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Metal Detectors
General Metal Detector Discussion
Which detector is the best
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<blockquote data-quote="loamer" data-source="post: 138564" data-attributes="member: 981"><p>"anyone know of any detectors that just find gold"</p><p></p><p>LS - you need to understand the difference between ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Ferrous is steel/iron and the like. Non-ferrous is where gold sits. You then need to understand the theory of the electronics behind detectors - VLF/PI. Detectors in the correct configuration/coil set up can give a balance of probabilities between ferrous and non ferrous - discriminators/iron reject switches being an example, but these are not 100% accurate. (Running a DD coil in iron reject is an example - monos cannot do this). After all this you then need to understand mono versus DD coils, how they 'read' below the ground, soil variations etc etc. There is also some study required into the physical make-up of various metals and why some tend to 'sound' very similar. For example, you will read post after post of people finding lead as it does 'sound' very close to the 'sound' of gold. Short answer - no.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="loamer, post: 138564, member: 981"] "anyone know of any detectors that just find gold" LS - you need to understand the difference between ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Ferrous is steel/iron and the like. Non-ferrous is where gold sits. You then need to understand the theory of the electronics behind detectors - VLF/PI. Detectors in the correct configuration/coil set up can give a balance of probabilities between ferrous and non ferrous - discriminators/iron reject switches being an example, but these are not 100% accurate. (Running a DD coil in iron reject is an example - monos cannot do this). After all this you then need to understand mono versus DD coils, how they 'read' below the ground, soil variations etc etc. There is also some study required into the physical make-up of various metals and why some tend to 'sound' very similar. For example, you will read post after post of people finding lead as it does 'sound' very close to the 'sound' of gold. Short answer - no. [/QUOTE]
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