Sovereign and silver chains

[Ism]

I have been detecting for a while so just finding out what I am about to reveal is somewhat embarrassing, I did a search of a couple forums but found nothing that covers the topic.

A couple weeks ago I was searching an area with my "meter-less" Sov and got a nice solid signal that was somewhat lower than coin range but didn't sound like slaw or tabs.

It was an 18g .925 silver chain. I was curious about the lower tone so I turned up the disc. and nothing, not a peep.

I got home and tried it with my other (one tone) detector and got the same thing, disc had to be lowered to detect it
Then I got the "few" other silver chains that I've found over the years and the same occurred.

I knew that chains (in general) are hard to detect but I never knew that silver chains have lower overall conductivity.

Is this well known?

 

[Neil]

I know mass and size has alot to do with it. An average sized mans silver ring is gonna come in at 180 on a sov meter, nice and high like a quarter would read, but take a thin womans silver ring and it could read lower than a zinc penny and in the pulltab range. just because something is silver doesnt mean its going to hit at the top. now if you compare mass versus size, Ive found that two rings of equal weight, but one is larger in diameter.......the larger diameter one will be detected at a further distance from a coil.

On the target end I would say size, mass, shape of target, and metal conductivity all play into how something gets detected.

There are variables on the detector end of it also.

 

[fwcrawford]

I found a nice silver neckless last winter that was about 18" long and bunched up.
I found it with a Minelab X-terra 50 and it gave an ID reading exactly like a nickel.
I was too was surprised that it gave such a low reading for silver.. glad it came in like a nickel or I would not have dug it.

 

[bootyhoundpa]

i found one with the gt..it was rather small and thin with a small pendent..it gave a decent signal but not great....i found a super thin braclet in water with the excal ..that one was almost not retrieved as i kept loosing the signal even though it was probably only an inch deep....

 

[dewcon4414]

Like most detectors im sure it IDs each link or the hasp. Those small likes would bring the tone down based on size and conductivity. Just not a lot of surface.

Dew

 

[Buried Crap NJ]

I have found some rather hefty silver chains that just blared out loud! This was even on broken ones. The other day I found a nice silver cross that was very loud. As I tried to recover it I had broke the 1/16th silver chain that it was on. The cross headed for the hard pan fast in soupy sand. As I scooped like crazy I kept hearing the chain in about or 8 pieces. Each scoop another piece came up and was dumped out. Point I am making is that no matter the size of the chain 12 inches long to 1 or 2 inches long I heard the same growl low tone. I finally recovered the cross. I never recovered either end of the chain, but I could hear it in that over sized hole!

 

[goodmore]

I found a braided silver 925 ring this year that came in at zinc penny.