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Metals

Of or pertaining to any element, compound or alloy that conducts both heat and electricity.

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metal detector

Metals; Gold

A metal detector is a device or electronic instrument that is normally battery powered and that has the ability of capturing or sensing the presence of objects that are ...

magnetic black sand

Metals; Gold

Magnetic black sand is magnetite, which is a magnetic oxide of iron along with hematite in a lesser amount. Magnetic black sand can also contain titanium and other earth minerals ...

manual ground balance

Metals; Gold

Manual ground balance is a circuit in a metal detector that allows you to rule out or ignore the harmful effects of iron earth and salt mineralization. This function is not ...

hot rock

Metals; Gold

There are diverse types of definitions on what hot rocks are but in general they are what we know as ordinary “granite”. It’s a remainder of that cosmic meltdown. In the molten ...

high grade specimen

Metals; Gold

A high-grade specimen is a nugget that has a high content of gold or any other type of conductive mineral.

grizzly

Metals; Gold

Also known as a classifier. A grizzly or classifier is a device that is used to fit on top of a gold pan through which the materials that go into the pan are first passed through. ...

gold pan

Metals; Gold

A gold pan consists of a broad and shallow container in which components that are suspected to have gold can be placed in a liquid suspension and which permits the gold that is ...