Secrets of successful nugget detecting No.2, achieving accurate discrimination

When you encounter dense trash while prospecting, its important to be able to use your detector's discrimination reliably. This video explains the secrets of how you can get accurate readings on your discrimination settings and be sure that what your detector says is trash is trash and what is not iron is not iron. This will help you find more gold.
For those who want to learn more about Prospecting and finding gold check out my book, Fists full of Gold. It’s an encyclopedia of everything on the topic of prospecting. It’s available on from High Plains Prospectors. (Affiliate) You can find it at:
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For even more information on prospecting, minerals, gems and other related information you can also check out my website at:
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The Gold Monster used in this video is an excellent detector. If you are interested in finding out more about Minelab’s Gold Monster 1000, You can check it out at High Plains Prospectors (affiliate):
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Here is a link to my series of videos on successfully detecting gold nuggets with a metal detector.
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[@patmcguire516]

Thanks so much I feel more confident about the next time I go out

[@ChrisRalph]

Have fun! It isn't easy, so be patient and persistent with your gold prospecting.

[@FlashInYourPan]

Full of great information as always Chris, Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@JoshuaJamez]

Thanks for all your instructional videos. They’re very helpful. Here’s an interesting fact: the streets of Heaven are said to be made of gold that is so pure, it’s like transparent glass. Wow!

[@ChrisRalph]

I figure its a different kind of gold from the type we deal with.

[@randallalan4221]

Good tips Chris....I don't have the GM1000 but do have an older VLF gold detector with a discriminator that I can apply these tips to. Once while hunting a trash dump near the mining camp I found a button of silver that was mistakenly tossed out with the trash.

[@danzoller7397]

Great info as always ! Ive been using my discrimination on my monster ! Found plenty of lead nails square & modern , boot tacks & im sure you know lol no nuggets yet for me but soon enough , just gotta keep swinging!

[@melodythetween]

Thank you for the education I'm hoping it's going to help

[@ChrisRalph]

I hope so too.

[@timsutherland6731]

Those trash targets could be covering up the sound of a nugget underneath. Just something to think about. I run a GPX 5000 and run it with no discrimination. I bought your book and think it is awesome! Well done!!

[@ChrisRalph]

Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@marty2234]

Thanks Mr. Ralph, great info as always

[@ChrisRalph]

My pleasure! Glad to help.

[@TheFrog767]

6 great tips 🥂🍾👏👏👏

[@ChrisRalph]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@338bigguns]

I've watched both Australian and American prospectors talking about the gold monster 1000. In Australia they don't have the same amount of mineralization and trash that you have here in the USA. I guess it's because the I don't care factor comes into play. Australia has most of its detectable gold in dirt, sometimes in sand and rock. So it's easier to find. Here in the good old USA the prospector has to compete with trash and lots of it. The small coil is a great tool for those trashy places. Me, I still use an 11 inch coil. It's how I use this. (BIG SECRET). Anyway MR. Ralph. I find your opinions on this subject to be quite refreshing and your knowledge with the subject of metal detecting comes into line as my own. I've only been metal detecting for about 40 years. I started out in NZ with a garrett GTA X500 which at that time was pretty high tech. I've detected most of the north island, parts of Australia and now the USA. This country and all its trash will screw with your head. 😆

[@ChrisRalph]

Overall, the Australian goldfields that I prospected had much worse mineralization than is typically found in the US. I've never been to NZ. The US is more trashy, that is true, but there are gold bearing places in OZ with bad trash. I was out detecting and finding gold and trash with the gold Monster and the large coil in California this last weekend.

[@DaleDuffy]

Great information, thanks again, Chris..!

[@ChrisRalph]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@brethamilton3603]

Very informative. Thanks Chris

[@ChrisRalph]

Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@HarryHoudiniprospecting]

Hi Chris, my advice would be dig everything. Frequently gold and nails lay in the same hole. I have found loads of gold next to rubbish. Plus others have walked away. Cheers HH Australia

[@ChrisRalph]

And as I said on the video, most of the time dig-it-all is the best way to go. But there are places with very heavy trash where you would be digging more than a hundred pieces of trash for every nugget. The dig-it-all guys just walk away from these places. The discrimination of a good vlf is the other option for intense trash places. Don't know what part of Australia you are in, but my experience in WA was that there are very, very few places with that kind of intense trash.

[@robertoconsuegra9921]

It comes down...to the Dig it all babyyy 😜😜😜🤪

[@ChrisRalph]

No. I got places where you'll dig 200 trash to every gold - bet you'll walk away from that.

