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[StoneCanyon]

New to this whole business. I'm in an area of many old gold and silver mines, all of which are deserted and abandoned. I have no intention of entering any of the old mines but thought I'd try to look at some of the tailings the old miners produced to see if I can find any gold or silver in quartz. The ground here is littered in quartz. I'm using a Fisher F70 and was wondering if anyone has used this model to find precious metal in quartz in the past? If so, what initial settings would you recommend? I have a sample of gold in quartz that I can use to test the settings but so far I haven't been able to get the machine to detect it, even when just laying on the ground.
I'd appreciate any help anyone can provide to get me started.

 

[sprchng]

Welcome to Finds Stone but you'll probably get more responses by posting your inquiry in the prospecting forum-- http://www.findmall.com/list.php?27

f-series vlf machines may not be the best for nugget shooting but I'm sure under the right conditions where are there lots of large , pure grade nuggets laying around close to the surface , they would work fine. If you find a spot like that I'll be glad to bring mine along and demonstate it to you

Small coils , a slightly positive ground balance setting and sensitivity settings at the egde of stability in all metal mode will be a good starting point.