"How Deep Will It Go?"
The Million Dollar Question everyone wants to know.
The truth is there are many things that can effect depth
1) Size of the object
a: of course a smashed can will be picked up by the
detector deeper than a dime
2) Conductivity of the metal
a: generally speaking metals that have higher
conductivity such as copper or silver will
be
picked up at greater depths than metals of
a
lower conductivity such as Gold
3) How long the object has been in the ground
( halo effect )
a: what happens here is the metal deteriorates over
time and leaches out into the ground making the
object appear larger than it is
4) Ground Mineralization
( how much iron is naturally in the soil )
a: ground that has a very high iron content is more
difficult for the signal to penetrate
b: this can be overcome to some extent by multi-
frequency or pulse induction detectors
5) Operating Frequency of the Metal Detector
a: this mainly depends on what you are looking for
b: most Gold seeking machines are of a higher
frequency than standard detectors. Or are
Pulse
Induction type
