HOT ROCKS?

[Dixie Digger]

ok got a question.iv found a place to hunt that dates back to 1890. iv found IH penny 1880 and Barber dime 1893..i know there is a lot more there.problem is "HOT ROCKS" drive me crazy as this ground is loaded! question I'm, using a Fisher CZ5 would it be better to go back to my old Whites 6000DI and run in TR mode? thanks Dixie

 

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[Blind.In.Texas]

What the heck are hot rocks? Wear some gloves and become a minor, right? GL


Laater...

 

[pennyfarmer]

Hot rocks are pultabs EVIL brother. Together they are the bane of all that is holy.

Not real sure about your choice of detectors but I will say that when I went from Tesoro to Minelab it got better for me. Not saying anything bad about Tesoro I love them and still own two of them. Just my experience is the minelab is not as bothered by hot rocks. But I still get them on ocassion.

 

[aa battery]

for some reason i found a creek bed of hot rocks. sent my md nuts. only thing in the area was volcanicrocks

 

[Monty]

Some detectors are supposed to have a program to limit the effect of hot rocks, but in a gold producing area I'm not sure I would want to? Kinda like discriminating out nickels and pulltabs where you think gold jewelry might be found.....If I am understanding this correctly? Monty

 

[buscadero]

Dixie: Hot Rocks are highly concentrated mineralized rocks containing magnetic iron! The reason they drive you crazy is they are different
from the other matrix you are adjusted for! If you are using a VLF MD,(which you are) Put it on Zero Discrimination & Pass over the Rock. If the Sound Decreases from the Threshhold Level, its a Hot Rock or spot. If it remains the Same or Increases, Check it out!

I really hope this helps you! I don't totally understand it myself!

Joe

 

[Blind.In.Texas]

Dixie: Hot Rocks are highly concentrated mineralized rocks containing magnetic iron! The reason they drive you crazy is they are different
from the other matrix you are adjusted for! If you are using a VLF MD,(which you are) Put it on Zero Discrimination & Pass over the Rock. If the Sound Decreases from the Threshhold Level, its a Hot Rock or spot. If it remains the Same or Increases, Check it out!

I really hope this helps you! I don't totally understand it myself!

Joe

Thanks for the explanation. It is just another detail that I can use to understand the environment when I am detecting.

Laater...

 

[Burdie]

I would still use the 6000 it handles the HR better.

Burdie

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Dixie: Hot Rocks are highly concentrated mineralized rocks containing magnetic iron! The reason they drive you crazy is they are different
from the other matrix you are adjusted for! If you are using a VLF MD,(which you are) Put it on Zero Discrimination & Pass over the Rock. If the Sound Decreases from the Threshhold Level, its a Hot Rock or spot. If it remains the Same or Increases, Check it out!

I really hope this helps you! I don't totally understand it myself!

Joe

DD,

no, no, no; don't believe everything you
read on the web.

Hot rocks are really fairies teeth.

have a good un..............

 

[jeff of pa]

Some detectors are supposed to have a program to limit the effect of hot rocks, but in a gold producing area I'm not sure I would want to? Kinda like discriminating out nickels and pulltabs where you think gold jewelry might be found.....If I am understanding this correctly? Monty

This is an Excellent point.

since I switched to Minelab the Hot rock Situation has Improved,
But I also wonder if I'm passing up Meteorites.

 

[Woodsie]

Lift the coil up off the soil about 12 to 15 inches in all metal mode. if you still get a buzz you hit either a hot rock, aluminum can or a large piece of metal.

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

PisD,

you don't want to know what is
in my closet.

have a good un...........