Electronic Prospecting - Garrett Scorpion gold stinger Owner's Manual

ELECTrONiC prOSpECTiNG

Gold and other precious metals can be
found in various forms with a Scorpion.
You will most likely be searching for
nuggets, but gold can also be found
as lode or hard rock deposits in a vein,
usually mixed with other minerals. The
Gold Stinger can be used to locate placer
deposits in streams or dry sand, with such
gold then recovered by panning.
Since working vein or lode gold can require
expensive tools or technology and placer
deposits must be panned for recovery,
these forms are sometimes unsatisfactory
for metal detector hobbyists. Recovering
a nugget, however, is as simple as putting
it in a treasure pouch.
Gold is generally found in rock formations
with a great many other conductive
minerals. A high quality detector such
as the Gold Stinger, with its intricate
circuitry that cancels out mineralization
to permit sophisticated ground balancing

can be used to find this gold or any other
precious metal.
It must be emphasized, however, that
even the Scorpion Gold Stinger, or any
other quality detector is usually operated
in the All Metal mode and very precisely
ground balanced if gold is to be found. This
is particularly important when searching
for tiny gold nuggets. Furthermore, when
prospecting, all targets must be located
and carefully inspected. It is only in
this manner that you can be successful
in using a metal detector to discover
precious metal nuggets and ores.
Although some electronic prospectors
have experienced success in using the
Motion discriminate mode to locate large
nuggets, the detector will not respond
as well to tiny nuggets in Motion Disc
as it will in All Metal. Heavy ground
mineralization could also limit depth of
detection in the Motion Disc.