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Frustration Turns Into Gold Ring # 15 For 2008
- Thread starter tabdog
- Start date
Gunnar of bradford MN
New member
Tab thats great , i bet that made you feel a bit better
That was the first gold object that I have found that
would give an iron response when air testing.
I don't know why.
But I have found small gold chains that if I use any
disc, the signal would go away. But when I air tested
them, they registered as foil.
I have a 0.03 gran piece of gold that I found nestled
in iron. It registered as foil. It also was a much stronger
signal than a piece I found that was 0.11 gram.
Go figger.
For some reason, that ring had a iron response. It was
not weak like the tiny chains and little specks I have found.
All I am trying to point out is that any amount of disc can
cause a small gold target not to respond.
If the target is very small with a iron response on up, I'll
dig it.
But if it sounds like a hair pin, I don't dig sometimes.
It has to be small and different. It's hard to explain. It is
a sense that is developed with a machine. But you have
to dig them to learn them.
That's why people have a dard time believeing me.
I'm not saying dig nails or bottle caps. They just don't
sound like gold.
Small gold is important to me because the majority of
the gold I have sent to the refinery is the very small stuff.
It's much more plentiful and makes up the bulk of the
weight in my gold finds.
That makes this a cheep hobby for me.
I really do dig a lot of nails and iron though. Mostly to
get it out of the way in places where there may be gold
jewelry.
This is a small 14k gold ear ring. I broke the stem while
cleaning.
It weighs 0.11 grams.
When I found this ear ring the steel nut in this photo was
directly under the ear ring.
I found this small piece of 10k gold. It appears bigger than
the ear ring, but it is so thin, it only weighs 0.024 grams.
That
would give an iron response when air testing.
I don't know why.
But I have found small gold chains that if I use any
disc, the signal would go away. But when I air tested
them, they registered as foil.
I have a 0.03 gran piece of gold that I found nestled
in iron. It registered as foil. It also was a much stronger
signal than a piece I found that was 0.11 gram.
Go figger.
For some reason, that ring had a iron response. It was
not weak like the tiny chains and little specks I have found.
All I am trying to point out is that any amount of disc can
cause a small gold target not to respond.
If the target is very small with a iron response on up, I'll
dig it.
But if it sounds like a hair pin, I don't dig sometimes.
It has to be small and different. It's hard to explain. It is
a sense that is developed with a machine. But you have
to dig them to learn them.
That's why people have a dard time believeing me.
I'm not saying dig nails or bottle caps. They just don't
sound like gold.
Small gold is important to me because the majority of
the gold I have sent to the refinery is the very small stuff.
It's much more plentiful and makes up the bulk of the
weight in my gold finds.
That makes this a cheep hobby for me.
I really do dig a lot of nails and iron though. Mostly to
get it out of the way in places where there may be gold
jewelry.
This is a small 14k gold ear ring. I broke the stem while
cleaning.
It weighs 0.11 grams.
When I found this ear ring the steel nut in this photo was
directly under the ear ring.
I found this small piece of 10k gold. It appears bigger than
the ear ring, but it is so thin, it only weighs 0.024 grams.
That