Amazing Performance of a $100 Metal Detector (Part 1)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ส.ค. 2015
- Does a good Metal Detector have to be expensive? What comes to your mind if you see a $100 USD price tag on a metal detector? Let me take a guess...
"It probably does not work."
"It's a toy for children."
"Will this thing find anything?"
"It probably has 1 inch depth."
The following video may raise some eyebrows. I skipped air tests and took this GC-1023 machine straight for a hunt. I found a good place two weeks ago that I already detected with my XP DEUS and the 11" coil. This place was also hunted by "others" (you can tell it by obvious signs like holes and targets at the surface, that simply don't belong there).
Because of the amount of iron, it was the ideal place to come back with a new machine. It is a test in real world conditions.
See and decide for yourself, how this GC-1023 metal detector performs...
I hunted for about 3h. I had to split this video because of my slow internet connection. Part 1 is ~ 50 minutes long, part 2 will be shorter. I edited out the "boring parts" only. I never change the order of my finds to make a video "more dramatic".
Everything was shot in the same order as you see in this video. It starts "slowly", but the amount of iron increases...
Part 2 will be online soon (maybe in few days). It contains a great find BTW...
The "unboxing" video of the GC-1023: • GC 1023 Metal Detector...
And here is a new video showing the the strength of the GC-1023 again: • GC-1023 Strikes Again ...
As always - Thanks for watching! - บันเทิง
I bought one last year from harbor freight $60.00 No success.
Now with you video I learned how to properly adjust. Found a 1947 Quarter U.S. on my first try. Thank you . And to think I was about to order a Whites detector $400 plus just to join in with my son and his hobby.
Cheers From America.
Hello, thank you very much for the comment. I'm glad that I could help. This detector isn't the deepest, but it gets the job done in places like this. I wish you luck and many great finds!
I have the same detector, though mine has no name on it whatsoever, just a serial number and made in China. I bought it 10 - 15 years ago for $50 from Kmart (Australia). Bought it to find my nuts and bolts dropped while working in the back yard, worked 100% every time. Month ago got it out and switched it on and it bloody well worked!!!! Batteries are Li-ion bought with the detector. I've taken it out twice and it is amazing. Now I found you and your followers comments and you've given the best instruction on how to use it.........that's just BRILLIANT. Thank you all of you, appreciated, especially MetalDetecting24 & CONAN
. You've breathed new life into my cheapo prospecting career. Gonna sub you now for that :)
Thank you very much for your comment! Please forgive me the late response... :)
I wish you a great day and a lot of fun while metal detecting.
I thought that my machine was useless Thank you for showing how to use it
Thanks for the comment. I'm happy to hear that. Have a great day.
Awesome video very interesting to see different machines
He has a good sense of dry humor which I love. You get a good laugh when you're least expecting it...
Remember 1 thing folks. They all have the same purpose finding metal! Sometimes a person with a 100$ detector could find what a person with a 1500 $ detector wishes to find. You just need a lot of luck. Although expensive detectors have more options and waterproof.
Historydiggerpat I bought a 50$ detector water proof and found more coins with that one than my 1,000$ one
WTHGaming thats what i meant!😉. Good job
is this one waterproof?
Renan Souza all metal detector coils are waterproof. But not all saltwater proof. The electro box is not waterproof.
VoxParanormal hey I have a question what is the 50$ metal detector you are talking about?i need me one please let me know what is the name !
I had the earlier model GC-1022 If I recall correctly, was called the magpie it was my first detector & was great at coin shooting. I only got rid of it due to the coil connection socket becoming faulty. This model in the video is the later version & is probably exactly the same performance, just no volume control. A brilliant machine a little pricey tho at £105. But you'd make it back in time. Wish they still made the original magpie!
remember this ... Low or expensive detectors are no different .. Keep track of the same thing ... Enjoy when you have fun finding something that is uncertainly embedded in the underground ..
They make a difference
They have differences
I have the same detector - name brand TRACKER. Great cheap product works normaly. Greater performace than garret ace150. Only the holder between two sticks is not good. Must buy better connect. Sorry for my English.
Mine is the MDETECTOR-C-GC1037 $159 it also has pin point, im going to test it in the field literally on the gold fields tomorow 😇
Hi MD24.. As We can see it's ur patience and ur perserverance Who make the finds..the spot u choose is also à big percentage..the métal detector take à part of ten percent for me cause u can choose it..May it s the real price for a metal detector..lool..peace and always like ur real hunt..See u MD24
Interesting. So the cheap ones ate a good by .thank you
I bought this same model last month for like $45 Au. Great little detector.
