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Ask The Experts—Difference between a Geiger counter and scintillator
October 2011 by Chris Ralph
Would you explain the difference between a Geiger counter and a scintillator and how they operate in uranium prospecting?Ask The Experts: Small-scale drilling
Q: What is available to a small prospector? How does one prospect (drill) into the walls of an old hard rock mine to see what is 10 feet beyond...
Ask the Experts: Who manufactures the diagonal vibrating table?
Q: Who manufactures the diagonal vibrating table?
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Q: Will my detector react to fine gold?
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Hydraulic remnants or just lose material?
The Portable XRF Gun
While there is no metal detector that will see only gold, there is a device that can reliably distinguish gold from lead, copper, iron or other metals. It is an X-Ray fluorescence tester, sometimes called an XRF gun.
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Q: What amount of silver is considered the best find ever?
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