Can't find an iron node

[Feone]

Also- if a node has been built and destoryed...even if you can see the noce via woowoo or rod...Once a Mine Node has been destroyed via deliberate action or decay..IT CAN NEVER BE RECOVERED. NEVER.

What the ***** are you talking about, last I checked you can not use destroy on a mine and they don't decay.

This is also my understanding. Though I have not checked it recently.

[Catote]

You're all joking with the new player, right?
With my new lovely woo-woo (which I only have from at player trade, and thus before I should, progress-wise) I have now searched around 4 hours and in all directions from my lovely base.
There is NO metal. But plenty of well sites.
(Im using Latika's mod).
This means: either I have to give up the game/metalworking.
OR I have to relocate 350 collected/crafted items and build a new base far away from here ...
eh, Im 50+ hours into the game, enjoying it so far...
But to abandon my first camp over this...

[JohnCarver]

You're all joking with the new player, right?
With my new lovely woo-woo (which I only have from at player trade, and thus before I should, progress-wise) I have now searched around 4 hours and in all directions from my lovely base.
There is NO metal. But plenty of well sites.
(Im using Latika's mod).
This means: either I have to give up the game/metalworking.
OR I have to relocate 350 collected/crafted items and build a new base far away from here ...
eh, Im 50+ hours into the game, enjoying it so far...
But to abandon my first camp over this...

Why not just use dousing rods?

[DarkNacht]

You're all joking with the new player, right?
With my new lovely woo-woo (which I only have from at player trade, and thus before I should, progress-wise) I have now searched around 4 hours and in all directions from my lovely base.
There is NO metal. But plenty of well sites.
(Im using Latika's mod).
This means: either I have to give up the game/metalworking.
OR I have to relocate 350 collected/crafted items and build a new base far away from here ...
eh, Im 50+ hours into the game, enjoying it so far...
But to abandon my first camp over this...

Woo-woo wands have always been very inconsistent, if you still have not found any mines after that long you should just get some rods.

[Mereni]

Also- if a node has been built and destoryed...even if you can see the noce via woowoo or rod... Once a Mine Node has been destroyed via deliberate action or decay..IT CAN NEVER BE RECOVERED. NEVER.

Deslect prospecting and walk on for 5-10 min... and then start over... if arrow leads you back... then hike another 10 min elsewhere

OMG STAHP! Every time you post in this forum, you couldn't be more wrong, and now you're shouting it in large text for extra derpy *****. Once you build a mine on a node, that mine entrance can never be destroyed or decay. Never.

I have heard that a node can sometimes be detected and then sometimes not be detected by the same rod and that walking away and coming back gives a new chance for detection, but I've never experienced that myself.

[Feone]

You're all joking with the new player, right?
With my new lovely woo-woo (which I only have from at player trade, and thus before I should, progress-wise) I have now searched around 4 hours and in all directions from my lovely base.
There is NO metal. But plenty of well sites.
(Im using Latika's mod).
This means: either I have to give up the game/metalworking.
OR I have to relocate 350 collected/crafted items and build a new base far away from here ...
eh, Im 50+ hours into the game, enjoying it so far...
But to abandon my first camp over this...

It's unlikely there'll be a mine in an exact convenient spot within your camp.

However, if you're looking for a 0% mine there should easily be at least a few within a 5-10 minute walk.

[Catote]

Thanks for all the helpful replied.
A. I wanted to solve this with my woo-woo since it's how the game is designed (dowsing not available until *after* iron has been downed with woo-woo).
But I gave up, bought myself a dowsing rood for 80s.
B. The seller said it had 0 pct. purity, as has my woo-woo, I assume. So I was quite interested to see the difference.
C. The dowsing rod found copper/iron all over the place, but no well. Whereas the woo-woo found all the wells, but no metal.
<- just for info sharing.