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where did you purchase?
I was about to say oh so he going to dig slow and steady instead he’s going ATTACK THE DIRT 🤣👍
great hunt 👍
Thank you :).
Aaahhhhh you naughty boy! Don't use your pinpointer as a hammer! It is a sensitive piece of equipment. 😉
+Chris Barrett - it works much better, when it gets a slap from time to time :).
+MetalDetecting24 hahahaha. Ok!
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Chris Barrett
What is the detector you are using
Mine has never given a faulse reading on any mode.Perhapes the magnetic coil still has some "charge" left in it from the previous find?
i have a 99 dollar bounty hunter tracker 4 and the controls on it are identical to the 1 you are using just oriented a little differently. i' satified .
I find that as the 2x 9 volt batteries wear down after about an hour,it looses all sensitivity. So best to carry fresh new batteries with you.
I've have heard some time iron can leach out of metal object and give false signal
Thank you, yes I will do :)
The issue with the two tone, I think is the leftover small amounts of ore that came off the iron. I had an old Radio shack unit back in the day, and it would sound on old rust left behind in the soil from decomposing iron.
+docchocobo Thank you for the comment. It could be an explanation. What I'm wondering about is, why it only occurs in the 2-TONE mode. Theoretically both All-Metal and Disc mode (with 0 Disc) should also be affected by it.
Mmmm that is a head scratcher...
could it be that the two tone mode is testing conductivity, while all metal just tests for the mere presence of metal and doesn't rely on the conductivity factor to discriminate?
I'm just drawing straws so don't get me telling fibs :)
+docchocobo You may be right. I don't know how it works. But if All-Metal is reporting everything, I thought that we should hear a signal as a result. A ground balance knob would provide some answers...
This is the Treasure Cove 1023. Has many other names too
First time i saw a pinpointer more expensive than the detector 😉😊😊
Mines keep beepbeepbeep even into the black rockz
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LOOKS LIKE WATCHING A FIRST PERSON SHOOTER GAME
Grand theft auto: woods edition
For me start with normal detector also around 80$ but really so difficult for me ..brand MD 4060
I've found loads of stuff with one of these including a roman brooch
What?!
Liar
have a $100 raider gold and it performs great for the cost really happy with it.
I'm an Indonesian. Can you help me ? I want to know where i can buy this metal gold detector please?
do you have E-Bay in your country? thats where i got mine from., hope you find what you are looking for.
Im going out over the mountains in august, how long did this last you before idk, broken? How does this charge? Etc? I'm sure it comes in like a regular two prong or three prong.
it probably uses stasndard 9 volt dry cell batteries. most newer machines do it lets you detect all day just carry extra batteries versus rechargeablt where when the battery shoots craps your detecting day is done till you recharge it.
Nice bos
Helllllo MetalDetecting24!! Hope you're doing well these days?? You know you seem correct about the detector going positive over (it must be hot rocks) because for example, I went to the beach with mine and it did (GREAT) until I got up to the tidewater line and then, 'beep-beep,beep,beep' everywhere just like the problem you had in your other vids on the shoreline. So yes, they don't seem to like wet sand/black sand minerals very much but in from the waterline, WOW, this detector 'worked like a charm'!! Nothing (BUT) coinage, except for (one) metal bottlecap but (EVERYHTING) else was a coin, no exaggeration! By the way you might just dig up a meteorite one day, LOL!! And just to think my MD buddy thinks he has to have the 'best' detector in the world which I guess, in his opinion, is a Whites MXT, LOL. More depth as you probably know means nothing without target separation (and) recovery speed together in one package. And there are a lot of (much) more expensive MDs out there that are much deeper than ours but aren't (near) as quick though so price/features/depth mean very little to one's success. More so, the operator's skill (AND) versatility/simplicity as well. This detector is more qualitative in it's tonal abilities than (quantitative) by the way in case you didn't know, LOL. Well take care and have a Happy New Year!! Greg.
Hello Greg, thank you so much for your comment. I agree with everything and really apologize for my late answer. 3 years... That's a long time. I wish you all the best!
What's he waiting for? For it to jump into his hands?! Lol! I hope his mom knows he's outside! Lol!
