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Kathy, -Goldquest-SS

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Kathy,
From reading post,you have a Goldquest-SS.I never seen one.Will you do a air test with it,on a nickel and a small nugget if you have one.Find a place where there is no metal.Lay PI ON ground,place a yard stick next to it touching coil.Adjust PI to max setting.Will you tell everyone reading post and me how far it will detect a nickel and a small gold nugget if you have one.Thanks, Frank.
 
Hi Frank and Kathy,
Using a nickel for a test indicates how good a detector is likely to be at finding gold rings. A common coin was chosen as it is readily available and of closely defined electrical characteristics. A nickel's electrical properties are very similar to a medium wedding band of 14k. However, a small nugget is a very imprecise description of an object for testing. How small? Is it spherical, flat, solid or honeycombed? How heavy, and what is the purity of the gold? All of these factors make a difference, and a "small" nugget would cover a whole spectrum of targets that may range from undetectable with the Goldquest, to detectable at a similar distance to a nickel.
Air tests are best done with the coil horizontal. This is because electromagnetic noise pickup is usually worse for a vertically held coil, and will not correspond to normal use. Measurements can be done either above or below the coil.
Eric.
 
Thanks,my first metal detector was a WW-Mind detector in 1958.I always use a US nickel for air test , its similar to gold as a target.it might be a good idea to test it both ways.I do test them parallel also.
 
I want to wait until I get someplace that lets me run it reasonably hot. Can't test in my yard, since even my Sovereign picks-up RF interference here. It's currently below freezing (I HATE the cold) and quite windy, so I'm not too eager to even go outdoors, nevermind head over to a beach. The cold front won't pass until sometime next week.
Having never before used a PI and having used it for only a few weeks, I would say that it goes quite deep on silver, hits very well on nickels and should certainly find gold when it's there. A while back, Frank Hamill had posted a depth of 20" for a gold ring that he had found and I feel certain that he was giving accurate info. He seems to have mastered the Goldquest. Currently, aside from the cold weather, there is a great deal of sand piled above the goodies at my favorite beaches. Last time there, it was hard to even find any junk, since there's so much sand--and, believe me, there's plenty of junk to be found at "my" beaches.
 
I was wondering with all the warm weather you were having, if you were getting out detecting on the beach. <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":)"> <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":)">
Warmer days are on the way. <img src="/metal/html/clap.gif" border=0 width=20 height=30 alt=":clap">
Mr. Bill
 
Can hardly wait for those warmer days--which can't get here soon enough. I draw the line at about 25 degrees. Too hard to scoop when my fingers won't move! Wintertime has always been my least-liked season--days too short, weather too cold.
 
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