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General Metal Detector Discussion
How does a Metal Detector register the difference between ironstone and small pieces of steel
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<blockquote data-quote="Deepseeker" data-source="post: 588605" data-attributes="member: 13321"><p>I had a piece just last week from near Rheola, about the size of a large pea. It was dark rusty brown like an Ironstone, and the 5000 loved it loud and clear. However, when I turned on the Iron Reject function and set it to 10, it didn't reject it :/ The Iron reject works as I had been using it on and off all day in a trashy area.</p><p></p><p>Thinking that maybe there might be some of the good stuff inside, I brought it home with me to test with a magnet (I took the magnet off of the end of my pick handle some time ago, as it was interfering with the NF 25" DD-X as I walked along and it hung down off of my belt near my feet).</p><p></p><p>When I got home, I got out of the car and took it over to one of our raised garden beds where I use a larger rare earth magnet as part of the system I use to hold the shade cloth down. I was some inches away from the magnet when the rock flew out of my hand and stuck to the magnet. I binned the rock and walked inside, still none the wiser as to what that was all about :|</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deepseeker, post: 588605, member: 13321"] I had a piece just last week from near Rheola, about the size of a large pea. It was dark rusty brown like an Ironstone, and the 5000 loved it loud and clear. However, when I turned on the Iron Reject function and set it to 10, it didn't reject it :/ The Iron reject works as I had been using it on and off all day in a trashy area. Thinking that maybe there might be some of the good stuff inside, I brought it home with me to test with a magnet (I took the magnet off of the end of my pick handle some time ago, as it was interfering with the NF 25" DD-X as I walked along and it hung down off of my belt near my feet). When I got home, I got out of the car and took it over to one of our raised garden beds where I use a larger rare earth magnet as part of the system I use to hold the shade cloth down. I was some inches away from the magnet when the rock flew out of my hand and stuck to the magnet. I binned the rock and walked inside, still none the wiser as to what that was all about :| [/QUOTE]
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Metal Detectors
General Metal Detector Discussion
How does a Metal Detector register the difference between ironstone and small pieces of steel
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