fogcity
Elite Member
Today I tried to help a lady who had lost a diamond earring. She had posted a request for help on the Lost My Stuff Group indicating the earring was in one of two places... either in a small area of her backyard lawn or in her dachshound puppy's stomach!!!
Well, hoping for the easiest solution I first scanned the puppy's tummy using both my AT-Pro and my Pro-Pointer... no beeps, no VDI readings, nothing.
So, I then take the matching earring and go to scan it with the AT-Pro (my plan being to discriminate everything but the earring signal before I started scanning in the back lawn). With the AT-Pro in STD Zero mode and no discrimination at all I first located a piece of clean ground reading a steady VDI of Zero, and then scanned the earring at that location.... scanning the earring I continue to get a steady of VDI of Zero...???
Confused, at this point I scan the earring with my Pro-Pointer... no beeps there either, even with the earring in contact with the tip... ???
Needless to say I didn't find the lady's earring...
Any ideas ??? Is there such a thing as too small to detect, even when up close and personal ???
Well, hoping for the easiest solution I first scanned the puppy's tummy using both my AT-Pro and my Pro-Pointer... no beeps, no VDI readings, nothing.
So, I then take the matching earring and go to scan it with the AT-Pro (my plan being to discriminate everything but the earring signal before I started scanning in the back lawn). With the AT-Pro in STD Zero mode and no discrimination at all I first located a piece of clean ground reading a steady VDI of Zero, and then scanned the earring at that location.... scanning the earring I continue to get a steady of VDI of Zero...???
Confused, at this point I scan the earring with my Pro-Pointer... no beeps there either, even with the earring in contact with the tip... ???
Needless to say I didn't find the lady's earring...
Any ideas ??? Is there such a thing as too small to detect, even when up close and personal ???