LOW TO NO SIGNAL FOR GOLD

[><> HAPPY DOG SUZ <><]

Aloha,
I was testing my detector in my room over some coins and my gold wedding ring to see what were the best settings to use it hardly made a noise when I passed it over gold ring had to touch it to it it did make a signal over the silver and copper coins I tried every setting still poor results what should I do? My detector is Kco viper trident does gold hunting need a different coil or what?
Thanks,><>SUZ<><

 

[Joe G]

Make sure that foil / pull tabs are not discriminated. If you disc out the aluminum you'll be missing gold since they fall in the same range. Also, check the sensitivity settings; maybe it's too low. You have to be careful doing air tests in the house as electical interference from lighting / appliances / TV can mess up how the machine operates. Do you have to set up the threshold with your machine? Ground balance? It's best to do testing outdoors; try going to the beach and test items there. I wouldn't bury anything valuable though Just in case

I'm not familiar with the Viper but those are things I would look at. Read the manual carefully and make sure you understand what the settings do.

 

[steve in so la]

Don't know anything about your model but it certainly should sound off on a gold ring at 5-6 inches or more. Probably your settings are wrong or the machine isn't strong enough. On my Fisher 1266 I can hear rings & smaller gold things deeply.
If you can't hear them now, as you said, you wont hear them on the beach
Do you have a discriminate setting - can you lower it ? I keep mine around the lowest numbers. Outside of gold hunting for nuggets and such in the hills - one doesnt need a special machine for gold. Just some are better than others - like cars. Mine is an all around machine - use it for everything. Dug 25 gold items this year so far. Have found this last few years that the more signals I dig the "luckier" I get.
Steve in so az

 

[steve in so la]

Good advice Joe ! Also, when one buries an item for testing they might attach a colored string to it for retrieval. Steve

 

[puddlejumper]

If you are going to test inside you need to do something different. If you are testing on the floor, your machine is trying to tune out nails, or concrete reinforcement..
Try laying your machine on a table, and tape your targets onto piant stir sticks. Pass that in front of the coil, and you will get a true air test. Any machine has a hard time trying to descriminate and detect at the same time.
Good luck, and happy hunting.

 

[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

Gold can come in very low! The rule of thumb at the beach is to dig it all! Use no disc! You may need a better water machine for that salt water ?

 

[MI$$OURI BETTY]

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