Gold monster 1000 nugget detecting - using your detector to find gold - Success at finding gold

[@GSProspecting]

What a blast fam. Nice au indeed. I still need to get a better MD. Keep on having fun getting that au and living the dream. Thanks for the class. Gold Squad Out!!!

[@ChrisRalph]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@stevensherer1440]

Way to go Chris. Glad to hear that the weather finally let you get out and find gold. Good luck.

[@ChrisRalph]

Best of luck to you too my friend.

[@Smithsgold]

Those are some cool looking pieces !!!!!!

[@ChrisRalph]

It was fun to dig them.

[@IBRAKEFORBEDROCK]

Well done, and I’m glad you got out in the field 👍⭐️⭐️

[@ChrisRalph]

My season is just starting but I'm glad the weather has finally calmed down.

[@karlfonner7589]

@@ChrisRalph thank you for the video. I have a question. In this video, it shows you finding gold in loose Brown dirt. How is that so? When I see other people do this, they look like total hacks. From what I can tell, you’re an honest man and you always answer your comment section. I have seen other people find gold and loose brown dirt. How is that so?

[@zve482]

Glad you got out. I’m itching and a scratching.

[@ChrisRalph]

I'll be out again soon.

[@mirage4674]

Hi Chris. Nice video. I got your book a few months ago, thanks. I also just got a minelab monster 1000 yesterday and am very excited living in SW montana to try it out. Please tell about your gloves , I need a pair. What brand are they and where do I get some . I love your videos , they’re so informative!

[@ChrisRalph]

I got them on Amazon - just good fitting nitrile dipped gloves. I get the textured type - they are cheap.

[@rayroberts5708]

Great job Ralph

[@ChrisRalph]

Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it.

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

was out in the coolgardie area saturday sunday. got a bit of gold learning a puffer dry washer. nothing with my gm. but have found a decent nug in that place. a while ago. have a good day.

[@ChrisRalph]

All gold recovered is good gold.

[@kengunderson6214]

Hey Chris, loved the video. Would love it if you could maybe show some of the surroundings and why you’re looking where you are? Knowing where to look is the hardest part and a lot goes into it. Maybe you are worried about people figuring out where you are which makes sense… but some kind of context would be educational. Loved your book btw

[@ChrisRalph]

Surroundings are wildly different at the different places I go. Gold bearing locations are not uniformly the same they vary a lot, so you would not learn that much to see one place.

[@SageOfEchoes]

I went up to the snow yesterday because I just couldn’t wait. Three targets, all bouncing signals and they all ended up being rusted pieces of steel nails. It was good experience for me to audibly learn the difference between those and hot rocks, as well as potential targets that don’t bounce. I’m really enjoying learning on the Gold Monster 1000 along with all of Chris’s videos.

[@ChrisRalph]

Sounds great - the snow is still bad in the high country but it will melt eventually.

[@weshawkins7165]

Good job, good video. From February 24 to March something we had a total of about 60 inches of snow at my place, about 2800 ft. Lots of tree damage. I’m going to have a lot of oak firewood. I got out a few times to the lower areas. It will be a while before the pits open up. Got to get together this year.

[@ChrisRalph]

You have my email, right? send me an email and lets sort of think about plans to get together. If you need anyone to take away some of that Oak, let me know, I burned through much of my firewood this year and need to re-stock.

[@autoboto]

After watching the "Gold Nugget Detector comparisons" answered my question about why you're doing video with GM-vlf instead of pulse. Sounds like for full coverage and options both is ideal tools. But noobs should start with the lower cost GM and learn the trials and tribulations of VLF first. Which is nice, not exactly excited to spend over $1K for detector. I think the VLF could be better because nothing is missed. In addition with the newer machine learning software technology I believe additional discrimination could be integrated inline for better target identification based on the coil patterns. For sure would need to tap into the coil signal to analyze all the nuances. The audio output is highly filtered/processed for our hearing range.

[@ChrisRalph]

Accurate discrimination is not easy.

[@johnramirez5032]

You did great. I wish i could get any nuggermtd like that

[@ChrisRalph]

Thanks!

[@THATPROSPECTORSLIFE]

Great video. 🫡

[@ChrisRalph]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@thebushbunker]

Thanks Chris for the video

[@ChrisRalph]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@thebushbunker]

@@ChrisRalph I’m going to chicken this year I plan to go above jack wade and prospect hopefully I end up with 10 claims by end of season to sell to miners

[@kenmorrill3774]

And it is raining again today here in Santa Cruz. Great first trip!!!

[@ChrisRalph]

Its supposed to rain here in Northern Nevada too.

[@johnramirez5032]

Do you find nuggets in Santa cruze?

[@johnramirez5032]

When i would hunt for coins i find a ring for every hundred coins. Did you ever tally how many pieces of trash to gold? 1 in 50 perhaps? Thank-you for all that u do. I find you a pleasure to watch.

[@johnramirez5032]

I ordered your book! Thanks for all you do!

[@ChrisRalph]

Think you will like the book.

