Prospector Paul
Greenie
- Aug 5, 2019
- 19
- 8
- Detector(s) used
- Deep gold detectors I've designed
- Primary Interest:
- Other
Howdy friends! My previous post was about selling my detector designs to a company. This post is about the idea of starting my own metal detecting company.
Outline of my detectors:
The present design can detect a modern U.S. nickle about 3 feet down out in typical ground, over 3 feet in air tests. The new design that I'm working on is predicted to detect a nickle at least 4 feet deep in ground. As the operator moves or sweeps the coil they'll see a map showing the scanned ground. Magnetic materials such as magnetite show up as a certain color. Materials such as iron have their own color. Dielectric materials have their own color. Each object has an intensity, x/y location of the map, and a depth. At any time you can enter map mode. For example if you see a nugget then you might want to map out the area around it. It doesn't matter how many objects are near the gold nugget, as each object will show up in the map. There could be a piece magnetite and a nail next to the nugget. In map mode you sweep the coil back & forth while slowly moving forward/backward. After scanning your desired area the detector will display a map, either 2D or 3D if you want. If an object is large enough you'll see it's actual shape & size. This may sound like a GPR unit, but this metal detector operates in VLF & LF frequencies.
One feature I hope to add to the new design that's of special interest to me is deep map scanning. Normal map scanning doesn't take long. Deep map scanning can take awhile, depending on depth and desired area. Deep map scanning will work best with large coils, at least 3 feet. Since the detector is capable of detecting all materials, that means empty voids are detectable as well. You could map out large areas covering thousands of square feet showing caves & mines. Deep map mode would be the closest to an actual GPR.
An area of great personal interest is the possibility of scanning for precious gemstones. Some materials such as diamonds, rubies, & sapphires have high dielectric constants, but so can salt. Although if the detector can get an accurate reading of it's relative resistance in addition to it's dielectric strength, then it can determine if it's a precious stone. This is experimental, so I'm not sure how feasible it would be with this technology.
As far as creating my own metal detecting company, there are a few possibilities. I could do everything myself, but then what about the following scenario? I spend lots of money starting a metal detector company with a certain amount of detectors prebuilt and ready for sales. Metal detector companies buy one of my detectors, open it up, learns the secret, designs their own version using the technique and starts selling them. One idea is that I could collect a list of names or presales of people who are willing to pay a high price. When the list reaches the minimum specified number of people, then a notice would be send out where they could buy the detector. Of course this is a list of people who merely said they'll buy the detector. They don't have to buy it. So if the total sales reaches the minimum expectation, then the detectors will be built and sent. Otherwise the detectors won't be built and I'll forget about creating a company.
Please note that this detector is for people who are serious about finding gold & treasure. I've done extensive research in geology and metal detecting. Of course there's always new gold such as lode gold breaking off into rivers after storms. There are always the lucky ones as well. Besides locations that's extremely difficult to access, it appears that most good ground has been scanned, to a certain depth of course. Of course that's limited to a specific depth relative to nugget size & shape, ground type, environment noise level. So for example if we're talking about nickle size nuggets, and lets assume some specific ground has only been scanned by detectors capable of detecting that size nugget 10 inches down, then everything below 10 inches is considered virgin ground. With my detector every location on Earth that hasn't been excavated is virgin ground! This is like the olden days before metal detectors were invented, except that you need to dig deeper, ~ 1 to 5 feet deep. Digging 4 feet down is a lot of work, although some people call it exercise, but with my detector there's a significantly higher chance that the buried object is what you want, and you'll also have a good idea on it's size and depth.
So if there are any serious hunters that have by slim chance read up to here, what's the absolute maximum price you would pay for the aforementioned detector (also GPR scanner) if you were given the chance to be one of the 1st wave of buyers, meaning that since the beginning of time the ground has never been scanned to such depths, virgin ground? Please send your answer in private if you wish.
Thanks,
Paul
Outline of my detectors:
The present design can detect a modern U.S. nickle about 3 feet down out in typical ground, over 3 feet in air tests. The new design that I'm working on is predicted to detect a nickle at least 4 feet deep in ground. As the operator moves or sweeps the coil they'll see a map showing the scanned ground. Magnetic materials such as magnetite show up as a certain color. Materials such as iron have their own color. Dielectric materials have their own color. Each object has an intensity, x/y location of the map, and a depth. At any time you can enter map mode. For example if you see a nugget then you might want to map out the area around it. It doesn't matter how many objects are near the gold nugget, as each object will show up in the map. There could be a piece magnetite and a nail next to the nugget. In map mode you sweep the coil back & forth while slowly moving forward/backward. After scanning your desired area the detector will display a map, either 2D or 3D if you want. If an object is large enough you'll see it's actual shape & size. This may sound like a GPR unit, but this metal detector operates in VLF & LF frequencies.
One feature I hope to add to the new design that's of special interest to me is deep map scanning. Normal map scanning doesn't take long. Deep map scanning can take awhile, depending on depth and desired area. Deep map scanning will work best with large coils, at least 3 feet. Since the detector is capable of detecting all materials, that means empty voids are detectable as well. You could map out large areas covering thousands of square feet showing caves & mines. Deep map mode would be the closest to an actual GPR.
An area of great personal interest is the possibility of scanning for precious gemstones. Some materials such as diamonds, rubies, & sapphires have high dielectric constants, but so can salt. Although if the detector can get an accurate reading of it's relative resistance in addition to it's dielectric strength, then it can determine if it's a precious stone. This is experimental, so I'm not sure how feasible it would be with this technology.
As far as creating my own metal detecting company, there are a few possibilities. I could do everything myself, but then what about the following scenario? I spend lots of money starting a metal detector company with a certain amount of detectors prebuilt and ready for sales. Metal detector companies buy one of my detectors, open it up, learns the secret, designs their own version using the technique and starts selling them. One idea is that I could collect a list of names or presales of people who are willing to pay a high price. When the list reaches the minimum specified number of people, then a notice would be send out where they could buy the detector. Of course this is a list of people who merely said they'll buy the detector. They don't have to buy it. So if the total sales reaches the minimum expectation, then the detectors will be built and sent. Otherwise the detectors won't be built and I'll forget about creating a company.
Please note that this detector is for people who are serious about finding gold & treasure. I've done extensive research in geology and metal detecting. Of course there's always new gold such as lode gold breaking off into rivers after storms. There are always the lucky ones as well. Besides locations that's extremely difficult to access, it appears that most good ground has been scanned, to a certain depth of course. Of course that's limited to a specific depth relative to nugget size & shape, ground type, environment noise level. So for example if we're talking about nickle size nuggets, and lets assume some specific ground has only been scanned by detectors capable of detecting that size nugget 10 inches down, then everything below 10 inches is considered virgin ground. With my detector every location on Earth that hasn't been excavated is virgin ground! This is like the olden days before metal detectors were invented, except that you need to dig deeper, ~ 1 to 5 feet deep. Digging 4 feet down is a lot of work, although some people call it exercise, but with my detector there's a significantly higher chance that the buried object is what you want, and you'll also have a good idea on it's size and depth.
So if there are any serious hunters that have by slim chance read up to here, what's the absolute maximum price you would pay for the aforementioned detector (also GPR scanner) if you were given the chance to be one of the 1st wave of buyers, meaning that since the beginning of time the ground has never been scanned to such depths, virgin ground? Please send your answer in private if you wish.
Thanks,
Paul
Nothings for sale. No plans.
