Got a chance to try out my Eldorado today:detecting:

[tabdog]

It quit raining and I had a little time to try out my new to me Eldorado this morning. The temp was up and I was in a T-shirt.

I decided to go to a local park near here. The playground has wood chips that have all kinds of aluminum ground up with the wood. Not added trash but aluminum that was chewed up with the wood to make wood and aluminum chips.

I was unable to hunt this play ground until I recently gained enough gumption to go at it. I've decided to clean this place out no mater what it takes.

The Eldorado is just what the doctor ordered. It is extremely sensitive. I noticed that if I had my ground balance a little positive I would get a response on some granite stones in the wood chips. If I had the balance a little negative the Eldorado would give a rejecting response on the stones. I haven't had GB very long and am still learning. When I was playing with the GB I recovered a piece of pyrite.( Fool's Gold ) What it was doing in the playground, I don't know? It is just coincidence that I was able to detect this fool's gold. It will not give a response on my Eldorado unless I have the GB set to the positive side.

I learned a lot about the Eldorado in about an hour. That's when my son called for a ride and announced he was out of school for Christmas Holidays

But I found a few things. Mostly aluminum. That small chain sounded off loud and clear.

It made for an enjoyable time.

It's supposed to rain tomorrow. Hope I can get a little time in. We'll see.

The Eldorado is a dream machine, it works in your sleep.

Tabdog
* Euro Sabre, Eldorado, Silver Sabre uMax, Compadre*

 

[Bowie]

Thats nice, takes a lot of patience to hunt there. I had the day off and would rather been detecting especially since my small coil just arrived but,I finished off my Christmas shopping,had oil changed in my truck and couple other errands to get out of the way. Its suppose to rain down here tomorrow but the bright side is, I have two weeks off. Ive got plans to check out two old towns in the southern part of your state,tabdog. Hope you enjoy that Eldorado.
HH,
John

 

[Elton]

Tabdog:

You sure picked up on how to use that Eldorado quickly. Bet that fools gold got your heart pumping up..
Now I have a question..Why is it fools gold and named such Is it just the Color, and how does it read like Gold, and whats it made of thats makes it glitter..I have never seen any myself so sorry about all the questions just curious... It sure would have fooled me..I guess I'm one of those "Fools"..LOL

 

[echostar61]

Good Finds Tabdog,those tot lots are tough.
Terri

 

[tabdog]

Hi El,

The Eldorado works much the same way as the Euro Sabre works but without the Iron ID feature of the Euro Sabre. So I kind of have a head start on learning the Eldorado. Both of these MDs are crisp, accurate, sensitive and have a full range of acceptance of conductive materials.

I'm not a rock person, but I'll try to explain what I know about Iron Pyrite.

Pyrite is a mineral. I think Pyrite got named as "Fool's Gold" during the gold rush. Pyrite is the classic "Fool's Gold". Iron Pyrite is the mineral that is, by far most often mistaken for real gold. The gold rush produced more fools gold than real gold. Pyrite has been mined for its sulfur content mainly, and is a potential source of iron if needed. Crystal System is isometric ( square ). Hardness is 6 - 6.5. Specific Gravity is 5.1+ heavier than the average minerals. It is a very heavy mineral.

Pyrite does not give a response like gold at all. From what I've learned and know, the Eldorado is a very sensitive metal detector. The only reason I got a response on the Pyrite is because I was messing around with the Ground Balance on the Eldorado. I was noticing that I could get a response on granite rocks if the Ground Balance was too positive. At that point is when I got a response on the Pyrite.

Iron Pyrite, as it is known, has a trace of iron content. Not enough iron to get a response from a metal detector under normal circumstances. But because of the way I had the Ground Balance set, the Eldorado could tell the difference between the low iron content of the ground and the higher iron content of the Pyrite. There for it would give a positive response if I had the GB set to the positive. If I had the GB set to the negative, it would give a negative response. If I had the machine properly Ground Balanced, I would not get a response, and if I did it was like back ground noise.

Iron Pyrite is sold in rock shops around here and some kid just probably lost it in the tot lot.

Them rug rats will make off with the family jewels if you don't watch out!

Best Wishes,

 

[tabdog]

It wasn't raining yesterday morning, so I got up and headed back to the tot lot with my Eldorado. Got a couple of hours in. I was finishing out the areas I hunted the day before. Before I hit the hot spots in one area of the tot lot. Yesterday I was finishing that area by methodically covering all of the fringe parts that usually contain less finds. It's a big tot lot and there's lots of tots to be lotted I mean lots more wood chips to be hunted. Reguardless, I want to be sure and cover the whole thing by not just doing the good parts.

To make a long story short. All I found was trash and a few coins. Two things I did find, of interest to me, was a BB and a small staple.:O

Later, when I came in my 94 year old mother asked me if I found any treasure. I said " no, not a thing ". She said " well, I guess you just waisted your whole morning didn't you? "

I said " No, I learned a lot of neat things." ...She just raised her arms up and looked up, as if to say "why me???"

Makes me feel good with all the support I get around here.lol

I learned how to get close to metal post and large metal objects. The Eldorado did good at this once I got the sweep speed slow enough so the MD could right it self while approaching the object. If the target is within the distance form the center of the coil to the edge of the coil from the object, I can get a response in it. Hunting in all the aluminum is good practice. I can get multiple responses even with a 7" coil and the Eldorado handles it well. It lets me know when something funny like that is going on.

Happy Holidays,