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Metal Detecting for Gold
So who thinks they have walked away from a nugget before??
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<blockquote data-quote="loamer" data-source="post: 144376" data-attributes="member: 981"><p>Goldfield joe said<em> I "lost" one yesterday. It was there, then it wasn't, then it was, and then gone.... </em> <em>way guilty of removing a bit of leaf litter </em></p><p></p><p>you can actually track out a signal. not sure if the TDI will do it, but it is possible. this is can happen if running in tracking and the target is continually swept, or if when doing the standard GB it is done too close to a target. the thing with iffy feint signals is the way the target is approached with a coil as the way a target (nugget) is laying can determine the signal - is it on its narrow side, is it point up, etc etc. loud and clear on one sweep, weak and warbly on the next. </p><p></p><p>the other trick is that if you need to come back, get some coloured tile spacers and mark the area - of course if its in a high traffic area of prospectors then don't!! coloured tile spacers are also good for gridding, saves heaps of time - just drop and walk. </p><p></p><p>kicking signals - I am as guilty as the next person of kicking targets on the surface and going on if it moves. what I do is kick and check, no need to bend over, just a few boot scrapes and look. if in doubt, use the magnet. kick and go is not advisable in new ground. if you are in new ground, check everything as the old rubbish, boot tacks, buttons, coins are big clues that the old timers either walked through the area and may have had a poke around.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="loamer, post: 144376, member: 981"] Goldfield joe said[i] I "lost" one yesterday. It was there, then it wasn't, then it was, and then gone.... [/i] [i]way guilty of removing a bit of leaf litter [/i] you can actually track out a signal. not sure if the TDI will do it, but it is possible. this is can happen if running in tracking and the target is continually swept, or if when doing the standard GB it is done too close to a target. the thing with iffy feint signals is the way the target is approached with a coil as the way a target (nugget) is laying can determine the signal - is it on its narrow side, is it point up, etc etc. loud and clear on one sweep, weak and warbly on the next. the other trick is that if you need to come back, get some coloured tile spacers and mark the area - of course if its in a high traffic area of prospectors then don't!! coloured tile spacers are also good for gridding, saves heaps of time - just drop and walk. kicking signals - I am as guilty as the next person of kicking targets on the surface and going on if it moves. what I do is kick and check, no need to bend over, just a few boot scrapes and look. if in doubt, use the magnet. kick and go is not advisable in new ground. if you are in new ground, check everything as the old rubbish, boot tacks, buttons, coins are big clues that the old timers either walked through the area and may have had a poke around. [/QUOTE]
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