[@freelancerider100]

I made it out to Northern nevada, I had a very frustrating time- the monster would target gold, both directions, yet the pinpointer found nothing! I took samples from the target area, LARGE samples... and panned them out- no gold in any of the samples- I tried lowering the sensitivity, and using the auto functions at the top of the scale... also, both giving false signals-

[@ChrisRalph]

This is why pinpointers are used to find coins and jewelry, but not really for gold nuggets. Coins are big giant targets and pinpointers work great for them. Many smaller nuggets are just too small for a pinpointer to see. Maybe try using the discrimination function?

[@freelancerider100]

This video was good! Thank you...

[@ChrisRalph]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@glentomkins8044]

Great perseverance Chris! A pity lead is not worth as much as gold!

[@ChrisRalph]

I save it and eventually recycle it as bullets for my own use.

[@shipoffools2183]

An Australian 5 cent nice! When I started on this journey, watching the videos and reading everything and taking on “You have to dig everything!” That is much harder to do now!😂 Great video, Thanks.

[@ChrisRalph]

Glad you liked it.

[@Ash1965..]

I think all detectors are very different but if you spend lots of time with one getting to know it, You can guess the target up to 90% guess rate. Especially the gm.

[@shipoffools2183]

I disagree! While VLF is better at discrimination, gold comes in all shapes and sizes even covered in iron stone or manganese, if you don’t check every target you walk away from gold. BUT the more junk you dig the harder it is check every target!

[@arte9855]

I want to see what was in the hole you dug then deemed to be ferrous. So much for dig everything, you had a solid target. Maybe that strong box loaded with silver and gold coins.

[@ChrisRalph]

Sure. Maybe on the other hand it was the arc of the covenant.

[@G53X0Y0Z0]

@@ChrisRalph - You already know this I'm sure, but my take for others who don't know: when the signal is weak it will often flip back and forth between iron and non-ferrous, but the Gold Monster discrimination gets more accurate as you get closer to the target and the signal gets stronger. So, when you have a target that is uncertain at first, and it switches solidly to ferrous as you dig and get closer, it's virtually always going to be ferrous. The same thing applies when the signal switches solidly to non-ferrous, it's a very high probability it won't be ferrous. High signal strength is needed for the discrimination to be accurate. Smaller targets the size of typical gold nuggets may be iffy all the way up to getting them in the scoop, but larger targets like a lot of iron targets are can be identified before they are dug all of the way out.

[@freelancerider100]

I took larger piece of leaf specimen gold and tossed it out on the ground, and then attempted to find it, the monster did target it, but had trouble with a smaller piece of leaf gold!

[@freelancerider100]

I have had many target indications which do not show either ferrous or non ferrous....

[@ChrisRalph]

Really weak targets don't give a signal either way.

[@ooo3940]

Hi Chris... Can you do a video about Titanium ore prospecting.... Please...

[@ChrisRalph]

Probably not anytime soon - just not a lot of interest. why is it of special interest to you?

[@ooo3940]

@@ChrisRalph Just out of curiosity. I live in a country with a lot of rocks and mountains, I just wanted to know if titanium ore is amongst one of our most abandoned resource... We have lots of diamonds though so...

[@toddeftsadams5909]

Man I want to go prospecting and get some gold. Wyoming is still a long ways from snow free mountains. Soon come.

[@ChrisRalph]

All the higher elevation places I prospect are still buried in snow.

[@dpage1844]

I was working my goldbug by the train tracks in southern Oregon. I found pieces of an old, really old safe. Heavy hinges, tumblers and other pieces. I'm thinking it was a train robbery. No gold or anything but pretty cool..

[@ChrisRalph]

Very interesting!

[@dpage1844]

@@ChrisRalph All the pieces were buried in one place about a foot deep and 15 yards up an embankment away from the tracks. Three rocks were there in a group like some poeple would sit together, that's what caught my attention to it.

[@anthonyrstrawbridge]

Chris, great tune up - my hum buckers are syncing like Whoopi Goldberg in sister act.

[@ChrisRalph]

Best of luck to you.

[@lynns6827]

I have the Gold Bug pro, but have had little success with it, so I bought a monster 1000. I have 2 claims with 160 acres and the hope is to use the detector to find where to dig for dry washing. Most of the gold there is very small, almost gold dust. Now I have a gold container to test the sound, but it seems to only have two sounds. One sound is similar to your video and the others are very small bleeps barely detectible. I am assuming the small bleeps would be very small gold. I have dry washed these bleeps and there is small gold there. The problem is I go over a target and it makes a sound then I swing back to pinpoint and there is no target. Why does the targets disappear like that? If I wanted to dig out a target I would not be able too because I cannot repeat the hit. Also if I lay down the detector it sounds off, then when I wave anything in front of it it sounds off. My question is, is there something wrong with this detector, or is this how it is supposed to work?

[@ChrisRalph]

Generally, non repeatable targets are not targets but byproducts of radio waves, electronic noise, ground balance artifacts, contact of tall grass against the coil wires, distant lightning, etc. Real targets are repeatable. Metal detectors have limits in the size they can see - and none of them see gold dust. From your brief description, I have no idea if there might be something wrong with your machine. I think you have very limited experience with metal detecting and it would be good if you could have a more experienced operator assist you at least in getting started. I do not offer services like that. I suggest you join a local prospecting club or contact the person you bought your detector from.

