What is your normal ground reading?

[Southwind]

I see people talk about their ground reading and it seems pretty low compared to mine. I've always thought I had pretty mild soil here but I normally get a ground reading from 88 to 94. Is this indicating a high mineral ground?

 

[RLOH]

Terry, the readings at the two spots I hunted were 77 and 82. I always though higher number indicated higher mineralization. R.L.

 

[rockhound]

Mine is around 77- 81 where i hunt if that helps

 

[synthnut]

Mine wil read anywhere in the low to mid 80's and an occational jump to high 80's , but never into the 90's ......I get down to the low 20's and into the teens on wet salt beaches ........ Jim

 

[Germanshep]

[size=large]On NC beach, I was Ground Balancing at 13. The number really didn't change much if I went to the wet sand hit by the waves.[/size]

 

[Southwind]

I always though higher number indicated higher mineralization. R.L.

That is what I thought as well.

 

[spiral]

Im in north east Tn and mine reads 76-82.It usually balances in the 80s but I noticed it balanced in the 75-77 range yesterday but the ground was saturated with water after we had heavy rains..

 

[wltdwiz]

here in arizona its in the 80s

 

[snide]

Here in SE Indiana I'm getting 70 to mid 80's the wetter the ground the lower the number it seems..

 

[Southwind]

So I'm guessing my high 80's low 90's is high minerals?

 

[Welwood470]

Northeast Florida here. Front lawn 79-81. The driveway, crushed gravel alway comes in 91-92. The beach 12-13.

 

[SOLAS]

I live in Scotland and the lowest GB i have had is 78. Bad ground 92.

 

[BigShow]

here in central california i balance at 91 i think the ground was moist but it seems we have bad soil here doesnt effect me finding deep targets at all with the AT Pro love it.

 

[OL' Mountain man]

Here in the mountains of Colorado I average anywhere from 88 to about 92.
HH, OMM

 

[vanner]

Im in Aus and mine balances normally around 88 -91 on grass areas. Can still run easy on max sensitivity

 

[synthnut]

YES .....The higher the number , the higher the mineral content ...... Wet Salt will react differently ...... It will G.B. down really low !!..... I find that even though it may be a little noisy on dry land or dry sand that if I G.B. to between 70-75 manually , I will hit gold targets and Silver coins pretty evenly as far as how hard they hit !!..... Wet salt sand is COMPLETELY diferent .....It's much lower .....Jim

 

[zaxfire69]

Places I hunt here in Mississippi 81-83.