firebird
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I went metal detecting for the first time today with a cheap metal detector in Briceburg near Yosemite, along the Merced river. Didn't find anything interesting aside from trash but it does work. One odd thing I noticed though is that some large rocks are also producing a signal, like that biggest rock here at the bottom of the picture. Wasn't able to get a closer picture, but it's just a large, dark colored rock that didn't look particularly special but was really heavy and large, only a sledgehammer would be able to break it open.
Why would it be producing a signal, are these rocks full of iron concentrations large enough to set off the metal detector? I spend my time here just panning for gold instead since there are small flakes here and there but there's also a huge amount of black iron sand.
Why would it be producing a signal, are these rocks full of iron concentrations large enough to set off the metal detector? I spend my time here just panning for gold instead since there are small flakes here and there but there's also a huge amount of black iron sand.
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