I have added up my zinc and clad for the past 30 days and it was really good. As stated in other post I am looking for a new detector. I couldn't help but think that the areas I have hit and the amount of digging I have done there could have possibly been more. So I did an air test with different jewlery and the results were dissappointing. Most ear rings had to almost touch the coil before sounding off. A large mens ring like I used for the first air test ran as a zinc, the ladies rings were pull tabs, scrape and foil. All needed to be very close to the coil. So my question is for the chains that don't sound at all and the ear rings are they considered as flakes or small nuggets? Should I by a detector for gold? Or is there a good detector for the small stuff? I know it takes patience and proper grounds, I have both but with the air test it just strikes up the curiosity. Thanks for your help.
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Question about gold chains and ear rings?
- Thread starter oddjobbob
- Start date
Less discrimination will get the gold items on most detectors..What do you use now?? Most Tesoro's love gold just by the fact of the frequency they use.
In fact Tesoro detectors were made for finding gold and they just added different discrimination factors ED120 Ed180 for coin shooting etc etc.....depending on the detector you use..you may want something different that has more depth and more control for different hunting scenarios
In fact Tesoro detectors were made for finding gold and they just added different discrimination factors ED120 Ed180 for coin shooting etc etc.....depending on the detector you use..you may want something different that has more depth and more control for different hunting scenarios
Diamond earrings are tiny and hard to detect, even in air, also larger gold ones have a shape that makes them hard to detect too. My 10 khz and 14 khz Tesoros detect ladies gold rings at 6" in air and mens at about 8" with discriminate set below Iron. The screen will show foil, tabs, nickle - kinda like your getting. Flakes or nuggets, I don't know. Gold chains are really hard to detect in discriminate mode, all metal mode works a lot better, also chains seem not to sink deep, I think the grass roots holds them in place. All metal mode is great when not too much junk is present. I don't think a gold detector is the way to go. I have Tesoros and they pick up gold stuff nicely in parks, along with a million tabs. I think any of the Tesoros would be a good choice. Jabbo
My main detector is a Cortes, also have a Vaquero. Both are just about equal in air tests for gold jewelry. I use the stock 9" x 8" coils. I like the Cortes because it has the screen, I check it with every signal. It gives me a hint before I dig and it shows the depth at the same time. Also when I get an audio signal in All Metal mode and the screen shows Iron with ID number 00, then I know it's iron and I move on. Where there is a lot of tabs the ID numbers helps there too. Using my thumb, I keep flicking the switch between All Metal and Discriminate.
I had the same experience with a Quick Draw II and a Garrett GTAx 500. Both those run around 6 kHz.
I tried a Cibola and it didn't take but just a little bit and I knew that I had something that would work.
I have used only Tesoro's sense then. My Euro Sabre will air test a 5 grain 14k ring at nine inches
in the disc mode.
HH
I tried a Cibola and it didn't take but just a little bit and I knew that I had something that would work.
I have used only Tesoro's sense then. My Euro Sabre will air test a 5 grain 14k ring at nine inches
in the disc mode.
HH
nick hunter
New member
Hello.
I've been a beach hunter for 15 years now (about 16.000 hours).
There is no secret : to catch small gold targets, you definitely have to use a higher Khz detector with a 6" coil (or less).
Another useful tip is to accept a small amount of iron. If you discriminate out the iron, then your conductivity scale begins at the same point than thin gold, causing a loss of depth.
I use a machine that is not to be found in the US, a Cscope CS 550. It runs 100Khz but it is a no motion TR machine. Whenever it crosses thin gold, it shouts the first inch, the signal being smoother up to 3-4".
I think (cause I'd buy it too) you can complement your equipment by buying a Compadre. The unit runs 12 Khz ans has a 5.75" coil, ideal for small gold objects.
According to my (beach) experience, small gold items tend to stay close to the surface. Things should not be different in a park. And this is the main reason for depth not being the main thing about metal detecting. Better a very sensitive MD than a deepseeker
.
I join a couple of CS 550 100 Khz finds. My other detectors do NOT respond on them, except a faint signal on the cross.
HH
Nick the Belgian
I've been a beach hunter for 15 years now (about 16.000 hours).
There is no secret : to catch small gold targets, you definitely have to use a higher Khz detector with a 6" coil (or less).
Another useful tip is to accept a small amount of iron. If you discriminate out the iron, then your conductivity scale begins at the same point than thin gold, causing a loss of depth.
I use a machine that is not to be found in the US, a Cscope CS 550. It runs 100Khz but it is a no motion TR machine. Whenever it crosses thin gold, it shouts the first inch, the signal being smoother up to 3-4".
I think (cause I'd buy it too) you can complement your equipment by buying a Compadre. The unit runs 12 Khz ans has a 5.75" coil, ideal for small gold objects.
According to my (beach) experience, small gold items tend to stay close to the surface. Things should not be different in a park. And this is the main reason for depth not being the main thing about metal detecting. Better a very sensitive MD than a deepseeker
.
I join a couple of CS 550 100 Khz finds. My other detectors do NOT respond on them, except a faint signal on the cross.
HH
Nick the Belgian
Hay Oddjobbob,
In your post you said.
So my question is for the chains that don't sound at all and the ear rings are they considered as flakes or small nuggets?
My little $70 Speedy Compadre with a 7" coil found this tiny broken gold chain. I checked it on the ground and it would pick
it up weather it was wadded up or spread out. It will pick it up at about 3".
Here is a small 1/5ct diamond ring and a strawberry diamond cluster with over seventy diamonds. Also a small gold ear ring.
All were found with my Tesoro's.
Here is a 5 grain ring. My Compadre will air test it at 7". My Euro Sabre will air test it at 9" in the disc mode.
The largest piece of scrap gold is the size of a small charm or micro jewelry. The Compadre will air test it at 2"
and the Euro Sabre will air test it at 3 1/2".
The tiny piece is 0.1 grains. It's the size of a small gold nugget. The Compadre will air test it at 1" and the
Euro Sabre will air test it at 2". These samples are 14k gold.
HH,
In your post you said.
So my question is for the chains that don't sound at all and the ear rings are they considered as flakes or small nuggets?
My little $70 Speedy Compadre with a 7" coil found this tiny broken gold chain. I checked it on the ground and it would pick
it up weather it was wadded up or spread out. It will pick it up at about 3".
Here is a small 1/5ct diamond ring and a strawberry diamond cluster with over seventy diamonds. Also a small gold ear ring.
All were found with my Tesoro's.
Here is a 5 grain ring. My Compadre will air test it at 7". My Euro Sabre will air test it at 9" in the disc mode.
The largest piece of scrap gold is the size of a small charm or micro jewelry. The Compadre will air test it at 2"
and the Euro Sabre will air test it at 3 1/2".
The tiny piece is 0.1 grains. It's the size of a small gold nugget. The Compadre will air test it at 1" and the
Euro Sabre will air test it at 2". These samples are 14k gold.
HH,