Is lead a good practice sample to memorize the tone of gold jewelry ?

[ToddB64]

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ToddB64

 

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[Calgarychef]

Nope, lead has a totally different tone.... Find some can pull tabs and listen to them, that's the tone you're looking for.

 

[Jason in Enid]

gold jewelry has such a vast range of karats, mixed metals, sizes and shaped that there is NOTHING you can use to "mimic" a gold item. They respond everywhere from the very lowest of you conductive range (like a tiny piece of foil) all the way up to a copper cent. If you want gold, you have dig everything that isnt iron

 

[Peyton Manning]

maybe it depends on the machine
not the same on mine

 

[signal_line]

FWIW, nickles have a similar tone on my machine. Just a little more oomph. I used to practice with a gold ring, just toss it in the yard and go find it. I know the books say it's a clean tone, but not always especially when on the surface. And yes, many people who find gold say it sounded just like a pull tab. To answer you question, I think lead has got that same oomph.

 

[xr7ator]

I'd try gold jewelry to see what gold jewelry sounds like. Jason is right. I have found two gold items that hit high tone. They are 24k gold. The last one I dug, I thought for sure I had a nickel. A gold filigree earring will hit in the foil range.

 

[Ammoman]

It all depends on what detector you are using and how well you know it. If your using a Tesoro Beep and dig, keep your discrimination below nickel and dig till you drop! If your using a multi tone detector, dig all mid tone and higher signals until you drop!

 

[Calgarychef]

Find a pop can tab and listen to the sound....that’s the sound of gold...and junk.

 

[CASPER-2]

from a guy that has been detecting for over 40+ yrs - and has found over 1000 gold items
#1 - lead on any machine does not sound like gold (yes you may get a piece of gold that sounds like a smaller piece of lead but nothing you can bet the house on) - lead is probably the best sounding metal out there and gold is only going to sound off "real" good if its a really good size
#2 - gold is not gonna sound the same on every machine - some might be close some of the time
#3 - if you are trying to "cherry" pick the gold from spots - not gonna happen
many have tried and failed - I have hit many a spot where guys thought they got it all - only to find
smaller gold they discriminated or deeper gold they missed
I hunt in all metal most of the time and try to dig it all - if you dont dig it all or try to
you are gonna leave stuff behind
#4 I have found many gold items with or next to large junk that others have missed
it was worth it to get the junk out