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[J_Player]

Originally Posted by Seden

What planet you ask my good fellow? Why planet earth of course! Ok, enough dodging let's have your ideas please.

While we are talking about the best new technology for locating precious metals in the soil of the earth, it would be good to also hear a little about locating metals in the lunar soil. The moon is not so far distant from the earth that we haven't explored it yet and brought back samples from the lunar soil. But nobody has done a serious survey to see if there are any precious metal deposits near the surface that can be recovered in a sizeable amount that might pay for the cost of a trip to the moon (this is a forum for treasure hunters, isn't it)?

I have been wondering how the lower gravitational field would effect this little-known new technology, and how the magnetic field of the moon would influence the detection abilities of this new technology. I would expect the standard PI and VLF detection methods would work about as well as they do on the surface of the earth, and maybe better due to the absence of high moisture content on the moon. Magnetometer readings may even work better considering the magnetic field seen at the surface of the moon. But if this new technology depends on a gravitational and magnetic field similar to what we see on the earth, there could be some radical variations in the operation of the new equipment. And if the new technology works in conjunction with radiant energies from the sun and other space energies, I would expect there are large differences on the moon, where there is no atmosphere working to filter many of the radiations and create a cyclical electric space charge similar to what we have in the earth atmosphere. I suppose the moon is relatively free of strong signals from nearby man-made RF broadcasts, with little or no RF signals traveling through the lunar ground other than intermittent noise generated by lunar soil movements and meteorites.

Of course, I suppose I am talking about detecting from the side of the moon where the sun is shining. But if this new technology works on the dark side, it would be good to know how it should be used there too.


Best wishes,
J_P