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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bacchus, post: 9793718, member: 759&quot;]More detailed testing of a 1 ozt gold bar and 1/4 ozt AGE.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin/Bar, PMV sensor, case, Meas. 1, Meas. 2, Meas. 3</p><p><br /></p><p>AGE, Main,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; none, 7.47, 7.49, 7.43.</p><p>AGE, Small Wand, none, 7.88, 7.82, 7.79.</p><p>AGE, Large Wand, none, 7.70, 7.73, 7.73.</p><p><br /></p><p>AGE, Main,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Air-Tite, 7.76, 7.79, 7.76.</p><p>AGE. Small Wand,&nbsp; Air-Tite, ——— no readings. ——— </p><p>AGE. Large Wand,&nbsp; Air-Tite, 7.73, 7.75, 7.72.</p><p><br /></p><p>1 ozt gold bar, Main,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; bar holder, 2.18, 2.18, 2.17.</p><p>1 ozt gold bar, Small Wand, bar holder, 2.16, 2.16, 2.20.</p><p>1 ozt gold bar, Large Wand, bar holder, 2.17, 2.19, 2.21.</p><p><br /></p><p>The resistivity table shows the resistivity for gold (mantissa)is 2.44 My PMV measurements for the 1 ozt gold bar range from 2.16 to 2.21, so my PMV measurements are close but a little low.&nbsp; I don’t know if that has anything to do with the bar being in an assay case.&nbsp; If anything I might have thought that would cause a slightly higher reading.&nbsp; Too bad I’m unwilling to remove the bar from its case and then measure it.&nbsp; That would be the no-holds-barred, no excuses test.</p><p><br /></p><p>The AGE coin consistently measured about 7.47 out of the air-tite using the PMV main sensor, about 7.7 to 7.8 using the two wands.&nbsp; In the Air-tite it measured about 7.76 except it wouldn’t measure with the small wand at all.&nbsp; The ~7.50 measurements are the most confounding result, unless it has something to do with it only being 22K gold.&nbsp; But still!</p><p><br /></p><p>Too bad I don’t have a 24K gold coin to test.&nbsp; Anybody have a gold Maple Leaf they want to send me?&nbsp; In the interest of science, of course!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I’d feel a lot better about it if the AGE results were close to 2.44, but I’ll be satisfied with the consistency of the measurement I got for the AGE.&nbsp; Testing every coin I get will give me more confidence that 7.76 is what I should get for any 1/4 ozt AGE.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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