BarnacleBill
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http://www.minelab.com/consumer/page.php?section=349
Not that he didn't try......
HH
BarnacleBill
Not that he didn't try......
HH
BarnacleBill
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Proof that Bruce Candy struggles to communicate with mere mortals.
- Thread starter BarnacleBill
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And thanks to you Bill, for sharing it. 
HH Randynero_design
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The VAST MAJORITY of Detectorists don't even read their own instruction manual. They only do so when they have trouble finding the sort of targets they were expecting to find more easily. Even I'm guilty of that.
Good to have the article though. I imagine Barnacle Bill will mull over it and find out some interesting tidbits anyone else would likely miss.
Good to have the article though. I imagine Barnacle Bill will mull over it and find out some interesting tidbits anyone else would likely miss.
coinsh00ter
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As J. Peterman said on Seinfeld, "there sure are alot of words....unfortunately it is gibberish" to me at least, as long as my 70 keeps performing, I don't care how it works.
Dave in NJ
Dave in NJ
BarnacleBill
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One of the more interesting points was that on Saturable Soils. I know Tom(Jackpine Savage) and I have discussed via PM the issue of certain beach sands that don't appear to be black sand, but crystalline in nature, yet they still play the bugger with depth & ID. I believe he finds them on certain Lake Michigan beaches whereas I find what appears to have the same effect on small inland lakes. Now, not far from me iron, lead, silver, & zinc has been mined, so the sand may be composed of a mix of these minerals yielding a similar effect. But it was certainly interesting to see the confirmation of the existence of these soils, when mostly what gets discussed is black sand.
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BarnacleBill
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Jackpine Savage
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there is not much we can really do about some of those odd conditions. After re-reading the part you mentioned about saturation of the signal I wonder if it is the X component or some high value R that causes certain problems I have seen on beaches and in lakes. Hmmm
I have been told its a conductivity issue but since its not salt.. what the heck is it??
Makes me think too much... Ouch!
Tom
I have been told its a conductivity issue but since its not salt.. what the heck is it??
Makes me think too much... Ouch!
Tom
Jackpine Savage
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Randy,
Here's something else that I find puzzling. In more than a few lakes here its impossible to get a positive GB in the deep sand areas unless you switch to the salt mode on machines that have it. My thinking (here I go again) is that it is the dissolved limestone (calcium carbonate) creating good conductivity without the interfering signal that salt water gives combined with the extremely low mineralization of the light quartz sands. Depth and sensitivity in these condtions is very good even with preset GB machines.
Tom
Here's something else that I find puzzling. In more than a few lakes here its impossible to get a positive GB in the deep sand areas unless you switch to the salt mode on machines that have it. My thinking (here I go again) is that it is the dissolved limestone (calcium carbonate) creating good conductivity without the interfering signal that salt water gives combined with the extremely low mineralization of the light quartz sands. Depth and sensitivity in these condtions is very good even with preset GB machines.
Tom