gold Bug Pro DP is an
excellent machine!
Max Depth: 18 inches on US quarter
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Would you recommend this to a new user?
Yes, absolutely!
Dennis from
Arizona (gold Country)
164
Fisher gold bug pro
March 14, 2015
Very fast Nice display Easy to use and learn Very tight ID Strong on
nickels gold jewelry.
Max Depth: 18 inches on US quarter
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Would you recommend this to a new user?
Yes, absolutely!
Ron from
Ohio
109
For trashy ground !
January 15, 2015
The thing with the goldbug dp is that if you are in extreme trashy areas
use your eyes and ears together and take it really slow. Listen to the duck
farts they are promising sounds, also follow the screen there will show up
high numbers in a blink of a eye that you cant hear. My settings for xtreme
trash:
Sens max 75,
Disk about 32.
I promise you that you will pick up targets in the trashiest ground! If you are on quieter ground go hardcore. Sens:
Full power,
Disk zero.
With those settings make yourself ready to dig deep holes!
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Would you recommend this to a new user?
No, not really.
Thomas from
Finland
1414
Finally, I like it!
June 16, 2013
I have been waiting almost two years to decide if I would love it or hate
it. Well, I finally decided to keep it, but the unit was saved from selling
by the acquisition of the 5" coil. Since the day I have used this smaller
coil, I just left it on the detector and do not use the 11"DD any more.
The smaller coil gets coins up to 8+ inches, is very sensitive, and does NOT suffer from the BOTTLECAPS issue. What more is, it is an ideal coil to look through heavily iron infested sites. Due to the excellent discrimination system, it is an ideal "cherry-picker", so if you're a coin hunter, and your sites are infested with aluminium trash and iron, this detector will do the job very well.
I have got an issue (dirt behind the screen), but overall I am (now) satisfied with my purchase. Max depth below concerns the 5" coil HH Pap'
Max Depth: 8 inches on US quarter
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Would you recommend this to a new user?
No, not really.
Paperone from
Europe
1311
Coin hunter
March 11, 2013
Just got my GB Pro and mate does it love the coins! 30 odd bucks at a
couple of schools with plenty more to hunt! Besides that I can't wait to
take it on a nugget hunt which is the whole reason I got it, just thought
people should know that it is a great coin shooter and eats coins all day
long. Easy to use and I'm a beginner.
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Phill from
Australia
201
Super reliable machine
July 10, 2012
I am super happy with the Gold Bug Pro DP and have utmost confidence in its
reading. It picks up small targets deep for a vlf machine. It is a
better coin shooter and relic hunter than some of the newer multi-purpose
machines on the market. It consistently registers a target at both slower
and faster sweeps, not 4 out of 6 sweeps like some other detectors on the
market. Great in both discrimination and all metal modes. Fisher backs up this product with a 5 yr warranty when other big brands only offer 2 year warranty. Best bang for your buck IMHO.
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Dave from
Canada
344
Gold bug pro
March 12, 2012
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)
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DARK DIGGER from
Ny
2113
GB Pro
February 01, 2012
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.
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Martin from
New Zealand
3910
F75 in sheep's clothing?
December 15, 2011
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.
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Tim from
PA
468