pure gold vs pure silver target
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You can Google the answer, it is silver. Google conductivity of gold vs silver.
A lot will depend on your definitions. What do you mean by "volume"? Their specific gravity is vastly different. Size, weight, and surface area play a large part in the kind of signal you will get from any metallic target, Look at aluminum....a gum rapper vs a pull tab vs a soda can. A gold stud earring reads down by iron, a $20 gold piece is up in the copper cent range. In a similar size comparison (same shape, surface area, and orientation, but not weight) the gold item will read lower in conductivity than it's silver counterpart. Now signal strength is another issue. Then the frequency used will play a part in that.
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I found this 22k gold pendant in a sand volleyball court yesterday and it sounded like a piece of can slaw. It rang up just below a nickel. Basically the higher the purity of the gold the lower the tone or Target ID will be.
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Silver will have a higher VID and tone if that is what your Grandfather is speaking of. Also consider, a gold target of the same volume; it will have a mid or lower VID and corresponding tone. In each of these cases the "better signal" would depend on the operating frequency of the machine and other factors. If I was a betting man, I would assume that your Grandfather is speaking of tone.
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Silver = high conductor
Gold = low conductor
Both give clear signals If all parameters are equal.
Silver high tone
Gold low tone above iron.
I think you’re both right or both wrong. Lol
Gold = low conductor
Both give clear signals If all parameters are equal.
Silver high tone
Gold low tone above iron.
I think you’re both right or both wrong. Lol
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Pure silver would be higher on the conductivity scale than pure gold, with pure copper between the two. All three would pretty far to the right, though.
If both targets are the exact shape and size at one cubic inch, I'm guessing signal strength would be pretty even. Not sure if frequency would have any noticeable effect since both targets (in pure form) are in fairly close proximity on the VDI scale.
If both targets are the exact shape and size at one cubic inch, I'm guessing signal strength would be pretty even. Not sure if frequency would have any noticeable effect since both targets (in pure form) are in fairly close proximity on the VDI scale.
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Not only is silver more conductive, but it retains the magnetic field, generated by the conductance, longer. That magnetic field is the key to being "seen" by the detector, and is why ferrous targets are more easily detected than non-ferrous, even though iron is less conductive than gold, silver, copper, etc.
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the gold bug 2 (freq 71 khz ) is made for low conductive targets??....i guess they should of called it the silver bug and i lost the bet then
Yes, the high frequencies of the Gold Bugs are meant for low conductors.....mainly gold. Why should they call it a Silver Bug since silver is a high conductor?
