If you are looking for Fisher Gold Strike Metal Detector then you are in the right place.

My neighbor has a Fisher Gold Strike. This detector was well liked a few years ago when it first came out… then Fisher mysteriously quit manufacturing it and now only makes the Gold Bug 2.

I have heard of no one who didn’t like this detector. It looks a lot like the CZ7 with the flat surface push button controls.

This 30 kHz detector is the first Fisher to provide operators with a constant control readout. It boasts a digital LCD display, fast automatic ground balancing, two-tone ID system, advanced digital signal processing, and a 10.5” elliptical coil. Some of the other exciting features include; an automatic low battery warning, an automatic signal overload warning, F.A.C.T. (alerts the operator when the coil is not properly installed), 3 memory locations to store your favorite settings, and an LCD backlight for hunting in low-light situations.

I don’t know why Fisher discontinued this detector I was out in the feild with another $1000 gold detector I noticed the Gold$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 is almost cutting edge for its ability to detect very very small pieces of gold!! Once you learn how it behaves in black sand and how to set it up properly for mineralized soil it works very well.

Overall this is a very good prospecting detector. To bad it’s no longer made. This is a link to the manual – Gold Strike Manual

Gold Strike Field Test – http://www.arizonaoutback.com/goldstriketest.html

The best place to find a Used Fisher Gold Strike is Ebay so look below to get started. You can also use the search box to the right to find more Fisher Gold Strike Metal Detector.

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Whites Coinmaster 2900D Trooper

This is a great little detector. This is a picture of my treasure. There was some trash dug – {one large piece of iron at 6 inches, crushed aluminum can and other large pieces of aluminum} as well as 56 cents in coins. One quarter, 3 dimes and a zinc penny. All this in around 25 minutes of very casual hunting.

Since I own one of these I thought I would give you a review of this detector. I had given this detector to my father many years ago for a Christmas present. He really did like it but it wasn’t used a lot. Retirement seemed to keep he and mom traveling in their Rv with little time to use his detector.

The 2900 D as for as I can tell is the same as the 3000D less the meter. I belive White’s calls it a 2900 S3

This past weekend the weather was damp and hot here on the gulf coast of Texas but cooler than it had been in quite sometime so I was thinking about dad and decided me and the 2900D should get reacquainted again.

The 2900 is dead simple to operate. It has 4 control knobs. Each control knob has a (P) Preset marking. Just turn on set and go basically. The four knobs are Tune (sensitivity) , ground balance, discrimination, and a combination volume and on off switch. It uses a single 9volt battery with a low battery indicator light. There is room for a spare battery also. Few inexpensive detectors have a manual ground balance which can come in very handy in some parts of the country. Although the change in volume and sound can help determine whether the target is good or bad it is not as good as say a Tesoro. Using iron discrimination only I have found it to be very good at ignoring small iron and pick up a nickel close by. Some detectors have problems with this.

It also has a Retune button located on the end of the handle. This will retune the detector after changing settings and can also be used to help with pinpointing.

This is another simple inexpensive detector from the early 1980’s that will find just as much or more as a new $500.00 detector. The only difference is you will have to set the discrimination low to keep from loosing rings and nickels and dig more trash. But that’s mostly true with a $500.00 detector also.

You can see the instruction manual here: 2900 D S3 http://media.whiteselectronics.com/manuals/Coinmaster%20Manuals/CM%202900%20S3%20Instruction%20Manual.pdf

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www.thebestmetaldetector.com I introduced my girlfriend to treasure hunting with a metal detector on a old farm ground date around 1800 !

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