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<blockquote data-quote="Goldtalk Leonora" data-source="post: 595555" data-attributes="member: 5638"><p>Cheers Deepseeker....I'm still not sure what he wants to actually achieve.</p><p></p><p>My experience with testbeds goes something like this........it is irrelevant what type of target you use. It doesn't matter if you bury them...run them down an inclined pipe or bury them into a bank of a creek. A testbed can only supply a constant target...and it really does not matter what that target is. All a testbed can provide is a place for someone to get some confidence that their machine is working...and a place where people like me can show the 'payoffs' or trade offs with using different detector settings. They do not (in my opinion) have any relevance to actually finding a native gold nugget in situ and I would never use them to compare coils etc. In fact it's easier to show how rubbish most detectors are at finding gold!! With the utmost respect to Nenad and others, I think that far too much importance is placed on testbeds and the real world practicality of detecting is often not included into the equation. What I mean by that is fairly simple....I can tell you the settings on any frontline detector that will give you maximum depth...no probs...but I can also tell you that you won't be able to use them/it....so whats the point! I'll duck for cover......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goldtalk Leonora, post: 595555, member: 5638"] Cheers Deepseeker....I'm still not sure what he wants to actually achieve. My experience with testbeds goes something like this........it is irrelevant what type of target you use. It doesn't matter if you bury them...run them down an inclined pipe or bury them into a bank of a creek. A testbed can only supply a constant target...and it really does not matter what that target is. All a testbed can provide is a place for someone to get some confidence that their machine is working...and a place where people like me can show the 'payoffs' or trade offs with using different detector settings. They do not (in my opinion) have any relevance to actually finding a native gold nugget in situ and I would never use them to compare coils etc. In fact it's easier to show how rubbish most detectors are at finding gold!! With the utmost respect to Nenad and others, I think that far too much importance is placed on testbeds and the real world practicality of detecting is often not included into the equation. What I mean by that is fairly simple....I can tell you the settings on any frontline detector that will give you maximum depth...no probs...but I can also tell you that you won't be able to use them/it....so whats the point! I'll duck for cover...... [/QUOTE]
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