[@luizmaposa4254]

Chris what is the relationship between gold nuggets and iron nuggets if any ? I keep finding these nugget shaped pure irons around the same area I find a few gold nuggets . They sound off like gold on my GPX 5000

[@ChrisRalph]

Iron nuggets are rare. If you are asking about rocks that have iron in them, that is different - they are common.

[@mdawaghreh2]

A lot of fun

[@ChrisRalph]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@kelley64]

Hello would you mind explaining when you use the larger coil on the Gold Monster? I hear its not as sensitive, but it’s working well for you.

[@ChrisRalph]

I am working an area with a lot of ground to cover and some deep gold and some large gold too. The smaller coil will see smaller nuggets, but the large coil sees deeper and covers more ground. I use the small coil in other places, but for this place I use the big coil.

[@snowvalley11]

What about using the GPX 5000 or 6000? Or the GPZ 7000? In a nutshell can you tell us why you might prefer the Gold Monster in thisarea vs a PI?

[@ChrisRalph]

I do not own a GPX 5000 or 6000. The GPZ 7000 has no discrimination, and so would be forced to dig large amounts of trash if I used that detector. There are places on this property that have little trash and I have used the 7000 on some of those. But most spots have too much trash.

[@snowvalley11]

@@ChrisRalph Right on! Thanks Chris!

[@horacioperalta3208]

Hey Chris I just sae how much lead you digged... Have you heard of the gfx 7000 I just saw a vid where it literally shut up on those little ball of lead and It loud out on a smaller nugget, anyway its a falsification of the gpz5000 but it works really good

[@ChrisRalph]

Looked at their video on it - they even showed Minelab product in their video - its not a Minelab, they are a fake imitator of Minelab, made to fool the unwary. If you buy one I expect you will be disappointed. Physics makes it impossible to discriminate gold from lead. both have similar conductivity and come in almost any size.

[@dktn8080]

A probably obvious answer to the question, but can metal detectors that have been designed to find small gold nuggets, also find big gold nuggets like with the Fisher gold bug pro

[@ChrisRalph]

Yes they can.

[@SandhillCrane42]

The good thing about firing a rifle is that the slug goes away and turns into loam never to bother anyone. Astounding alchemy.

[@ChrisRalph]

And a bullet after it leaves the barrel can never hit anyone or anything you don't intend it to hit.

[@robcampos6437]

Just out of curiosity, where exactly is that location? 😁😁😁

[@ChrisRalph]

Its California.

[@bridgermauchley6179]

New here. Ive been really enjoying your videos and the wealth of knowledge within. I'm definitely going to be ordering your book. I have a question regarding placer gold deposits. How does prehistoric catastrophic water flow effect gold deposits? For example, I live about 25 miles from Red Rock pass in Idaho, where ancient Lake Bonneville released a shit ton of water into the Snake River basin. I'm wondering if such a catastrophic flow would just carry the gold out as far as the ocean or if it would be deposited anywhere locally to where all this water funneled through? I would suppose that the violent force of the water would pulverize any sizable nuggets to dust and they would be carried away by water but the water also carried alot of sediment so perhaps the gold would be trapped within the sediment? Thanks for the time you spend making these videos. I hope you have a great day!

[@ChrisRalph]

Certainly big flows can move gold. But not all areas have gold and there is only a little gold in that area and it is very fine sized.

[@__--JY-Moe--__]

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[@ChrisRalph]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@tradermunky1998]

Dangit iron and lead, why you gotta try and be like gold? Jealousy is unbecoming. Nice nugget!

[@ChrisRalph]

Thanks.

[@markcronin608]

🙂

[@ChrisRalph]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@DavidBelliveau]

Lead's $2.10/kg . $2,100/tonne.

[@ChrisRalph]

Yes, in Aussie dollars.

[@whatthefunction9140]

I love gold. Will you send me some?

[@ChrisRalph]

sure, I'll sell it to you at $4,000 an ounce.

[@jasonkeigley6424]

THIS VIDEO SAYS IT IS DEMONITIZED, BUT STILL SHOWING COMMERCIALS.

[@ChrisRalph]

No, it says its monetized - I can see that from my screens.

[@Ash1965..]

I find gold has a real fast snappy like sound with a Gm The more you use it you’ll find it rules over many Your digging some rubbish sounding targets that I wouldn’t

[@ChrisRalph]

The goal is to dig the most gold, not the least trash. If you never dig iffy targets, I guarantee you are walking away from gold.

[@Ash1965..]

Your right of cause though after using them for 3 years you get a really good idea of all the different sounds tells me so much with its sensitivity and it’s speed I can’t use anything else. Some detectors now It seems there toys

[@parker-crew8588]

none of the links work

[@ChrisRalph]

I don't know what the problem is for you - I tried it for myself and the links work just fine.

[@parker-crew8588]

@@ChrisRalph got to work thanks