Stupid questions I've accumulated

joefro

Okay so I've been at it for a while now and have been getting a lot better at telling what trash signals to leave in the ground. Ive built up a couple of quetions though. First of all, I'm definitely interested in finding silver coins, and of course S&G jewelery. I have yet to find a silver coin, so I don't know where to expect it on my display and don't want to leave it in the ground thinking its a pulltab or something. Here is a picture of the display on my detector, a Whites Prism III.



Im guessing all silver coins should register the same signal? Its purely by metallic composition, not size of the target... right?

Secondly, (and this is a dumb question) I've looked all over this thing for a headphone jack and I cant find it.
The instruction manual doesnt mention it.
The accessories book that white included with it has many headphones listed.
The instructional video that came with the detector (specific to prisms!) mentions using headphones for added privacy and accuracy.



Where is the headphone jack typically located? Can anyone with a Prism tell me if there even is one? I really would like to do some demo digs at night but boy is this thing loud! When I'm in a park I can hear the beep echoing off the playground equipment.. its like a siren!



Lastly, Ive heard people here saying that an item "passed the gold test" to verify that a find is indeed gold. What is this test? How do I know if something I find is really silver (like a ring)?

Well thanks as always for the help... Ive been getting a lot better much faster and leaving a lot less evidence of my searching after leaving. I've been working a very large school playground for a couple of days and it still looks like it did when I got there. Once school starts back up I won't have nearly as much time to detect so I'm trying to get in as much as possible now!

Zot

<< <i>I've looked all over this thing for a headphone jack and I cant find it. >>



It seems you're not the only one.. this is what Google came up with (a review of Prizm detectors)

One thing I noticed in the directions is that is doesnt show where the Headphone jack is. It is located on the side of the box, there is a black pullout snap cover protecting the opening

goldrush00013

<< <i>Im guessing all silver coins should register the same signal? Its purely by metallic composition, not size of the target... right? >>



Actually the first thing a detector reads is surface area of the target and it's not really concerned with much else. Silver coins should fall pretty much where their non-silver counterparts fall. Some detectors produce a slightly differant sound when they come across silver tho. That being said I'm really not up on the Prism Series since I've never used one.



<< <i>Lastly, Ive heard people here saying that an item "passed the gold test" to verify that a find is indeed gold. What is this test? How do I know if something I find is really silver (like a ring >>




You can buy a gold and silver test kit which will tell you the gold content.

Here's one on Fleebay.

Weiss

On the four brands that I've used, silver is always the highest of the high tones. Silver is also probably going to be somewhat deep. If you get a high tone and a depth of 4" or more, smile and relish the sound. Go over it again and again before you dig

demodigger

having owned 7 whites detectors, i can tell you that silver coins read at all levels. a silver dollar will be very high on the scale. a silver halfdime or silver 3 cent piece will be very low. they usually come in around pulltab or bottle cap. i've dug silver coins from 8+in deep all the way to 1/2 in deep. basically if your in an old location, just get used to digging everything. don't always expect old stuff to be deep. it depends on the area and soil conditions. some of my oldest coins were right on top.