Has Anybody Ever Trained a Dog to Find Silver?

[AusTexDude]

Silver stinks and a dog could easily find it buried probably deeper than a MD could. Has anyone ever heard of this being done?

 

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[Rookster]

No, but my daughter's dog must think she can. Holes all in my back yard. I buy a bag of sand every 2 weeks. That's life.

 

[AusTexDude]

Seriously... In the approx the same amount of time it takes to get used to a metal detector's beeps you could train a dog to find silver. Talk about discrimination you know the dog is ONLY going to spot when it finds silver and no other metals.

 

[AusTexDude]

Well that sums it up then. When I get back from my trip I'm going to get a dog and train him to find silver.

 

[GA_Boy]

Well that sums it up then. When I get back from my trip I'm going to get a dog and train him to find silver.

Nah, get two dogs------------------one for Silver and one for Gold. Ya gotta think outada box.
Marvin

 

[AusTexDude]

Nah, get two dogs------------------one for Silver and one for Gold. Ya gotta think outada box.
Marvin

Gold does not smell. When silver oxidizes it puts off a very distinctive odor. Since gold does not oxidize it does not smell.

 

[Nick79]

Just tried it. No luck, but if the dog doesn't obey, he knows I am ready for the next step hahaha

 

[ContactGSW]

Actually it could be a workable idea, intriguing for gold and silver. There is a fantastic book, What The Dog Knows, by Cat Warren, about her experience training cadaver dogs. I know her name is ironic. These dogs, trained correctly only ID human remains, they ignore live humans, dead rabbits etc. She detailed how a dog IDed unmarked Civil War burials after over 100 years in the deep ground.

 

[AusTexDude]

Actually it could be a workable idea, intriguing for gold and silver. There is a fantastic book, What The Dog Knows, by Cat Warren, about her experience training cadaver dogs. I know her name is ironic. These dogs, trained correctly only ID human remains, they ignore live humans, dead rabbits etc. She detailed how a dog IDed unmarked Civil War burials after over 100 years in the deep ground.

Very workable. A dog could easily sniff out a horde of buried silver. The older the silver the more it will stink like tarnish making older silver easier to find.

 

[against the wind]

Dogs are trained to sniff out all sorts of items. From explosives to human remains to drugs. What would the expense be to have a dog trained to sniff out and detect silver?

 

[Tommybuckets]

A very workable idea. Now you just need the right dog lol. I tried this with a lack of success with my dog. He barley has the patience to sniff out food and he doesn't seem to have a great nose. There are other threads on here about this.

 

[Tommybuckets]

They would probably have no hard time sniffing out currency as well.

 

[Blak bart]

There is a thread here on t-net about this topic, I think its titled "my dog finds treasure what does your dog do" im not sure on that title, but I know this dog dug a silver dollar out of a creek bank !! So ya......they can de trained to find silver. Its like austexdude said, silver oxide has a distinct smell. I can smell it, so should be no problem for a dog to be trained up to hunt for it. Ill try to find the thread.

 

[Oddjob]

Working with a K9 can be very hard and stressful on the K9, I have two retired ones my self. They can burn out pretty fast.

 

[RTR]

Fat chance of that happening.My dog only wants to eat,sleep,lick and drive

 

[Oddjob]

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Fat chance of that happening.My dog only wants to eat,sleep,lick and drive

Dude with that car everything would want to get in and drive.

 

[River Rat]

Yes, they can be trained. Checkout Dano91 & Yogi... http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/techniques/15153-yogi-work.html

 

[worldtalker]

What about pigs??

GOD Bless

Chris