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You can find an elusive target in a handful of dirt
by pouring it on top of your Gold Bug-2 search coil.
If the first handful doesn’t produce a target,
pinpoint your target again and grab another,
sprinkle it on the search coil, and repeat the process
until you’ve identified your target (hopefully a gold
nugget). Remember, many gold nuggets look just
like a brown clump of dirt until you get them home
and wash them off. Only your Gold Bug-2 knows
the difference in the field.
TARGET RECOVERY
rocky ground, so a small pick axe is first choice for
most electronic prospectors. Always carry a small
magnet to determine if your target is just a nail or
some other ferrous object. A ferrous object will stick
to the magnet, whereas a gold nugget will not.
3. Once your target has been pinpointed by
crisscrossing the target area with your search coil,
lay your Gold Bug-2 so that the search coil is within
easy reach but not close enough to detect your
digging tool as you dig.
4. If the target sounds large (a loud, sharp sound),
grab a handful of dirt that you suspect holds the
target and pass your hand in front of the search
coil. If you don’t hear a signal, discard the dirt and
pick up another, repeating the process until you
hear a signal. If the target is large, you can probably
find it by searching your hand.
NOTE: Because of the extreme sensitivity of the
Gold Bug-2 search coil, the electrical charge of
your hand may be picked up as a target. Sounds
incredible, but it’s true. Therefore, if you pinpoint
a target and it sounds small, don’t try to identify it
by passing a handful of dirt in front of the search
coil. The signal you hear may be your hand. Instead,
use the sprinkle method. Test the sensitivity of your
Gold Bug-2 to your hand by waving your empty hand
in front of the search coil. If it’s a large target, you
may use your hand. The loud signal from a large
target will mask any signal produced by your hand.
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