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my uncle has 14kt gold chain that we tested on 3 tesoro metal detectors . the vaquero conquistador and an old golden sabre . could not get either detector to detect it in disc mode or all metal mode .the chain is about 14 inches long. we tried it stretched out and wadded up not buried just placed on the ground .they could not detect the chain. any answers? thanks

I dont have a gold chain to test. My Vaq picks up tiny stuff .Just a tiny piece of foil and it gives a signal. Id be surprised if it could not pick up a gold chain.

Many times a detector will not pick up gold chains. Even the best of them have trouble, even when the chain is wadded up.

I think it has a lot to do with the fact that the detector is looking for a more solid mass, like a pendant, to lock on to rather than an individual link (which is how detectors tend to try to read chains).

Chains just don't give you that unless the clasp is still attached.

To find gold chains, I think you almost need a gold detector.

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Get the Compadre. Set it just before "iron". It WILL pick it up. AND, it will probably pick it up just at paper clip and bobby pin reject.

Yep, the Compadre is a gold chain picker upper.

tabman

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I was going to suggest that, but I promote Tesoro's on this forum so much I'm afraid people are going to think I work for them or something.

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When all else fails, the Tiger Shark with 8" coil comes through and gets the chains for me. It is my chain finder.

I don't know how thin the chain you are using is, but I have tested mine and it picks gold chains

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You were in vco all-metal and it didn't pick it up?
Or disc all-metal?
Vco all-metal on the Vaquero will be more sensitive than any tesoro in disc mode IMO.

what is the vco all metal on the vaquero? thanks warren

I have no problem picking up a small linked chain with my Conquistador µMax even in disc. mode with disc. on minimum setting.

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what is the vco all metal on the vaquero? thanks warren

By turning the disc all the way down so that it clicks or by pushing the red button on the Vaquero, the machine will go into a true AM mode or VCO All-Metal. Turning the threshold down to a super silent buzzzz will make the machine extremely sensitive to the faintest metal signals. Works great at a fairly clean beach to pick up tiny objects like earings or deep coins that will otherwise not make a peep in the disc mode.

Remember that metal detectors pick up the largest piece of metal. So what this means is that on a chain, it is only going to pick up a link, or the clasp. Not the entire chain and only the largest piece.

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Try with a Lobo Supertraq or a Tejon. Higher frequencies make the detector more sensitiive to small gold.

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warren danny
what is the vco all metal on the vaquero? thanks warren

By turning the disc all the way down so that it clicks or by pushing the red button on the Vaquero, the machine will go into a true AM mode or VCO All-Metal. Turning the threshold down to a super silent buzzzz will make the machine extremely sensitive to the faintest metal signals. Works great at a fairly clean beach to pick up tiny objects like earings or deep coins that will otherwise not make a peep in the disc mode.

Thump, can the user set the Sensitivity in VCO ?

Thanks, Muc.