Could anyone with experience with gold jewelry and Whites' vdi numbers give me their opinion about this :biggrin:

[MeMatt]

A friend of mine told me she lost a 14k gold bracelet several years ago. I was going to try to find it for her. It was part of her annniversary present . She lost it about 6 years ago in a snowstorm while cleaning off her truck. Unfortunately, I expect to deal with a lot of trash there pretending to be gold

My question is, what's your best guess as to where this bracelet might read on the vdi? I'll be using a MXT.
She said it is 14k gold. It's not a solid band but it's a braided....looped style band. Thin ladies bracelet.
I found a gold ring for someone last year, but it's not my forte.

My guess is 10 -20vdi, but don't know if it might read higher because it's wrist size or maybe lower because it's braided and not solid.
I'm also concerned it will give a broken tone because it's not a solid band
I'm gonna look regardless, but would appreciate any help
Thanks,
Matt

 

[therick]

14k gold is 58.5 percent gold and the rest is an alloyed metal to give it durability. As you probably know, pure gold is really soft and pliable. The alloy may be nickel or a copper / nickel mix so I am guessing that it may hit in the 50's on a Whites VDI scale. Best thing to do is to see if she has something similar in weight and see what she rings up as IF you get a reading at all. Sometimes thin gold bracelets are impossible to get a signal on unless it happens to have landed in a "ball" .

Good luck and dig all targets.

 

[Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska]

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[Ed SW Fla]

.... would be to seek and remove every + and - VDI signal in the area where it was lost. Thin / tiny gold will hide (be masked) in an area of lots of other stuff. By finding and checking out every signal or threshold null, you can be sure to find it or know that area was not where the bracelet is currently located.

If the bracelet was thin gold loops laying flat, then the MXT may just null out the threshold tone versus a signal with a low VDI of 2 to 7 or so. If the bracelet was a twisted "rope" type (no connected loops) laying flat, you'll have a better chance of getting a signal.

As Rick suggests, if she has a similar bracelet, you could test what type of signal with the "sample".

Ask if there the area where it was lost was ever snow plowed .... if so, your search area will expand exponentially. Good luck.

 

[Elson(La)]

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[oldcoon]

If the machine beeps, dig the target. Don't try to play "cherry pick" or you are going to miss it . You can't be sure what that machine is going to say.

 

[MeMatt]

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