Mineralized stone blisstool & gold bug

[GunnarMN]

I took a mineralized stone that my gold bug balances on at 89, and put a quarter under it the gold bug will not make a peep in disq , (thats with the 5" coil and the rock is 4.5" deep) but in all metal gets it nicly, the bliss in disq gets the quarter but in this instance you can not lift the coil obove 1" off the rock or U loos it wher as the Gold bug can still get it nicly 2" and even 3" off the rock , so in this test the Gold bug out performs the bliss in depth , but under performs in disq but in a river bed whear the suface is bumpy and not flat I think I would rather use the Gold bug even in all metal as i can get better depth , with the 5" coil and I can only say it would do better with the 11" DD just somthing you need to know about the bliss is it often needs 1" or less to get a target that is deep or in mineralized rock bedds, I may do a video should i get the time , just somthing for thought i own both machines and like them both

 

[Barry NY]

Hi Gunnar - there have been a lot of video showing the Blisstool's performance in mineralized rock and mineralized dirt. And of course all the rocks and all the dirt are not the same.

It appears that the Blisstool has the ability to ground balance out highly mineralized ground materials and still get a signal on non-ferrous targets while using discrimination. As you do mention above.

Many machines will get targets without discrimination, i.e. in all metal, in highly mineralized environments. But the purpose of testing these machines WITH discrimination shows that you don't need to use a PI in these types of conditions. The Gold Bug got the signal in all metal 2"-3" off the rock. I bet a White's TDI Pro would get it 10" off the rock... But - you will need to dig everything.

So the real result is that for the Blisstool while using discrimination you WILL get a signal on a non-ferrous target and still knock out iron. No doubt many machines in all metal will get that signal...

Here are some videos that really prove the prowess of the Blisstool in conditions of extreme mineralization:

Blisstool on mineralized rock

Blisstool in extreme mineralized dirt

 

[glasartisan]

Impressive videos Barry.I was curious as to where the culpepper hot rock balanced out on the blisstool? Probally up around 8.5-9.Now that perticular rock I assume was found near culpepper.Can I venture to say that hot rock is more positive than the surrounding soil it was found in?When you were running the bliss over this rock before you balanced it out did it sound kind of hollow or all over the place?Reason I ask is I have quite a few what I think are negative cold rocks in my area.When I stop to examine them upon detecting them they always read higher than the surrounding ground they were found in.That is it takes a more positive GB setting on my blisstool to knock them out along with the ground.They do most of the time sound hollow and just dont lock on like non-ferous does.Now would it be ok to run at a higher GBsetting so one is knocking out the majority of hot rocks or do you take the chance of loosing good small targets at depth the higher you crank up your GB? Thanks Barry,Steve

 

[Carter NY]

Impressive videos Barry.I was curious as to where the culpepper hot rock balanced out on the blisstool? Probally up around 8.5-9.Now that perticular rock I assume was found near culpepper.Can I venture to say that hot rock is more positive than the surrounding soil it was found in?When you were running the bliss over this rock before you balanced it out did it sound kind of hollow or all over the place?Reason I ask is I have quite a few what I think are negative cold rocks in my area.When I stop to examine them upon detecting them they always read higher than the surrounding ground they were found in.That is it takes a more positive GB setting on my blisstool to knock them out along with the ground.They do most of the time sound hollow and just dont lock on like non-ferous does.Now would it be ok to run at a higher GBsetting so one is knocking out the majority of hot rocks or do you take the chance of loosing good small targets at depth the higher you crank up your GB? Thanks Barry,Steve

Steve,

It balanced out lower than the AR soil; between 8 and 8.5. The AR soil was closer to 9. The rock is from Culpeper and is similar to the surrounding red dirt, just a little more extreme. Before balancing, with the disc level at 0, it sounded off like a normal target due to the iron content. Running a higher GB to get rid of hot rocks is a problem I have not run into. I lower my threshold and that takes care of smaller hot rocks in our area.

Carter

 

[glasartisan]

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[GunnarMN]

when i detect in the bottom land , wich has low minerals and is homogineous exept once and a wile a basalt rock will be in it it will sound off but not in the center just off both sides I could ground balance to it but if thear is a hole you beep on the hole so you learn them they are easy to tell ,

 

[Frank in NH]

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