I’m thinking shotgun pellets. So tiny they are hard to find, but pure lead gives a tone
Are there detectors out there that can scan at least 12inch? Or all of them just able to find things close to surface?
great job with that tool..not your first rodeo
+megaeverything101 Thanks - if the tool is right...
Hello MetalDetecting24,
Still using this little detector ??
I loaned mine to my father to use the other day and he didn't have too much success but then I checked his disc. setting. He had the disc. up too high and was missing any nickels and the lower conductor gold (as well). As you probably already know, one has to also, normally be detecting the aluminum tabs to find the lower-conductor 'goodies' as well. Once I re-calibrated his discrimination back to accepting the tabs as a high tone, he found three or four coins, right where he had been two days before with a weaker detector; the Bounty Hunter Tracker II. I kind of cheated with this detector though, a little over a year ago, lol. I took the circuitboard out and increased the sensitivity at the potentiometer screw as well as recalibrating the tone and ground-balance because with these, when the sensitivity pot is adjusted to max, it throws the other two off and they need to be re-calibrated. Now I'm getting it to sound off at 8" on a zinc U.S. 1-cent coin and 6.75" on the 5-cent nickel. Not too good for the nickel but around a 1-1.5" increase on the modern zinc 1-cent coins. By the way MD24, did you ever get the tonal problem fixed on yours' ??
Left toggle; 'Disc'.;single-tone
Middle toggle; All-metals; single-tone
Right toggle; 'Tone'; two-tone, low tone for iron or other rejected targets, high tone for good or other accepted targets above the discrimination set point.
Hello :),
I haven't used it for a while now, mostly because I don't have sites that would benefit from it (I tried a Compadre on my last iron contaminated site). I wouldn't use the GC-1023 in "open areas" like a forest, because of the size of the coil, the tone problem that is still present and not the greatest depth. But I wouldn't use a Compadre in the woods for the same reasons.
Your modifications sound very interesting. I would be tempted to try it out. I wish, I had a garden where I could just walk outside with the circuit board hanging out and adjust it.
Do you have any pictures?
hey man, good video. I'm with you on this "cheep detector", I got my son a GC-1025 for Christmas, and i had a Teknetics Alpha 2000 at the time. the Alpha is also an entry level machine no doubt but it's a $175 entry level machine as apposed to the GC-1025 that cost me $55 on line. my son won't up asking me if we could trade due to the simple controls of the teknetics machine so I was left with the GC, turns out I love this "cheep" machine, it is very sensitive and can be adjusted to amazing success and i dont mean for its price... there are some cases where you get what you pay for but in the case of GC metal detectors, there true wolves in sheep's clothing.
good video brother, happy hunting.
+Melton Custom Guitars - Thank you. It's nice to get a confirmation. It really is a very capable machine that should not be judged by its price tag. Happy Hunting.
I agree with you. Sometimes analog will surpass a micro processor. I have 3 Barska's, little difference between them, and they all do as well as my Ace 150. Some people, mostly the younguns, are too impatient. But it's taken me 68 years to slow down.
if only we have this in our country.... but thank for sharing
+Revx Bonda ebay
+Reco Gray thank you
When I bought mine it already had a durable peice of sponge rubber on the handle peice where you hold it.
I have found strange, phantom tones that seem to make no sense can sometimes be small gold items.
Thanks for the comment. I think, in this case it's just mineralised ground.
Nice video bro :-)
czech diggers Thank you. P.S. I'm uploading part 2. I believe I have found the exact same "object" you have... :) Happy hunting.
What type of digging tool you got there and where can you get it from
Hello. It is a Japanese gardening knife called "Hori Hori" form the "Nisaku" company. Look it up online. I bought mine in Germany. I don't know where you live - maybe you will find a better offer somewhere else. Cheers.
Dirt itself can contain slivers or small particals of iron that eroded from rocks or rusting metal objects. It's technically a false positive but iron maybe present.
Look up into the tree tops.....The bandits are watching you dig up their treasure !!
What do you call that tool the you're using to dig and where can I get a good budget one?
It's a Japanese "Hori Hori" knife from "Nisaku" (the manufacturer). I don't know where you can get one in your country.
Don't trowel with a pin-pointer! :)
Hello Friend! I love to watch your videos !!! please answer me what device you surveyed ?! can MD 4040 ?? !! thanks in advance!!!!
I got one kind of like that it works good
The way you stab that soil . Is kinda something haha
The soil is pretty hard. that's the only way ;).
