Eurotek Pro readings for gold?

[JunkLover]

I'm not holding out any hope for finding gold, but you never know. The thing is, it seems like gold always has the widest reading range of any metal, regardless of detector. I just don't want to possibly skip over gold because I'm assuming it's junk. Other sources say gold can read as low as 30 and as high as 77. I know sometimes there's just no way to know if something is trash or treasure until you dig it, but no other metal seems to give such different readings.

For the other ETP users here, what's your experience in finding gold? What kinds of readings do you get? I don't have any gold items to test with mine. I mean I'm still using a cheat sheet for mine because I haven't memorized all the possible numbers yet, so maybe I shouldn't be going for the gold until I do.

 

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[Loco-Digger]

Take some gold jewelry, preferably different sized pieces and do an air test. You will need to dig a lot of trash if you want gold, JMHO.

 

[dogteam]

I'm curious too, I've been meaning to try it out, I have a few gold rings that I could play with. I'll let you know what I find. I'm guessing that buried gold wouldn't change the signature over time like with corroded base metals?
I'm worried that those "sketchy" signals that I'm passing over might be something good...:P
So far I haven't hunted locations where gold is likely though. No beaches. The one lakeshore I hunted was disappointing...the ony thing I got was pennies, and they were absolutely toasted... just a lump of corrosion.

 

[RustyGold]

I just tried a small gold ring and a large Men's wedding band with white gold and yellow gold, both in 14K.
Men's Band yellow/white 14K 63 (62-64)
Women's med/small 14K ring 56-57

 

[JunkLover]

Seems like the size of the gold will influence the reading along with the metal itself. Then again, I don't know what, say, a hunk of silver would sound like compared to a silver coin. In any case, seems like a solid signal is worth a dig. I'd probably skip over something reading 62-64 because I'd be thinking it was a pull tab or bottle cap.

In any case, thanks very much for the info! I think I'm just going to have to dig any non-ferrous solid signals with crossed fingers.

 

[Olegrumpy]

A 4 gram 18k wedding band registered 62 (solid/surface) on my ETP

My own 7 gram band registers 58.

A 22k thin, but large, earring : 68.

There's no rule.

The shape, alloy and mass each play their own part in the ID process.

I still dig the 37-39 range, as some of my thin gold jewelry registers there. Well, it registers in the low 40s, but it bounces into the high 30. If you silence iron, you might pass the gold. I do this when hunting for jewelry, when I hunt for coins, I silence the iron.

We hope here for an EuroF 44...

 

[angleofattack]

mine reads a 56 or 57 on 10k and 64 on 14k
I love this machine

 

[Keppy]

The best way to find the number read for your detector .. Is take items you hunt run your detector over them and BINGO you got the numbers for your detector.... you said your self they run as low as 30 and as high as 70 ... so you got your answer your self..

 

[Mike Hillis]

When looking for rings, start by looking for solid numbers above 36. Doesn't matter what the number is. If you get a stable number or something that stays close to a stable number, recover it. Rings will hit all over the place, but they have the same thing in common; they are round and give pretty stable numbers.

Good luck.
HH
Mike

 

[longbone]

very good advice.

 

[ZR2guy]

When looking for rings, start by looking for solid numbers above 36. Doesn't matter what the number is. If you get a stable number or something that stays close to a stable number, recover it. Rings will hit all over the place, but they have the same thing in common; they are round and give pretty stable numbers.

Good luck.
HH
Mike

Small pieces of can slaw also give pretty stable readings. Ask me how I know.