Upon activation, the player's drop rate for Nth Metal increases for one hour. The extra Nth Metal appears in the player's inventory as Nth Metal Cache. Depending on timing, the droprate is up to six Caches per use.
The hour continues after relogging, appears in the Current Effects, and has a visual effect of gold sparkles around the character while active. Consuming multiple detectors concurrently does not extend the time; the timer is an hour from last one consumed.