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Metal Detecting for Gold
Do Modern Detectors see into Rock and Quartz?
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<blockquote data-quote="Goldpick" data-source="post: 50428" data-attributes="member: 1695"><p>There are all these references and claims of 1-2m depths being achievable with certain coils, but no reference to the actual size of the target that could be achieved at these depths. So technically the dealer may not be wrong, simply due to the fact no mention was made about what sized nugget can be picked up at the mentioned depth - a bit like saying an x-terra 705 will go down a metre, so long as there was a car body buried there. </p><p></p><p> Were those depth claims made by the dealer based on real nuggets found in real mineralised settings, in the ground, or factory based testing in perfect conditions? So you may be able to find a nugget at 1-2 metres, so long as it is pretty large.</p><p></p><p>With regards to Ben's comment, probably taken out of context, I think he was commenting on the AT Pro post supposedly finding a pull tab a metre down. So probably a reference more to the fact no VLF detector will find a pull tab at that depth unless still attached to the can, versus including PI machines. You only have to watch that You Yube clip of the guys finding that half kilo nugget a metre down with what looks to be the stock coil, to know that an even larger coil would have a good chance of getting deeper again - once again, it would all depend on the nugget size.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goldpick, post: 50428, member: 1695"] There are all these references and claims of 1-2m depths being achievable with certain coils, but no reference to the actual size of the target that could be achieved at these depths. So technically the dealer may not be wrong, simply due to the fact no mention was made about what sized nugget can be picked up at the mentioned depth - a bit like saying an x-terra 705 will go down a metre, so long as there was a car body buried there. Were those depth claims made by the dealer based on real nuggets found in real mineralised settings, in the ground, or factory based testing in perfect conditions? So you may be able to find a nugget at 1-2 metres, so long as it is pretty large. With regards to Ben's comment, probably taken out of context, I think he was commenting on the AT Pro post supposedly finding a pull tab a metre down. So probably a reference more to the fact no VLF detector will find a pull tab at that depth unless still attached to the can, versus including PI machines. You only have to watch that You Yube clip of the guys finding that half kilo nugget a metre down with what looks to be the stock coil, to know that an even larger coil would have a good chance of getting deeper again - once again, it would all depend on the nugget size. [/QUOTE]
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