Originally Posted by
gingerlucy
This leads me to a question I had thought of but forgotten until now: what is the threshold for precious metals setting off the scanners?
In my experience, small/medium silver earrings, 2/3 silver rings +1 gold and a thin silver necklace usually don't set the alarm off. When I add the (thin) bracelet and the more thick and long necklace chain with pendant 95 out of 100 the alarm goes off. I always thought it was a calibration thing, and some metal detectors were more sensible. I never thought silver and the like could be treated differently by the metal detector, as they are metals anyway
