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Minelab Equinox 800 tips and questions
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<blockquote data-quote="Pete E" data-source="post: 553207" data-attributes="member: 18110"><p>Do you have any access to some fine gold? Maybe some you or your brother have found previously?? Or could you even borrow some? At a pinch you could even use small pieces of lead shot or an airgun pellet to start, or a small fragment of aluminium cut from a can, but gold would be much better..</p><p></p><p>If so, put it in a small plastic bag or vial and use it as a test target for your detector in the field...Try it on the surface first and then burying it a few inches down...try in different areas and in different soil types..</p><p></p><p>Using a test target in the field where mineralisation is present will give you a good indication what your detector can do and what to listen for...</p><p></p><p>Remember also, you may be listening for very faint signals where as a ring pull or bottle top will be a screamer in comparison. If you don't use headphones, you really should as they make it far easier to hear those faint signals you are after....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pete E, post: 553207, member: 18110"] Do you have any access to some fine gold? Maybe some you or your brother have found previously?? Or could you even borrow some? At a pinch you could even use small pieces of lead shot or an airgun pellet to start, or a small fragment of aluminium cut from a can, but gold would be much better.. If so, put it in a small plastic bag or vial and use it as a test target for your detector in the field...Try it on the surface first and then burying it a few inches down...try in different areas and in different soil types.. Using a test target in the field where mineralisation is present will give you a good indication what your detector can do and what to listen for... Remember also, you may be listening for very faint signals where as a ring pull or bottle top will be a screamer in comparison. If you don't use headphones, you really should as they make it far easier to hear those faint signals you are after.... [/QUOTE]
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