2008

I found my first and only nugget so far with the 18" Elliptical GoldStalker (GS), just last Wednesday actually. It is a 3.4 gm found at 6 inches with a well defined signal.

The conditions were very bad last Wednesday in Kalgoorlie, the wind pressure was so strong I had problems holding the detector level. The atmospheric disturbances overwhelmed the 4500 and auto tune was almost a waste of time giving the headphones were chirping like a cage full of canaries .

The heat and dryness of the air was trying, my concentration was being tested not to mention the area’s mineralization was very high and largely a rough surface to test. Think of the worst of a weathers day and area to detect, that's where I was, somewhere in hells backyard, squinting out the dust through my sandblasted eyeballs.

Even though that was the case, I knew this was a good spot and I was desperate to find something. I admit, I was 10 minutes away from starting the rodeo and heading back to town. If it weren't for the low trash area I was in I may have left.

Through the odds at hand, the 4500, GS mono and my own mortality the detector and coil worked so well I found a tiny gold bit 3.4gmr encased in clay and ironstone.

It is such a small piece, I love it and have sent you a picture for kicks. I really couldn't believe my eyes you know. After just a few weeks of digging up false leads like rusted tin lids and bullets I break open this clay ironstone piece by piece, testing it with the coil none the wiser to be honest, still curious at the same time.

I am thrilled with the Coiltek and Minelab qualities.

Once again thanks,
Geoff

I just spent a week in Montana metal detecting and a friend that lives up there offered to let me try his new GPX 4500, with a new 16" Coiltek elliptical Goldstalker coil. I used it for about 3 hours and I was very impressed with how quiet it ran and I couldn't believe how lightweight and extremely sensitive it was.

Coiltek is a leader in the field and they did a great job with the Goldstalker series coils. My Brother and I own several Coiltek coils and have found gold with all of them, from the "joey" to the UFO to the 24" round. They have performed excellently and are very durable, and we have never had any problems with them. It's good to see Coiltek is on the cutting edge again - manufacturing quality products.

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2008

...When I looked in the hole, it was almost filled entirely with water. After getting as much of the water out that I possibly could, I checked the target with the Joey. To my surprise, there was no blanking. The target just screamed on that Joey coil! The kind of scream that sounds good. The hole was deep. I could not even get my pick down in the bottom of the hole to dig any more. I took out a plastic treasure scoop and went to work.

I was reaching deep down into that hole. It felt like I was almost up to my shoulder, scraping the bottom of the hole to loosen up the material and scooping out as much material as I could. Each scoop was half water and half of the clay type mud with a little quartz cobble in it. As I was lifting out a scoop of material, water was draining off the top of the scoop as it rose from the depths and I started to see GOLD!

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2008

I do a lot of detecting around the local area and in W.A with varying degree of success.

I recently purchased one of your 18x12'' mono Goldstalker series coils to use with a GP3500, I have been very impressed by the new coils capabilities, i.e. located a 50 gram nugget at 30 inches depth in flogged diggings close to town.

I had previously found some 5 and 10 gram solid pieces in the area and had chained the area using a Coiltek 17'' elliptical DD, an 8'' and 11 inch minelab mono coils, a Coiltek 18 DD pro older series, and a 20'' nugget finder DD xp series, all failed to locate the nugget because of it slightly porous character.

I believe the extra sensitivity of the new 18 Goldstalker Mono Plus, its rugged construction, quietness and stability of operation on quiet to medium mineralised ground, old diggings (disturbed soil composition) and ability to find gold targets as small as 0.1-0.2 grams, make it one of the best mono coils I have ever used.

I have no hesitation in recommending your new series of Coils to any serious detecting enthusiast.

Cheers from
Grahame

P.S. This pic is of a large nugget (50 grams), all this gold together is 113 grams, for a couple of days on an old flogged patch in the Dunolly area.

I have recently finished a 10 week sabbatical, during which I spent 10 days in WA on a Gold Prospecting tour. I was there introduced to your Goldstalker Range. Having been a serious recreational prospector for a number of years, I am a little sceptical of claims made about coils etc, but the GPE guys raved about the new coils, and let me use one on my GPX 4500.

I was hooked within minutes, the stability and ease of use of the 14x9" Goldstalker Mono Coil was obvious and amazing. I bought a second hand coil on the spot and then ended using it for the rest of the trip ending up with 18 nuggets - the most for our group. I then went to Alaska for two weeks, having by this time bought both coil types, and prospected on private property in the interior. Almost all the (American) prospectors with me were using Goldstalker coils, and swore by them. A lot of gold was found - my total was over 6 ounces, including a 2.6 and 1.1 ouncer!

So, thanks for the great coils.

Kind regards,
Leigh

I have just arrived back in Vic after 3 weeks in W.A using your new 14" DD Pro 'Elite' Coil. It has proved a very good coil for me on thrashed ground, medium to heavily mineralised ground and ground with many thousands of hot rocks. For 3 weeks the return of gold was as follows: 40 grams of small nuggets, from half gram to 6 grams in size plus a lovely 7 ounce gold specie.

The new configuration of the elite series coil has proved quiet and stable with minimal noise from coil bashing or tapping on rocks ground tree trunks etc, also it is much easier to distinguish hot rocks from ground noise , or target response causing a lot less digging for mineralised stones iron nodules etc. in conjunction with the 17 Goldstalker mono since April the 1st I have recovered 6 ounces of gold nuggets, plus a 7 ounce specie. As you can imagine I am a very happy little Vegemite.

As I have said before I am using a GP3500 and with your new coils I have found more gold on flogged ground than some of my friends using 4000 and 4500s thanks heaps guys keep up the good work, cheers!

I am writing this to commend COILTEK on their 12x8" Platypus Coil.

It is an elliptical waterproof, DD coil with an open web design. This was very important to us over here in the mother load country of California.

A good friend sent me a prototype coil to try out and I have to tell you, I would not give this coil up. I started finding gold with this very fine coil the first time out. I found a 3/4 oz nugget and have been finding gold ever since.

In the fall and spring, the grass is very wet and we need a fully waterproof DD coil. At the time Coiltek came out with the platypus, it was the only one on the market that was a waterproof DD for the mineralised ground we have here.

I use a 2200 and DD's are the only coil that will work in this soil with that detector. Here's some results with the Platypus, some I found and some from a hunting partner. But all were found with the platpus DD coil.

Sincerely Gary Baldridge - AKA GRUBSTAKE