Explorer II and pull tabs?

[Bart@Big Boys Hobbies]

I'm trying to figure out where pull tabs ring in at and what they sound like? Are the close to gold rings and do they have a similar sound?

 

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[Bart@Big Boys Hobbies]

Anyone?

 

[jeff of pa]

I did Respond, My post Disappeared Somehow.
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SOME GOLD RINGS will come Very Close if not Exactly in the Same Position on the Screen.

And Tone Will Be Close , if not EXACT on some Gold Rings.

The Problem,

10K, 14K, 18K ETC./ Size 1, Size 2, Size 3 ETC. / Tiny Ring, Medium Size Ring, Large Class Ring. ETC, EVEN POSITION in the Ground.
? ? ? ? ? (Same with Pull Tabs AGE, CONDITION, POSITION, etc.)

All these & any Combination of these will Signal Different.
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NOW, DON'T GET ME TALKING FOIL YET ALSO?
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CONSIDEREING The amount of tones The Explorer Has, & the Info on the Screen.? I suppose Eventually an Expert on the Explorer Would? Be able to ID everything . But First They Would Have to Have, Dug Everthing enough Times To Remember What Happend With Each Item.

HOWEVER, I say the ONLY detector that will EVER be able to Tell The Difference 100% is, IF they Invent one WITH X-Ray Vision?

? ?And Even then, IF you pass up that Rusty Piece of Metal, Who's to say What's Under it ?

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I believe that's alot of the reason we LOVE this hobby, Because No matter What.
Nobody Realy Knows What's there, Till Your Holding it in your Hands.
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Jeff

 

[bakergeol]

I remember when the Explorer 11 first came out some beach users claimed that corroded pull tabs would produce a Ferrous number in contrast to non corroded pull tabs. My experience with the Ex11 is that I simply could not tell any difference between pull tabs and gold rings(no detector can).

If there was a detector that could distinguish aluminium from gold we would all own one, the manufacturer would totally destroy all competition and the inventor would quickly retire rich.

George

 

[Monty]

I own and operate a GTI 2500. Or vice versa? Anyway, the last gold ring I found came in as somethng between a nickel and a pull tab! A couple of times I have buried one of my rings in the ground and when I went over it, it came in as one mark to the left of the penny range! I guess being in the ground any length of time alters the signal? So, at present I know if an object comes in at or around those parameters it might be a gold ring.....or not! All the rings I have found have also come in as a size "A" on my imaging scale. Although they are as big as a coin in diameter, they are smaller in surface resistance wheras a coin usually comes in at a size "B". If you don't own a GTI 2500 you probably haven't a clue what I am talking about. But if you do, it may be a good tip to remember. Monty

 

[Born2Dtect]

There are some things you can do to help if you own a Minelab Explorer, Explorer II, or Quattro MP. You can hunt in the ferrous or conductive modes depending on what you want to find, and cross save the menu to get meter VDI reading. There are a few books out there that explain this very well. The readings for the same objects are different based on the mode of detection. This may give you a better idea of what you have found. You can get the name of the books from Kellyco Detectors. This is most different than a single frequency concentric coil detector.