Reaper

Thanks for all the help. Was a very interesting day. I think the fact that I was in an area rich in Iron ore, probably one of the richest Iron ore areas on earth, threw the thing a little.  I would get a target ranging from 34 to 40 at a maximum depth. Would start digging - scan again the reading would disappear. The other reading I would get sometimes was 2 to 3 (earings symbol) again at a maximum depth. Scan the area again and it would disappear.  Scan it again and would get a weaker hit in the same place. The area was hard to explore due to thick mud, inclines and heat. Also had the distinct feeling I was being overlooked by a jaguar at one point.

BTW, what is the symbol next to the earrings at about 5. Is that a wrapper? Could not find a description of the symbols anywhere. Is the symbol at 25 a bottle cap?

23 minutes ago, GB_Amateur said:

Small lead is an alternative.

Depends upon how small.  It should be at least as good as the Fisher Gold Bug (19 kHz) family and they've found a lot of small gold, although not as small as the 50-70 kHz detectors.

As has been said many times:  among detector, detectorist, and site, the detector usually is the least important of the three.

Go out there and have fun.  You might find some gold along the way.

 

Thank you very much for this. 

Looking for gold tomorrow. New to everything. What is the best setting for gold if anyone knows?

I will do my best to calibrate the detector tomorrow and was thinking of trying to use some gold jewelery to attempt calibration test. I was told by someone in a hiking shop the Vanquish 440 does not have the frequency to pick up small fragments of gold, is this true? Would the “all metal” and a high sensitivity setting give me the best chance if there is not too much interference in the soil?

Thanks in advance guys.