@@MetalDetecting24 haha i like it when u do it!! 🤣🤣🤣
hi there: What is the Pinpointer ? I have not seen those before. I just picked up a beginning Micronta 4003 that I think they sold at Radio Shack once. I hoping I can get it to work and see what I can find. Any tips?
+Thomas Wall - Hi, the pinpointer is from Garrett. It is probably the previous model (I believe, they upgraded it).
I'm unfortunately not familiar with the Micronta 4003. Tips for the beginning... Don't get frustrated and just enjoy the hobby. The "knowledge" will come automaticaly with experience.
Thanks so much - I just had not seen one before
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The equipment may have nothing. I have already detected iron pyrite, magnetite, and two small iron and nickel meteorites. Is this what it detects when nothing is there?
I wouldve thought that the "non existent" material your detector continues to pick up signals from once youve pulled a lump of rusty iron out of the soil is likely more rusty flakes. In a way that's a good sign of your detector's capability to pick up signals even from tiny fragments of metal, so why make a gripe issue about that, just adjust your post-Find hole checking and carry on. This is a good demo video by the way, well done.
If "nothing" is there (except for mineralized soil), any (false) signal is unnecessary and annoying. It gives you a false impression about the presence of iron and indicates human activity, where there is none.
It's a frustrating hobby but that detector is pretty igood for such an inexpensive machine. I just picked up an As New MD3010 and wonder how it will compare with yours as it's sells for around $80-100 as well.
I am researching for the best I can get under 100$/€ and I see lots of people saying the MD3010II is shit. Is that what you got? Is it indeed shit?
When showing that problem,if you had just pressed the red target button,it would have proved if there was any metal underground or not.Useing the red button will certainly show proof of it.The detector is highly sensitive and I found even 2 feet away from a concrete pathway it picked up the steel reinforceing in it.
I've bought my self a Duramaxx dr Jones detector for 250$. There is not much information about it. Does anyone know if they are good detectors?
hello friend I liked this detector I have one like this but there is no chrome key on the left, tell me something what the function of this key
Oi,isso é para l. Posição esquerda desligada, meio todo metal, bipe direito de dois tons
I'm straight up paying money for meteorites and I literally just see you get mad over finding a f****** meteorite! Are you for real dude! LMAO my heart just about stopped when I read that caption! If you find anymore meteorites please send them my way!
So what's the depth range on it?
Funny the meteorite joke, that would have been the most valuable thing you could have found. Thanks for not showing us the coins btw, but the nails, and for trying to break your finds with the shovel. Happy detecting
He piss off 😂
Lupaj, lupaj s pointerom...To je čekić!
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Did a strong cover bag come with yours?
Meteorite?!?!?!?! lol Just think of all of those valuable "iron" meteorites your detectors set to ignore...
What kind of places are good to do metal detecting without risk of being harassed by security, etc....
do you still recommend it for a beginner? can be modded to improve performance?
Well, after a few years of metal detecting I discovered that I prefer so called "DD" coils over concentric coils. The detector offers still great value for the money, but it excels in a specific type of locations (with lots of items close to each other). I wouldn't want take it to a large forest (the coil would be too small for this task).
It also is not a detector made for absolute beginners. You should have some experience to use it.
I think, if you are looking for something "inexpensive" today, the Vanquish (Minelab) line could be the right choice...
P.s. I don't have a Minelab detector, but from watching other videos, it would be something I would try (if I would have to start again).
I know, I wrote this answer way too late. I apologize for it!
i have this detector in my collection its the best cheap metal detector ever made. works well in gold fields even.
Can this machine detect a gold nuggets !!?
Can detect gold ? Limited of depth can detect? I just order that detector last 3 days
lol cool video..
Hey MetalDetecting24! What optional volume control are you talking about and who do I contact to get one? Greg.
+Prairie G Hi, it was only a joke. I'm using regular tape to cover the speaker holes. It "works", but it would be nice to have a "normal" volume knob.
Yeah, so many of these sub-$100 models seem not to have a volume control and I guess the companies didn't really consider these models to be in the hands of serious coin/jewelry hunters like you and I but I, like you have actually had some of my greatest successes with these more affordable MD's than with the complicated, 4-7 knob machines which obviously require much more skill and time to get set right AND if just one knob on those machines is off, that one misadjustment will throw (everything) else off, guaranteed. Might as well be detecting with a stick, LOL, but this actually, in all seriousness, IS true a lot of times. They HAVE to be adjusted right or many of them actually do worse than the simple two-knob (-) $100 machines.
i had the same machine worked good but did not last long its signal started getting weaker n weaker and crackling sounds and in few days it just distorted but the 6 months i had it , it was ok
About the problem, maybe a deep relic.
