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Finding My First Patch Of Gold!
Latest Discoveries

Finding My First Patch Of Gold!

Friday afternoon I finished work and packed the camping gear eager to get to the gold fields with my favourite toy, the gpx4500 that was now equipped with a brand new 9″ Coiltek Elite coil and ready to sniff out the gold.

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Coiltek Blog - Some Interesting Finds
Latest Discoveries

Some Interesting Finds

A new product on the market always seems to be misinterpreted by those who choose not to persevere and are quick to judge. I stuck with the new Gold Extreme coil and I was rewarded with 2 gold nuggets on ground that had been swept ‘clean’ by the same and more powerful machines.

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Coiltek Blog - A Powerful Gold Hunter - 11" Coiltek Gold Extreme
Gold Extreme

A Powerful Gold Hunter

I was fortunate enough to receive the new 11″ coil and mounting kit for my birthday on Friday night from my beautiful partner Liz, I couldn’t believe my eyes when I unwrapped it.

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Coiltek Blog - Makes Gold Prospecting Easier - 14x9" ELITE mono
Elite

Makes Gold Prospecting Easier

Using a GPX 5000 with a 14×9 inch ELITE mono, both brand new. I found my first ever gold nugget, 0.15 of a gram, approx. 1 and a 1/2 inches deep. The next week produced a few more small bits 0.04 of a gram to 0.35 of a gram, total of 1.5 grams.

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Coiltek Elite blog - Ran Like A Dream
Elite

Ran Like A Dream

I own a Minelab GP3500 and usually run DD coils. One day, when at a Minelab dealers shop in Ballarat, I was given the opportunity of taking the 11in Coiltek Elite for a test run. Another prospector was standing beside me and said “mate, those coils are too sensitive for your old GP3500, you will get nothing but ground noise” I was undeterred, I had heard how good these coils were, and Coiltek would not say they would suit a GP model just to get sales, so I was in I headed off to a patch that I had got some nuggets from and thought I had cleaned out.

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Down by the Reef blog gold nugget on coiltek 14" elite
Latest Discoveries

Down by the Reef

Now I hadn’t been having much luck with my GPX4500 and the 14” Elite, matter of fact no luck at all since I’ve owned it which is only about 6 months. This morning I had found a small patch of four little nuggets with my SDC and I thought after lunch Bruce and I will come back and I’ll give the GPX and the Elite one more crack and if no luck machine and coil will never see the light of day again.

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