Salt Lakes
+2
granite2
Jon
6 posters
Gold Detecting and Prospecting Forum :: General :: All about Coils :: Coils - Minelab, Coiltek, General
Page 1 of 1
Salt Lakes
Hi Everyone
I have never detected on salt lakes before,but it looks like next year i might have a go for 10days.
I was wondering if anyone had used a 4500 on salt lakes and if you used a salt coil or will a DD do the job???
Cheers Jon
I have never detected on salt lakes before,but it looks like next year i might have a go for 10days.
I was wondering if anyone had used a 4500 on salt lakes and if you used a salt coil or will a DD do the job???
Cheers Jon
Jon- Contributor
- Number of posts : 44
Age : 73
Registration date : 2008-10-22
Re: Salt Lakes
Hi Jon,
to get the best possible sensitivity and depth out of your 4500 on a salt lake you will need a salt coil. Without a salty, or anti interference coil as they are somtimes called you will find the 4500 very noisy and lack depth and sensitivity.
You can use the DD supplied and it will find gold but it will be very noisy.
The salty is pretty quiet and has the sensitivity and depth of a mono coil.
Cheers, Jim
to get the best possible sensitivity and depth out of your 4500 on a salt lake you will need a salt coil. Without a salty, or anti interference coil as they are somtimes called you will find the 4500 very noisy and lack depth and sensitivity.
You can use the DD supplied and it will find gold but it will be very noisy.
The salty is pretty quiet and has the sensitivity and depth of a mono coil.
Cheers, Jim
granite2- Contributor Plus
- Number of posts : 1843
Registration date : 2009-10-12
Re: Salt Lakes
Switch the 4500 to Cancel mode with a DD coil attached, invert the Response, select Normal timings and away you go. The 11" DD is surprising sensitive on the small shallow gold even on the edges of salt lakes. If Mineralisation is also present (in salty ground away from the lakes such as at Lake Goongarrie) then you can also use the Enhance timings in Fixed Ground balance.
Hope this helps,
JP
Hope this helps,
JP
Re: Salt Lakes
Gday JP
I've done a bit around the lakes near Meekatharra with a small amount of success but I've never tried the settings you've described. I'll give them a go next time I'm up there but I'm curious as to the reasoning behind inverting the response. Can you give an explanation please Jonathan.
cheers
Brett
I've done a bit around the lakes near Meekatharra with a small amount of success but I've never tried the settings you've described. I'll give them a go next time I'm up there but I'm curious as to the reasoning behind inverting the response. Can you give an explanation please Jonathan.
cheers
Brett
mulgadansa- Contributor Plus
- Number of posts : 525
Registration date : 2008-10-23
Re: Salt Lakes
Hi Granite2 & JP
Thank you for your response.
Granite
I might be able to borrow a salt coil,if so can you help me with some settings for the 4500.
JP
I will also try the settings you have suggested but i am also curious as to why you invert the signal.
Cheers Jon.
Thank you for your response.
Granite
I might be able to borrow a salt coil,if so can you help me with some settings for the 4500.
JP
I will also try the settings you have suggested but i am also curious as to why you invert the signal.
Cheers Jon.
Jon- Contributor
- Number of posts : 44
Age : 73
Registration date : 2008-10-22
Re: Salt Lakes
When you choose Cancel mode with a DD coil attached the coil behaves like a pseudo Monoloop but out of phase which means the response will be inverted (low/high for small targets instead of High/low etc), it is the out of Phase aspect of the mode that deals with the conductive component of the ground (salt), inverting the response corrects this. A DD coil in Cancel mode will provide similar depth the a Figure 8 or AI coil.
JP
JP
Re: Salt Lakes
Thanks JP
Brett
Brett
mulgadansa- Contributor Plus
- Number of posts : 525
Registration date : 2008-10-23
Re: Salt Lakes
Hi Jon, use your factory pre-set settings but be sure to select the DD settings. As JP said the depth will be similar as to when using a standard DD coil. The big difference is that the salty will be quieter and enable you to hear smaller and deeper signals.
Cheers, Jim
Cheers, Jim
granite2- Contributor Plus
- Number of posts : 1843
Registration date : 2009-10-12
Re: Salt Lakes
Hi Everyone
Thankyou all for your input,it has been very helpfull.
I will print it out and let you all know how i went,but it wont be until next year.
Hi Mono and Nan,are ya there yet ???
I will be in Kal on Nov 8 at the go cart track.
Cheers Jon.
Thankyou all for your input,it has been very helpfull.
I will print it out and let you all know how i went,but it wont be until next year.
Hi Mono and Nan,are ya there yet ???
I will be in Kal on Nov 8 at the go cart track.
Cheers Jon.
Jon- Contributor
- Number of posts : 44
Age : 73
Registration date : 2008-10-22
Re: Salt Lakes
Realise this is an older post but was wondering whether you still need to use a salt coil on the new GPX5000 as it has "salt settings" built into the machine. If not then can a mono be used or does it have to be the DD.
'Thanks
'Thanks
xenon- Contributor Plus
- Number of posts : 375
Registration date : 2011-03-09
Re: Salt Lakes
Treat the 5000 the same as the settings that have been suggested for the 4500 in the above posts by Jonathan Porter for salt ground/salt lakes.
The setting on the 5000 is "salt gold" and on the 4500 it is called "salt course"
Or just try the "salt gold" setting with a DD coil and see how you go.
cheers dave
The setting on the 5000 is "salt gold" and on the 4500 it is called "salt course"
Or just try the "salt gold" setting with a DD coil and see how you go.
cheers dave
Guest- Guest
Similar topics
» Gold and Salt lakes
» best detecters and coils for salt lakes
» Gippsland East : its geology and mining development, including Lakes Entrance oil fields.
» Settings for Salt
» Salt Ground
» best detecters and coils for salt lakes
» Gippsland East : its geology and mining development, including Lakes Entrance oil fields.
» Settings for Salt
» Salt Ground
Gold Detecting and Prospecting Forum :: General :: All about Coils :: Coils - Minelab, Coiltek, General
Page 1 of 1
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum