Prospecting & Detecting
Detecting Basics: Lose the Bad Habits Not the Gold
February 2017 by Ray Mills
I will make the assumption that when any of you take a detector in your hand and head out prospecting for gold you are probably anticipating finding some gold. That’s the general idea, right?
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When detecting an area that has been cleaned to bedrock and you have new trees growing, always make sure you get your coil as close as possible to the tree. Why?
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