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Hot Rocks and Mineralized Soils

Hot rocks

Iron rocks

Salty and alkali soils

0-5 / 95-99

5-25

25-35

Non-ferrous Metals

Gold nuggets and coins

Silver and lead

Brass and copper

Aluminum

54-89

80-95

90-97

93-97

Trash Metals

Iron, nuts and bolts, nails

Folio

Pull-tabs

Bottle caps

5-25

45-50

55-60

78-82

US Modern Coins

US 5 cent (nickel)

US 10 cent (dime)

US 25 cent (quarter)

56-58

84-86

88-92

Europe Modern Coins

10/20/50 Euro cent

1 Euro

2 Euro

81-82

83-85

74-75

As mentioned before, Target ID is a 2-digit number produced by the detector and it gives

you an idea about what the target may be. The number is displayed both on the LCD panel

and the numeric display on the handle.

Under certain conditions, the device may generate multiple IDs for the same target. There

may be a few reasons for this: target orientation, target depth, purity of metal, corrosion,

ground mineralization etc. Based on these factors, even the sweep direction may cause the

device to generate multiple IDs.

On the other hand, the device may not give any ID under some circumstances. For the

device to generate an ID, the target signal must be strong enough for signal processing.

Therefore, although it may detect very deep or small targets, it may not be able to generate

an ID.

In addition to the target ID, there is a color scale at the top of the LCD panel which

represents rocks, iron and metals encountered in the field. When a target is detected,

simultaneously with the display of the target ID, the target ID indicator (horizontal bar)

shows the color range corresponding to the detected target.

What you should keep in mind is that the target ID and colors are estimated values and

there is no way of knowing for sure what’s buried other than to dig it up.

Non-ferrous metals such as copper, aluminum, lead etc. have high IDs. The ID range of

gold, however, is broad and can fall in the same range with some trash metals such as iron,

folio, screw caps, and pull-tabs. Therefore, if you are looking for gold targets, digging out

some trash metals is expectable.

Probable IDs and ranges of some targets are shown in the table below:

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