Under water detecting

[creekhunter]

Has anyone tried sniping nuggets under water with a under water detector.Im thinking of buying a underwater PI detector for sniping on the american river.Will it pickup small targets and at what depth.

[The TINMAN]

Don't know Creekhunter about underwater as I only go chest deep. I'm sure someone or maybe one of the sponsors will chime in to help ya out with your questions. WELCOME to TQ !

Good Luck & HH
Th:snowman: TINM:snowman:N

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[Goldfinger]

That river will be loaded with trash like fishing hooks, sinkers, beer cans,and all kinds of other junk so it willl require a greal of patience.

The American river is a very rocky one and you'll probably have to use a small coil so you can get it between the rocks, boulders,etc. Otherwise you might not find much if all you have is a big coil.

The other thing to think about is if the gold large enough to be detectable, it will be be trying to work it's way down to bedrock- perhaps out of the range of your detector.(along with the other junk)

Steve :grinningelf:

[creekhunter]

Thanks Tinman....What do you do with your machine while digging.

Goldfinger I never thought about the fishing trash.I supppose I would be better off in a remote site.And as far as coils go the detectors I looked at have 8'' weighted coils.I thought it would be a blast to snorkel with a detector.I thought about wading with my whites GM3 but every time I find a target I have no where to put my machine.I was thinking about going up river from the Iowa hill bridge where dredgeing is not allowed.

Best regards Tom

[Goldfinger]

I don't think it will make any difference whether you detect a remote area or not. The yearly floods will scatter it all up and down the river. A lot of people (sadly) also use the rivers as a dumping ground for just about anything.

Good luck

Steve