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Minelab X-terra 705 General Tips, Advice, Questions
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<blockquote data-quote="Goldpick" data-source="post: 55862" data-attributes="member: 1695"><p>You have to be reasonably skilled and experienced to find gold here in SA, so many hot rocks and very little gold, and what gold that does readily exist is miniscule, requiring a high frequency VLF detector of at least 50kHz upwards. I have learnt to pick out a majority of the hot rocks now, but you still get the odd weeny one that rings out close to a gold signal. </p><p></p><p>Unfortunately for some, they buy a VLF detector, head straight out to the goldfields and start getting signals left right and centre, only to find they are all hot rocks. It can be disallusioning, but you can actually tell the difference after a while after digging up many of the hot rocks, lead shot and iron targets. It can take literally months to get your ear in on targets, so patience is a virtue.</p><p></p><p>Wish I could get out and do more gold detecting, but between the hot weather and fire bans, beach and park detecting is the more attractive option, plus you are nearly always guaranteed of finding something, even if it is a couple of modern coins and a bucket full of sparklers and bottle caps! :lol:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goldpick, post: 55862, member: 1695"] You have to be reasonably skilled and experienced to find gold here in SA, so many hot rocks and very little gold, and what gold that does readily exist is miniscule, requiring a high frequency VLF detector of at least 50kHz upwards. I have learnt to pick out a majority of the hot rocks now, but you still get the odd weeny one that rings out close to a gold signal. Unfortunately for some, they buy a VLF detector, head straight out to the goldfields and start getting signals left right and centre, only to find they are all hot rocks. It can be disallusioning, but you can actually tell the difference after a while after digging up many of the hot rocks, lead shot and iron targets. It can take literally months to get your ear in on targets, so patience is a virtue. Wish I could get out and do more gold detecting, but between the hot weather and fire bans, beach and park detecting is the more attractive option, plus you are nearly always guaranteed of finding something, even if it is a couple of modern coins and a bucket full of sparklers and bottle caps! :lol: [/QUOTE]
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