Fisher Gold Strike

STILL ONE OF THE BEST

Dennis the menace in Redding ,CA -
I was reading the review from Argentina, your inability to find gold has nothing to do with how well this detector works, it finds very small pieces of gold no problem but you have to be in a spot where there is actual gold in the ground, I own a number of detectors and a PI unit. I have to say this Gold$trike is easy to use and very effective only if you are in a place that contains gold to prospect, saying you found everything else should be a clue that you are in the wrong spot or can't figure out which end of the shovel to use, I have had mine find gold right under hot rocks that is very impressive. So do some home work before you write a poor review of the gold$trike.

Oct 29, 2010

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un gran detector

ricardo valentino in san juan ARGENTINA -
hola soy de argentina compre este, para encontrar oro en pepitas he insistido bastante en la busqheda pero oro nada lo demas es una barbaridad, balas clavos herraduras y todo tipo de metales si tienen una configuracion nueva para este gold strike que es complicado para manejarlo en caso de tener algo estaria agradecido me la pasen por este medio. estoy muy contento de tener un lugar como este para los fanaticos de los detectores, agradecido por dejarme escribir nuestras experiencias y gracias saludos desde esta grandiosa argentina.

A great detector
Hi, I am from Argentina, I bought this one to find gold nuggets, I have searched a great deal but no gold, the other finds are plentiful, bullets, nails, horseshoes and all kinds of metal, if you have a new configuration (settings?) for this gold strike that is difficult to use, if you have I would be grateful if you gave them to me. I am happy to have a place like this for the detector fanatics Thanks for letting me share our experience and regards from the great country of Argentina.

from Ricardo (Rick) Valentino

Sep 27, 2010

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excellent gold detector

Jeff in Redding ,CA -
I just cannot understand why Fisher discontinued this detector I was out in the feild with another $1000 gold detector I noticed my Gold$trike was much more sensitive to smaller pieces of gold and other metals, also it has the ability to reject hot rocks and detect gold underneath them where my other gold detector does not, this guy is almost cutting edge for its ability to detect very very small pieces of gold!! Once you learn the tracking in black sand and how to set it up properly for mineralized soil this guy works very well, I use it together with my PI detector when searching for gold..

Sep 20, 2009

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Very competent unit!!

Rick in Wa state -
If you are a traditional Fisher user you will not like this machine, but I prefer the membrane buttons and the direct read out, on screen adjustments and the backlight, also the manual and automatic ground balancing, if you learn how to use this detector you should be very happy with it, it hits very small targets, and has a two tone system for hot rocks, just a low tone if it is a hot rock and a low and high tone if it is a metal target, also the sound of the machine or output tone is pleasent to listen to.

I can see what the last reviewer said if it is adjusted wrong you might think something is wrong with the machine if you use the tracking feature while hunting in an area with high mineralization you will get alot of false targets, it could use a pinpoint mode but other than that it is an easy unit to learn to use....Unfortunately Fisher quit producing this model I don't think it caught on with Fisher traditionalists, it seems this model and the coin$trike suffered the same fate.

Aug 20, 2009

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Is the Gold Strike worth it... ?

Glenn R. in Central Texas -
I have been using the Gold Bug 2 for several years now and I thought I'd upgrade to the newer Gold Strike from Fisher. At first I thought I had made a real mistake but found that the biggest part of the problem was the operator... me...
The Gold Strike has a much more difficult learning curve than the Gold Bug 2 but if you put in the time and effort to learn the detector it works quite well. I took both detectors with me on a trip to central Az, and ran them against each other in a field test.
Result... over the course of 3 days, every time I detected a nugget with the Gold Bug 2 the Gold Strike would also find it before digging, The Gold Strike found 2 moderately buried nuggets that the Gold Bug would have missed because of hot rocks.... The Gold Strike did find a lot of Trash that the Gold Bug ignored but the final tabulation was ..
Gold Bug 2 --- 5 nuggets (very small to medium)
Gold Strike -- 7 nuggets (very small to medium)
Total gold ... about 4 Dwt.
If you take the time to learn how to use the Gold strike, it is a very good machine. For a first Detector I wouldn't recommend it but for someone willing to take the time to learn how to adjust it properly, It is worth the effort.

Sep 21, 2005

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