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METAL DETECTORS: WHICH ONE IS BEST?
12 February 2005

Posted on 02/12/2005 12:50:35 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Can some knowledgeable Freeper please inform me as to the best buy for the dollar on a metal detector in regard to discrimination and depth search capability? Thanks in advance.


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Trying to research metal detectors. Whites? Garrett? Etc.?
1 posted on 02/12/2005 12:50:35 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
I used to have a Whyte. Found a few things with it. A time consuming hobby.
2 posted on 02/12/2005 12:53:20 PM PST by fso301
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

I found the simpler the better,I had good luck with the White's Surf 11(old model),does both water and land,but I'm just an ocassional treasure hunter.


3 posted on 02/12/2005 12:57:47 PM PST by mdittmar (May God watch over those who serve to keep us free)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
I also have a Whites with one active and one passive head - rock solid box if you have the time to go searching.

Look Here

4 posted on 02/12/2005 12:59:59 PM PST by xcamel (Deep Red, stuck in a "bleu" state.)
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To: xcamel

Thanks for the reply fellows...wife said it would take too much time.


5 posted on 02/12/2005 1:20:06 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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I knew this'd get moved to chat! But it's my kind of thread; I love metal detecting!

But the only metal detector I've ever had was a Garrett. Now all the circuits on it are corroded and it's time for a new one. My choice would definitely be a White, based both on my experience with old metal dectecting buddies and on what little I've read about the newer Whites: I like the better discrimination available on them and the fact that newer models can "image" what's underground. Definitely buy the top-end White available. This will allow you to go over already searched ground and find things earlier searchers missed.

Some old links I've accumulated:

California dectecting forum (but worthwhile reading for everyone)

http://www.detection.com/

http://losttreasure.com/

http://www.findmall.com/forums/

The high-end Whites' forum --- at least last time I looked the DFX was the best White

White's website

A ground-penetrating radar site

Discount detectors

http://www.g-p-r.com/tutorial.htm

Ground penetrating tutorial

Jimmy Sierra Books and digging tools

Kellyco Metal Detecting Superstore

MetalDector.com -- retailer

Noggin subsurface imaging page... Highly rated Noggin systems

dmoz metal detecting search

White's Metal Detector forum

6 posted on 02/12/2005 1:31:21 PM PST by LibWhacker
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Wow, thanks for the links. I'll have to read up a bit. Not sure if I'm going to get into it or not. I was thinking that on this old homeplace, someone buried SOMETHING near or under some great big old oak trees. Seems I would bury something where I could find it later, that would be the key.


7 posted on 02/12/2005 2:29:00 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
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Seems I would bury something where I could find it later, that would be the key.

Look for any old foundations on the property, and then check carefully around them. Also, a favorite hiding place in the old days was at the bottom of a fence post hole (no digging required). So look for any signs of an old fence line. Good luck! Metal detecting can be addictive. You wouldn't believe how many rings you can find . . . And of course you're always looking for that old, rare, valuable coin. People have made hundreds of thousands of dollars just finding one old gold coin.

8 posted on 02/12/2005 2:40:40 PM PST by LibWhacker
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Wow, check out all these field tests! Looks like they have all the new stuff there, and lots of the old stuff as well (in case you want to buy a used one).
9 posted on 02/12/2005 6:37:10 PM PST by LibWhacker
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The one that finds the gold.


10 posted on 02/14/2005 9:32:29 PM PST by Chewbacca (GATA be in it to win it.)
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To: fso301

I have done quite a bit of metal detecting, but when I UE I try to take minimal kit with me, so the metal detector usually stays behind. I have found old keys, silver rings, pewter lighters, all kinds of pewter crap, and of course coins while metal detecting around old areas.
My tool is just a ordinary one like this one here
http://www.detectorall.com/categories/Walk-Through-Metal-Detectors/


11 posted on 07/10/2013 7:25:12 AM PDT by Chloecray
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I have always found gold metal detecting/metal detecting to be extremely exciting and and to me conveys a certain sense of searching history. I was also wondering if anyone owns an underground metal detector and would like to share their cool stories about it?

http://www.detectorall.com/categories/Walk-Through-Metal-Detectors/


12 posted on 07/10/2013 7:25:12 AM PDT by Chloecray
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