A question: did you notice an heavy interference in some areas?
+Tiashixpx - Not really... As far as I can recall, I had no EMI troubles.
Woow sensitifitas oke
Meteorites are actually very smart. I taught mine to roll down a hill.
Can it detected gold or silver ?
Hello MetalDetecting24. The 'problem' low tone you mentioned is not an indication of anything wrong with your machine. It just means that the iron target you went over is actually a very large piece of deep iron, possibly iron ore and no matter where you set your 2-tone discrimination, it is going to be a low tone in the tone i.d. mode. In that mode, it will not blank out iron but will give a low tone no matter the position your discrimination. When you switch back over to regular discrimination, this same target can be discriminated out with the single-tone (regular) discrimination unless, once again, it's a massively large piece of iron buried deep. Don't worry though, your detector is behaving perfectly. Hope this helps maybe. Also, one more thing, IF that was a meteorite, you chucked about a $30 meteorite so always remind yourself to keep non-ferrous scrap metal and meteorites from now on (if) that's what that was. Ps; that low tone (may) be a deep and/or large meteorite. These items are valuable. Watch back episodes of the Meteorite Men.
+Prairie G Hello! Thank you for the comment. Unfortunately it is a technical problem of this unit. If you watch the video from 5:00 you will see that it is making (iron) noises in 2-Tone. When I switch to ALL-Metal mode, it is quiet, because there is no iron at this place. I tested it at another location and got the same results. It shows iron in 2-Tone and nothing in All-Metal. When I dig at this position, it's nothing there - so the 2-Tone signal is unfortunately false... I would only like to know if it's an issue of all GC-1023 detectors, or only this particular unit. It would be nice, if someone who owns this machine could confirm it.
P.S. My comment about the "meteorite" was only a joke. I believe it was coke, or something similar. But I'm not sure now...Maybe it was a meteorite? Hmm.. ;)
what the name of the song ?
Why would you throw a meteorite away! Aren't they worth anything in Germany?
It was just a joke. This was probably something else. :)
Why did you need to put the tape over the top of it ?
Hello
have you tried the detector on the beach on dry/wet sand coditions.
Thanks.
+chocksaway100 - Only at the river (unfortunately I don't live near the beach).
How deep can it detect?
On small targets like coins, not very deep. Up to 15cm maybe, which depends on the size of the coin (and mineralization level). Big objects can be detected at a greater depth (30-40cm? or more - the bigger the object, the greater the depth).
Where besides Ebay can you order a GC-1023?
I would hazard a guess and say "AliExpress".
some meters will be met??
could u buy cheap detector and put a Nel Hunter DD Coil on it
I recomanted you open 2 tone discrim and searc.if you make change evry singnal you do broken this mode swich😂
Swaying across much slower and useing the red buttom will show you almost exactly where your find is !
Bom.
Good acting
I did the same thing go put paper clips coins in the dirt make a video however I did lose my grandmother's gold ruby ring
What makes you think he is acting ????
You can get a used compadre for around 100$ and have a decent coin shooter
That's true. I have one myself and love its performance: th-cam.com/video/ddvx2lOtjsk/w-d-xo.html
Probably high iron content in the soil at 6 minutes
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*A good device, I also dig this, like and subscribe, waiting for a visit*
how many meters will it hit the detector?
Up to 50cm on a bigger target (the size of a shoe box) and much less on smaller, coin sized targets (which also depends on the type of soil).
Muito bom. aqui país Brasil
Very good. here country Brazil
Do you know where i can buy this metal gold detector please? Im an Indonesian. thank you
jangan beli di Indo. harus di ebay. atau harganya overprice.
Ebay
Lazada
Hi..it me Noi/Thailand
How much gold detektor her in philipens
We're can I buy this metal ditatar
How much deep this detector can detect a metal?
It depends on the size of the metal. The depth on small targets like coins isn't that great, but bigger stuff can be quite deep.
is this metal detector good for sand beach?
I don't know, I never tried it. It could be a little bit shallow in discrimination mode, but I can imagine, if you hit the pinpoint button, it "could" result in additional depth.