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<blockquote data-quote="Deepseeker" data-source="post: 595434" data-attributes="member: 13321"><p>Thanks Moneybox, that is very comforting to hear. And, Goldtalk Leonora I think Phasetech's heading sums it up, basically it's just about the best way to go about a maximum depth test with different coils and detectors, his biggest requests being for comparisons on large deep targets.</p><p></p><p>I know depth isn't everything, and I do remember J.P once making a comment about not understanding people's fascination with depth. I do get that- there are of course far more small nuggets in most goldfields than there are large ones, and indeed even though I've never detected in WA, from what I've read on here and other forums it does seem that most gold is found relatively shallow there. But some goldfields, like around Rheola in Vic for example, there mostly aren't any "patches" or "runs" to follow, and panning won't reveal much to you either. Sure, nobody with a handheld metal detector is going to ping the 9 foot deep ones that historically seem to have been a rather common depth for seriously big finds around that area, but there were also plenty found at shallower depths that by metal detector standards in general is still very deep.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deepseeker, post: 595434, member: 13321"] Thanks Moneybox, that is very comforting to hear. And, Goldtalk Leonora I think Phasetech's heading sums it up, basically it's just about the best way to go about a maximum depth test with different coils and detectors, his biggest requests being for comparisons on large deep targets. I know depth isn't everything, and I do remember J.P once making a comment about not understanding people's fascination with depth. I do get that- there are of course far more small nuggets in most goldfields than there are large ones, and indeed even though I've never detected in WA, from what I've read on here and other forums it does seem that most gold is found relatively shallow there. But some goldfields, like around Rheola in Vic for example, there mostly aren't any "patches" or "runs" to follow, and panning won't reveal much to you either. Sure, nobody with a handheld metal detector is going to ping the 9 foot deep ones that historically seem to have been a rather common depth for seriously big finds around that area, but there were also plenty found at shallower depths that by metal detector standards in general is still very deep. [/QUOTE]
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