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Metal Detectors
Garrett
to dig or not to dig, that is the question
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<blockquote data-quote="Jon" data-source="post: 113380" data-attributes="member: 717"><p>Not trying to argue, just enlighten a bit maybe. Iv detected for years, doesn't make me an expert though just a bit weathered that's all, and owned plenty of VLF's and nearly all the Mlab PI's.</p><p>The amount of bits iv seen discriminated was/is an eye opener. Especially the bits associated with highly mineralised host rock, species.</p><p>I once detected a spot where I was getting a few species in quartz with the gold associated with heavy concentrations of iron pyrites.</p><p>The area had plenty of junk too. I disced heaps to avoid the junk. But one day I saw a specie sunbaking and it disced out. I picked it up and could see a small show of gold though. Off the ground it gave a good signal, in air, but on the ground it disced out. Needless to say I then had to backtrack and dig it all. I got some awesome gold/pyrite species after doing so that I was walking away from previously. I wouldn't do that everywhere as some times you have to make a call to disc as there is just way too much junk to go through it all and its not practical. But no way is there a detector out there that doesn't make wrong calls in heavily mineralised ground.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jon, post: 113380, member: 717"] Not trying to argue, just enlighten a bit maybe. Iv detected for years, doesn't make me an expert though just a bit weathered that's all, and owned plenty of VLF's and nearly all the Mlab PI's. The amount of bits iv seen discriminated was/is an eye opener. Especially the bits associated with highly mineralised host rock, species. I once detected a spot where I was getting a few species in quartz with the gold associated with heavy concentrations of iron pyrites. The area had plenty of junk too. I disced heaps to avoid the junk. But one day I saw a specie sunbaking and it disced out. I picked it up and could see a small show of gold though. Off the ground it gave a good signal, in air, but on the ground it disced out. Needless to say I then had to backtrack and dig it all. I got some awesome gold/pyrite species after doing so that I was walking away from previously. I wouldn't do that everywhere as some times you have to make a call to disc as there is just way too much junk to go through it all and its not practical. But no way is there a detector out there that doesn't make wrong calls in heavily mineralised ground. [/QUOTE]
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Metal Detectors
Garrett
to dig or not to dig, that is the question
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