Gunnar of bradford MN
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Can the MXT cancel out pull tabs& iron and find only gold?
- Thread starter Gunnar of bradford MN
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Treasure Mike
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No not really. With the trigger forward it can cancel out some the most common size pull tabs and most small iron pieces can be discriminated out using the discrimination knob.. Unfortunately you are going to dig lots of pull tabs if you want to find gold. Not to mention you will dig all kinds of small ring size pieces of aluminum that get shredded by lawn mowers. I probably dig a few hundred pull tabs and other junk items like bottle caps for every piece of gold and platinum jewelry I find. I feel that the effort is worth it but there are those who don't want to bother with digging all that junk. I hope this helps. Mike
rimdig chuck
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I'm new to MTing but I don't think anyone in AZ.ever threw a pull tab in the garbage. rimdig chuck
Gunnar of bradford MN
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Good , then thear is probly a ring hiding in that trashy spot , i was dreding the idea that someone whith an MXT came by and picked out the gold and i was digging pull tabs in vane whoo now i can wake up from that night mare
I live in AZ, too, and I agree with Rimdig Chuck about the pulltabs. Someone finally gave me an explanation of why there are so many in the parks here, though I'm not sure of it's veracity. It seems we have a very large population of people of the Hispanic persuasion, of which most of the males have mustaches which tend to get caught in the tab of soda or beer cans. It's just habit then to pull the tab off before drinking, saving a little hair-pulling pain. This was told to me by a mustachioed gentleman, so I guess it's true in his case at least.
I'm really happy that there is no machine as yet that can distinguish gold from tabs. We have thousands of Snowbirds (winter visitors) here in the winter months, many of which have metal detectors and are scouring the parks, and most everywhere else. They tend to run their discrimination really high just to avoid the tabs and aluminum pieces and only find coins. This leaves nearly all the nickels and gold that has ever been lost still in the ground after they pass over it. Our parks are littered with tabs and junk, but also with nickels and gold for anyone willing to put forth the effort to dig every low signal. Not many will do this....including myself most of the time.
Marc
I'm really happy that there is no machine as yet that can distinguish gold from tabs. We have thousands of Snowbirds (winter visitors) here in the winter months, many of which have metal detectors and are scouring the parks, and most everywhere else. They tend to run their discrimination really high just to avoid the tabs and aluminum pieces and only find coins. This leaves nearly all the nickels and gold that has ever been lost still in the ground after they pass over it. Our parks are littered with tabs and junk, but also with nickels and gold for anyone willing to put forth the effort to dig every low signal. Not many will do this....including myself most of the time.
Marc
rimdig chuck
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hey Gila Marc where abouts in AZ? I'm up by the Rim. rimdig Chuck
