Some people believe you have to spend a lot of money on a metal detector if you want to be successful at finding gold nuggets with it. There is also a tendency to recommend pulse induction (PI) metal detectors over induction balance (IB) detectors, also commonly referred to as VLF (very...
Recently in Australia two fist sized gold nuggets were found. Still you just may have some iron staining on your quartz which is plenty to set off a metal detector and without proper testing it can’t be said what metals your rock may contain and most chunks of quartz will show some ...
Last month, Part I of this article explained the basic features that a VLF detector must have in order for it to be effective in searching for gold nuggets. To recap, the VLF gold nugget detector you are looking for must have: 1. An adjustable ground balance, whether manual or automatic...