Mineralization

[jmz82]

How do I know if the soil in my area is high in mineralization and what exactly does that even mean? I'm in the Pittsburgh area if that helps.

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

A History of Mining on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska - Grab it through Amazon!

[relicmeister]

I don't really know How you know the degree of mineralization, and I think it varies even within a specific region.
Most new machines have a ground-balance feature that will null the mineralization out of the signal. Even then you
will have to adjust the GB from time to time to account for drift and variations in soils.

 

[RobRieman]

How do I know if the soil in my area is high in mineralization and what exactly does that even mean? I'm in the Pittsburgh area if that helps.

Borrow someone's detector with GB and it will tell you the mineralization. Or ask someone that hunts in your area with a good detector.

 

[jmz82]

I don't really know How you know the degree of mineralization, and I think it varies even within a specific region. Most new machines have a ground-balance feature that will null the mineralization out of the signal. Even then you will have to adjust the GB from time to time to account for drift and variations in soils.

Thanks, I was considering getting a Fisher F2, I read the dd coil does better in soil that is high in mineralization. I don't think the soil here is bad but I really have no idea.

 

[Terry Soloman]

You'll do just fine with the stock coil on the F2. Spend that extra money on a pinpointer.