Gold Rings -- TID numbers

[BH_Landstar_]

I did a small test tonight on a few gold rings that I have here to find out the TID range that could indicate that the target is a gold ring in the ground. Test was done in DISC mode, gain at 80, default ground balance (in-house test) with the F5 10" coil connected.

The rings that have stones in them are thin bands (14K) and read anywhere from 48 - 52

Plain bands depending on size and thickness show TDI's that range as follows.

Small childs ring (10K) 38 - 41

Small thin ring (14K) 50 - 52

Medium thin ring (14K) 60 - 62

Medium wide band (14K) 70 - 72

Large thin band [mans ring, the one I wear] (14K) 60 - 62

Notice there is a 10 digit jump from 50 to 60 and so on up to 70.

Would be great to get some sort of TDI data going here on gold rings, maybe we can all share details of the TDI's for gold rings that we have or have found with our Gold Bug SE / Pro / G2 detectors.

I don't have any large wide band gold rings to test, ie class rings etc, so I can not report the TDI on these (can someone help out here ?)

I did notice that these rings did not hit the TDI number 58 for nickels.

Thanks.

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

Thanks for the #'s. Good useful info!

 

[Ken in Georgia]

The rings that have stones in them are thin bands (14K) and read anywhere from 48 - 52

Plain bands depending on size and thickness show TDI's that range as follows.

Small child's ring (10K) 38 - 41

Small thin ring (14K) 50 - 52

Medium thin ring (14K) 60 - 62

Medium wide band (14K) 70 - 72

Large thin band [mans ring, the one I wear] (14K) 60 - 62

Notice there is a 10 digit jump from 50 to 60 and so on up to 70.


I did notice that these rings did not hit the TDI number 58 for nickels.

Thanks.

I notice the same thing as I pulled up the last of the Jewelry on Sunday I will post pictures soon. But as I improve my hunting skills with my new Buddy (G2), I am beginning to agree on the this and solid numbers make me dig!

 

[tabman]

Damn, it looks like I'm going to be digging even more pull tabs.

Great chart!:

 

[Monte]

I try to compare a number of detectors as well as specific models, such as the G2 and Gold Bug Pro. I do note that you're using a 10" elliptical concentric on the G2/Gold Bug Pro. Even though I have had good success with that coil on my G2, I will qualify here that the factory claims only the Double D coils, 5" and 11", are designed to be used with these detectors. I'll also add that you can get different Ground Balance setting read-outs, as well as some shift in the target ID (actually numeric VDI read-outs) on the G2 and Gold Bug Pro. They don't have the typical Target ID (Iron, Foil, Nickel, Tab, Penny, Dime, Quarter, etc) response with different search coils. The VDI reading might be off by 1 or 2 numbers or slightly more.

I did a small test tonight on a few gold rings that I have here to find out the TID range that could indicate that the target is a gold ring in the ground. Test was done in DISC mode, gain at 80, default ground balance (in-house test) with the F5 10" coil connected.

The rings that have stones in them are thin bands (14K) and read anywhere from 48 - 52

Plain bands depending on size and thickness show TDI's that range as follows.

Small childs ring (10K) 38 - 41

Small thin ring (14K) 50 - 52

Medium thin ring (14K) 60 - 62

Medium wide band (14K) 70 - 72

Large thin band [mans ring, the one I wear] (14K) 60 - 62

Notice there is a 10 digit jump from 50 to 60 and so on up to 70.

So, from the testing you did, the gold rings displayed reading from as low as '38' on up to '72'. I have tested sample gold rings I have found or borrowed and they ranged from '36' (just into the 0-40 iron range) on up to about '76' for some of the the larger-size rings. Most of those larger rings that I tested were 10K to 14K. My round men's wedding band is 14K and reads just above the common US nickel, almost identical to the response from a 'Silver War Nickel'.

The last 3 gold rings I've found read '55', '57' and '58' on the G2 w/5" DD coil when swept as if flat on the ground and centered about 2

 

[Ken in Georgia]

I'll also add that you can get different Ground Balance setting read-outs, as well as some shift in the target ID (actually numeric VDI read-outs) on the G2 and Gold Bug Pro. They don't have the typical Target ID (Iron, Foil, Nickel, Tab, Penny, Dime, Quarter, etc) response with different search coils. The VDI reading might be off by 1 or 2 numbers or slightly more

With this statement please go in to better detail, I do not follow this, as I switch coils while at a site. And I re-balance to the ground and its seems to be the same I was working with before?

Also, are the numbers off by a little with a smaller coil I do know that the depth on a smaller coil can be , but the numbers should be averaged the same way by the computer. Thanks for all that you do.

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

n/t

 

[BH_Landstar_]

Once again Monte, excellent post !

I've tested the 5" DD with these rings and the numbers are the same as that for the F5 10" coil, so there is not much of a difference if any !

The test will be in the ground, so with that said, I'll be putting some gold rings in the ground at around 3" - 6" and doing a ground test using both coils to see if the numbers hold true.