What is this rock? My detector is picking it up.

[okdiggermark]

Can anyone tell me what this rock is? I'm thinking it's granite, maybe? I've posted a video of it....

 

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[okdiggermark]

Flour gold will not cause a detector to respond.

Interesting as well! But regardless, it's still setting my detector off even after I've washed it. It's extremely clean in the video where it's still reacting to the rock.

 

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[TheRockDoc]

I would have posted a thread like this if you hadnt... I found a singin rock the other day too.... its not heavy like metal, its weight is, well .... like a rock, maybe i will take the hammer to it... I have an etrac by the way.

 

[TORRERO]

Can you manually ground balance this machine ?
I have seen a Tesoro pick up hot looking rocks on the beach that my DFX would not sound off on
in all metal mode...
Long ago I remember rocks like this, that would pick up all the way on max descrim and you could
ground balance this out with a manual ground balance machine....

maybe...

Gosh, I wish I had manual ground balance. My Garrett is automatic.

I had a Tesoro that was picking up "Hot Rocks" on the beach, and it did not have a manual ground
balance.
But in the past I have had machines that do have this feature and when properly balanced will
ignore these types of rocks....
The machine basically see a ghost...
Or the rock is much more positive than the Negative area around it ... so it beeps...
Black sand beaches are the same way...
Like the machine see's nothing but a big piece of metal all the time under the coil, until
you balance it out...
You can't do this with a factory preset model like yours...

 

[okdiggermark]

Thank everyone for your posts. They were very enlightening. My next machine will have manual ground balance.

 

[Frankn]

Jason, I made a few bucks on that flour gold that didn't respond. Frank

 

[Jason in Enid]

Jason, I made a few bucks on that flour gold that didn't respond. Frank

It's a pure lie and you know it! No detector in the world will respond to flour gold. It takes a $5000 Minelab to detect even tiny pickers. Odd how you also have garbage to spout to but never have finds to show.

 

[okdiggermark]

Jason, I made a few bucks on that flour gold that didn't respond. Frank

It's a pure lie and you know it! No detector in the world will respond to flour gold. It takes a $5000 Minelab to detect even tiny pickers. Odd how you also have garbage to spout to but never have finds to show.

Jason, if there were a BUNCH of flour gold it MAY detect it.

 

[Jason in Enid]

Jason, I made a few bucks on that flour gold that didn't respond. Frank

It's a pure lie and you know it! No detector in the world will respond to flour gold. It takes a $5000 Minelab to detect even tiny pickers. Odd how you also have garbage to spout to but never have finds to show.

Jason, if there were a BUNCH of flour gold it MAY detect it.

Nope, it won't. For the same reason most detectors can't find gold chains and necklaces. The chains respond as a group of individual targets, not one large one. If your detector can't read the individual links it can't read the chain. Same principal except on a vastly smaller scale. Flour gold, litteraly is gold particals the size of grains of flour. No detector ever made can get a response from that. If it was possible, placer mining would be a whole new ballgame.

 

[iCandy]

Jason, Frank doesn't lie! As I've said before, he's very wise & knowledgeable. I've learned so much from Frank...& am very thankful for him. He's a wonderful person & if you would listen to him, I guarantee you would learn alot too! NTM, wether you agree or disagree, you should respect your elders. And I've seen some of Franks finds.....he's been doing this longer than you or I. Perhaps if you would lay off the arguing & instead learn something from Frank, eventually he might show you some of his finds....& he might even teach you a thing or two....like he has me.

 

[okdiggermark]

Jason, Frank doesn't lie! As I've said before, he's very wise & knowledgeable. I've learned so much from Frank...& am very thankful for him. He's a wonderful person & if you would listen to him, I guarantee you would learn alot too! NTM, wether you agree or disagree, you should respect your elders. And I've seen some of Franks finds.....he's been doing this longer than you or I. Perhaps if you would lay off the arguing & instead learn something from Frank, eventually he might show you some of his finds....& he might even teach you a thing or two....like he has me.

You are awesome icandy!!!

 

[iCandy]

You can call me Adrian

 

[okdiggermark]

You can call me Adrian

I think you're awesome Adrian!!! 

 

[Smurufett]

I dont do metal detecting I hunt Indian Artifacts , Minerial Specimens , Fossils and such . But I think it could be Pyrite . It is found from the East to West coast . Wouldnt a detector pick it up . You know Pyrite is what they call fools gold and it could come in a silver or gold color .

 

[okdiggermark]

I dont do metal detecting I hunt Indian Artifacts , Minerial Specimens , Fossils and such . But I think it could be Pyrite . It is found from the East to West coast . Wouldnt a detector pick it up . You know Pyrite is what they call fools gold and it could come in a silver or gold color .

Do you think the rock in my video looks like Pyrite?

 

[TORRERO]

I dont do metal detecting I hunt Indian Artifacts , Minerial Specimens , Fossils and such . But I think it could be Pyrite . It is found from the East to West coast . Wouldnt a detector pick it up . You know Pyrite is what they call fools gold and it could come in a silver or gold color .

Do you think the rock in my video looks like Pyrite?

no

 

[okdiggermark]

I dont do metal detecting I hunt Indian Artifacts , Minerial Specimens , Fossils and such . But I think it could be Pyrite . It is found from the East to West coast . Wouldnt a detector pick it up . You know Pyrite is what they call fools gold and it could come in a silver or gold color .

Do you think the rock in my video looks like Pyrite?

no

I think I'm just going to have to take a hammer to it. Meant to do it last night but got busy.

 

[Frankn]

I found some pyrite at the Silver King Mine in my wanderings and I tested it. Here's how you tell.
When you heat pyrite it doesn't melt, it burnes. It actually catches on fire.

Jason, Can't pick up flour gold because it is like a fine gold chain? I guess i didn't find this either.LOL
Frank

 

[okdiggermark]

Nice find Frank! Way to go!!! What did you heat the pyrite with, a torch?

 

[Jason in Enid]

I found some pyrite at the Silver King Mine in my wanderings and I tested it. Here's how you tell.
When you heat pyrite it doesn't melt, it burnes. It actually catches on fire.

Jason, Can't pick up flour gold because it is like a fine gold chain? I guess i didn't find this either.LOL
Frank

Thats because it has a pendant on it. Take it off and try it. Even if you have a gold tuned detector and a thick rope chain, still doesn't make detecting gold dust possible!

 

[okdiggermark]

I found some pyrite at the Silver King Mine in my wanderings and I tested it. Here's how you tell.
When you heat pyrite it doesn't melt, it burnes. It actually catches on fire.

Jason, Can't pick up flour gold because it is like a fine gold chain? I guess i didn't find this either.LOL
Frank

Thats because it has a pendant on it. Take it off and try it. Even if you have a gold tuned detector and a thick rope chain, still doesn't make detecting gold dust possible!

Now c'mon Jason....don't know what detector you use, but if it doesn't pick up gold....you should strongly consider upgrading. I know if mine didn't I'd be trading up!