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Originally Posted by J_Player
Hi Max,
Max, this is amazing. I have a hard time believing there is enough metal in 50 worms to make any metal detector signal. But maybe there is another explanation: Sometimes when you are hunting in mineralized soil that has high iron content, you can hear a signal when you find a hollow cavern - empty air space under the ground. What you are hearing is the anomaly of no iron in the air pocket. It is possible that 50 worms together can take a space in the soil to make a cavern that does not have the same mineralization of the surrounding soil. And maybe this is the reason you saw a signal. I really don't know the answer. But I have a hard time believing 50 worms have enough metal to show a metal signal unless the worms eat some jewelry. 
J_P |
This "50 worm signal" is more likely due to an incorrect ground balance setting than worms producing gold. If there are enough worms concentrated in a small area, the signal from the ground matrix would fluctuate as the search head passes over this anomaly and produce a false response.
Or is this really a joke? For instance - how many worms does it take to produce one gold ion? Answers on a postcard please...