[@glennbonne4830]

thany you for making this video im new at this so im learning bought a sunpow thanks again

[@ChrisRalph]

Glad I could help

[@CandSMINING]

Thanks Chris for this great info.😎👍👍👌👌⛏⛏

[@ChrisRalph]

Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@DannyB-cs9vx]

Many cameras shut down due to heat. Hot day sitting in the sun can get a camera super hot.

[@ChrisRalph]

Mine does that with the heat, but I've also found problems with the data card, so I got a new one.

[@keithhaycraft3765]

The leather device for sharpening cut throat razors is called a strop.

[@keithhaycraft3765]

Not actually used for sharpening, mainly used to remove burrs from the blade- sort of fine tuning the edge.

[@billw26]

I have used my Gold Bug II on a few occasions and the signal on gold (a gold ring) seems to sound more sharp than iron or hot rocks. Am I imagining this? BTW your Fists Full of Gold has been of massive help. Thanks!

[@ChrisRalph]

Glad you like the book, the signal on non-ferrous targets like lead or gold is different from ferrous targets like iron or even hot rocks. However because Iron, non-ferrous and hot rocks all come in every possible size, its really hard to use that difference in ear based discrimination.

[@dumpbear0]

I have found with my GB 2 that a gold target sounds as a "zip-zip" while iron or magnetite will sound as a "wa-wa". Give it a try side by side and tell me if I'm crazy or special,lol.

[@dennyanderson4750]

Chris would you talk about detectors and hot rocks as far as settings and coil differences.I have a Monster 1000. Thank You

[@ChrisRalph]

I will do a future video on that sometime in the next few weeks.

[@bravobob1]

A "i dont know signal" could be a ferrous object masking a non ferrous one. If you dig a iffy signal and pull a ferrous object , recheck the hole. Always recheck the hole anyway.

[@ChrisRalph]

Always re-check the hole, no matter what. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

[@Smithsgold]

good info as always !!!!

[@ChrisRalph]

Thanks!

[@Smithsgold]

Chris Ralph, Professional Prospector 👍

[@brandonpresto4785]

Hi Chris, my brother and I purchased a Minelab G.M.1000 a few months ago. I have a question about when the detector makes a noise but doesn't go either way on the display screen. I started to address what that is when your camera stopped recording. Where you saying that when it does that, that it means it doesn't know and you should dig that? Thank you.

[@ChrisRalph]

If it gives a beep but no indication of iron or not iron, it is because the signal is too weak to give an indication. This is essentially the same as when it bounces back and forth. The detector simply does not know and you must dig down to get a stronger signal.

[@melodythetween]

That's what I want to know how to lease the land to dig for

[@ChrisRalph]

Not sure what you mean.

[@360.Outdoors.Videos]

Thanks Chris for all this good work. Thanks for all these precise informations .

[@ChrisRalph]

Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@davidfisher12865]

run with discrimination off! full power, find target, turn on, Analise target

[@ChrisRalph]

Except with the GM 1000 there is no setting with totally no discrimination. Its always partly on.

[@khanjee4032]

Nice information

[@ChrisRalph]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

[@curtbutters7650]

Good sound advise Chris, where did you get the stand for your Monster? Thanks

[@pattaylor4407]

Would the goldbug pro work nearly as well as the gold monster 1000 in these dumps? I found this video really informative! Thank you.

[@ChrisRalph]

No, it would not work as well. The problem is that most hard rock gold is small and wiry or mossy. The GB Pro is less sensitive than the GM1000 and will miss gold when used in a mine dump.

[@bishoyherballifestyle7879]

Hi can I use this detector for all gold like gold coins and silver or is just only gold

[@ChrisRalph]

It will see all metals.

[@dfox344]

Hi Chris. This is Daniel from San Diego. I like the stand you are using just forward of the display. I think that it would be helpful when setting the machine down. Both my wife and I have GM 1000. Can I get information on where to purchase them. Thank you.

[@ChrisRalph]

They were made and sold by a friend who lost his home and workshop in the fire that burned down Paradise California a little over a year ago. Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@dfox344]

@@ChrisRalph Sorry to hear about your friends loss. Thank you for sharing.

[@chriscummings1518]

Hi Chris, what do you thing about the Minelab Equinox with multi IQ and its gold mode? Mine has the 6" coil also.

[@ChrisRalph]

These are good multipurpose machines. Not the most sensitive, not the most resistant to mineralization, but able to do both gold and coin hunting.

[@Ghryst]

how do i determine which side of a DD coil is RX and which side is TX? is there a test i can do?

[@ChrisRalph]

You'd have to ask the manufacturer. For all practical purposes in using it out in the field, it does not make any difference.

[@shanedonovinmilbourn3793]

I live in northern california..do u no any good mine dumps locatiin???i have only found one and its heavily populated

[@ChrisRalph]

There are many, do some research in your area.