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<blockquote data-quote="PhaseTech" data-source="post: 595520" data-attributes="member: 3149"><p>Exactly.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, for my own interest as well, but when I look at my YouTube stats, comparison tests are the most popular by far.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Very true. People would probably get very surprised at the depth you can detect a 140g lead ball, i.e. they would expect it to be detected a lot deeper. But that is kind of the point of doing this.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As I said, coins are a known and consistent target, so are better for comparative testing. Whereas with gold, a 1g nugget can be more detectable than a certain 6g piece. So if I do a test with a 6g prickly reefy bit, and get poor depth, someone will go out and test a 6g lumpy piece and get it heaps deeper and think, oh that Nenad doesn't know what he's doing <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />layful: </p><p>Let me put it another way. If I got four 12" Mono coils, and tested them on a 5c coin - three of the coils could detect the coin to 38cm, and one of the coils could detect it at 41cm.....which coil would you want?</p><p></p><p>Gold can easily be used in the sliding tube set-up, but the targets that get buried, if they are not gold means I can leave them there, and go back another day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PhaseTech, post: 595520, member: 3149"] Exactly. Yes, for my own interest as well, but when I look at my YouTube stats, comparison tests are the most popular by far. Very true. People would probably get very surprised at the depth you can detect a 140g lead ball, i.e. they would expect it to be detected a lot deeper. But that is kind of the point of doing this. As I said, coins are a known and consistent target, so are better for comparative testing. Whereas with gold, a 1g nugget can be more detectable than a certain 6g piece. So if I do a test with a 6g prickly reefy bit, and get poor depth, someone will go out and test a 6g lumpy piece and get it heaps deeper and think, oh that Nenad doesn't know what he's doing :playful: Let me put it another way. If I got four 12" Mono coils, and tested them on a 5c coin - three of the coils could detect the coin to 38cm, and one of the coils could detect it at 41cm.....which coil would you want? Gold can easily be used in the sliding tube set-up, but the targets that get buried, if they are not gold means I can leave them there, and go back another day. [/QUOTE]
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