I live around a lot of iron ore. Needing to find a white gold ring that's been lost. Will this detector work for this?
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should work, need to read the manual on how natualize the ground so the detector will discrimanate the iron and detect other materials. good luck
1752851
Yes it will find the white gold ring, lower the discrimination level to (Irn3). Read the manual to set a custom discrimination level, you can also try it with program 1. This is a great detector for the money, take it from someone who has $1500 detectors. But you must read the manual several times!!!
1752852
The timeranger has several settings that can distinguish in various ferrous metals, the instruction manual explains how to set it. It has a setting to gold. The time ranger is advertised as one of the better metal detectors.
1752853
Yes it will work under those conditions and find your ring if you know where to look for it !I detect in areas with my time ranger where there is a lot of black magnetic sands and hot rocks this unit picks up everything my detectors costing twice as much do.. if you buy it here at Amazon like I did it is areal bargain...
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You do have to be pretty close to the wire for the sensor to pick it up, so I don't think it would detect it at all underground. Besides that, even if it could, it's not designed to clarify where an abrupt end to a signal is, so if you lost the signal, it could mean the wire is broke or you are no longer following the wire. Bottom line, this tool is not the way to resolve your problem.
1468786
It really depends on the size of the object, which is true for most detectors anyway however I have found dimes & pennies with this detector as far down as 10 Inches.
1581206
The metal detector will work fine in all terrains, the only things that will mess with it are areas that re high in metal content. Water puddles might not work real well either.
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It is good on gold rings, but if you are looking for gold targets less than 1-2 grams, I would use another detector. VLF gold detectors like the X-terra 705, Gold Bug, AT Gold, or even an $150 Tesaro Compare will find gold specs better. Gold chains are detected no better than there biggest link by any detector. If you are gold prospecting consider a PI detector, instead of the VLF detectors above. The ETrac is tuned for finding silver coins 2 grams or larger and is one of the best at doing so. Nuggets under 1gram and a most chains will barely sound off if you rub them against the coil.
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No, I suggest much more advanced metal detector. For this o e to detect. Anything the object had to literally
3049
This detector wont be able to tell the difference between gold and nails in your floor boards. Gold and iron are similar based on how the detector works. As far as trying to find a bracelet inside your home with one, that part im confused on. Do you think somehow it fell in duct work or in a crack in the hardwood floors?
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I have used it to find an iron pipe about 18" underground. Sometimes it would lose track of the pipe and then pick it up further down the line. Not sure why this is. If it could only find exactly where the leaks are it would really be amazing! Unfortunately, metal detectors are not designed to locate leaks, they just locate the pipe which is a big help. I have found three leaks in an old irrigation system thus far but the next one is still eluding me. There must be a leak as water is going in and not coming out. It has also picked up miscellaneous things a couple of inches from the surface located while searching for the pipe. I have been very pleased with it especially given the price. I have used it to find an iron pipe about 18" underground. Sometimes it would lose track of the pipe and then pick it up further down the line. Not sure why this is. If it could only find exactly where the leaks are it would really be amazing! Unfortunately, metal detectors are not designed to locate leaks, they just locate the pipe which is a big help. I have found three leaks in an old irrigation system thus far but the next one is still eluding me. There must be a leak as water is going in and not coming out. It has also picked up miscellaneous things a couple of inches from the... » Read More I have used it to find an iron pipe about 18" underground. Sometimes it would lose track of the pipe and then pick it up further down the line. Not sure why this is. If it could only find exactly where the leaks are it would really be amazing! Unfortunately, metal detectors are not designed to locate leaks, they just locate the pipe which is a big help. I have found three leaks in an old irrigation system thus far but the next one is still eluding me. There must be a leak as water is going in and not coming out. It has also picked up miscellaneous things a couple of inches from the surface located while searching for the pipe. I have been very pleased with it especially given the price. « Show Less
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If it is inside the home, any detector will be difficult to locate the ring. This one will definitely pick it up, however it will ring up nearly the same as a nail or pull tab.
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Sorry for delay -I was overseas, and had to test. I used my 14K wedding ring, and the scanner could pick it up from about 1" away. I suppose it would matter where you lost it, but it will detect.
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This will not work underwater and you need to be within about 3 inches to detect metal, I suggest a gaff hook and long rope.
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It depends.If your slice box has a lot of metal in its construction, i.e. nuts bolts rivets or metal rib dividers it probably will not work at detecting fine gold particles because it will be detecting metal all the time from the construction of the box itself. Now if you're checking areas of the box with no metal in its immediate area it will probably work ok especially on larger nuggets. Detecting fine dust like particles well you would just have to try and see if it would pick up something that extremely small. For a good general purpose pinpointer as it was intended to be it works Great, I have had very good luck with mine so far and I can't wait for the snow to melt so I can use it again, it has been a valuable tool that has saved me a lot of time and aggravation, as well as helped me find things I never would have found without it. Hope this helps ...Good luck...and Good Hunting.
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It can detect a dime at 9-10 inches in good soil and ID it correctly. Larger objects, deeper. Deeper than that, an object near it's limit of detection, typically will ID as iron on VLF machines. As my location has very bad soil, I am routinely limited to 3-5 inches, and quickly learned that depth is not they key characteristic you look for. The E-Trac's seperation (between targets and trash) and ability to detect coins on edge make seperate it from other detectors.
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My Bounty Hunter pin pointer can detect metals from 3/4" to 1" away from it's tip. But that is only after carefully fine tuning the sensitivity at the on-off knob. If you happen to touch the knob after adjustment, you stand the chance of knocking it out of adjustment and will have to start all over again. Bottom line is it's less expensive than the others on the market and it suits my needs, but it requires the user to perform sensitivity adjustment before use.
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Yes but I do not recomend buying do to the large number of false alarms even after adjusting to the lowest sensitivity. Do not buy this detector for outdoor or driveway alarm.
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I would buy a better metal detector. ... this one is very cheap. ... u need to be really close to the metal in order for it to detect.
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Most probably. You will need to get a 1/4" male to 3.5mm female connector, such as Monoprice 105493 6.35-mm Mono Plug to 3.5mm Metal Jack AdapterExcellent metal detector at a great price.