Hello to my new found friends
I have received so much solid information on these sites in the past few weeks I felt I needed to return the favor. I sure wish this board was around back in the eighties for sure it has answered a lot of questions I had .
My partner and I would be able to do long range detecting (one instance 20 miles) of signals.
To do this place an object that you are looking for(such as a silver dollar) on the ground and in the sun.
Let the sun warm it up (usually one hour)
While you are waiting place another coin similar to the one on the ground on your rod (at the tip)
Walk around the coin on the ground in a circular motion with the rods positioned as normal would.
When you get the first cross rods that object is the closest ,but continue walking. You will find more often then not you will get more signals but more fainter then the first.Those will be the ones farther away..
Then pick the one signal you want to try, pick up the coin from the ground(this will break the signal lines from the other picks and walk in a straight line as a base line of a pyramid .When the signal is crossed again you will often noticed you had just created a pyramid.
Now with the help of your partner(this can be a little tricky) get in your vehicle and drive parallel to the signal if possible. While one of you is driving the other should be always be letting the rod work. You will find that after some practice you will be able to triangulate in your mind on where the tip of the pyramid is(or you can use a map,compass, and ruler to triangulate)
As you gain experience in this you will notice you dont have to put the coin on the rod
hope this helps someone
mike
I have received so much solid information on these sites in the past few weeks I felt I needed to return the favor. I sure wish this board was around back in the eighties for sure it has answered a lot of questions I had .
My partner and I would be able to do long range detecting (one instance 20 miles) of signals.
To do this place an object that you are looking for(such as a silver dollar) on the ground and in the sun.
Let the sun warm it up (usually one hour)
While you are waiting place another coin similar to the one on the ground on your rod (at the tip)
Walk around the coin on the ground in a circular motion with the rods positioned as normal would.
When you get the first cross rods that object is the closest ,but continue walking. You will find more often then not you will get more signals but more fainter then the first.Those will be the ones farther away..
Then pick the one signal you want to try, pick up the coin from the ground(this will break the signal lines from the other picks and walk in a straight line as a base line of a pyramid .When the signal is crossed again you will often noticed you had just created a pyramid.
Now with the help of your partner(this can be a little tricky) get in your vehicle and drive parallel to the signal if possible. While one of you is driving the other should be always be letting the rod work. You will find that after some practice you will be able to triangulate in your mind on where the tip of the pyramid is(or you can use a map,compass, and ruler to triangulate)
As you gain experience in this you will notice you dont have to put the coin on the rod
hope this helps someone
mike
