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.
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.
Thanks for the reply fellows...wife said it would take too much time.
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.findmall.com/forums/
The high-end Whites' forum --- at least last time I looked the DFX was the best White
A ground-penetrating radar site
http://www.g-p-r.com/tutorial.htm
Jimmy Sierra Books and digging tools
Kellyco Metal Detecting Superstore
Noggin subsurface imaging page... Highly rated Noggin systems
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.
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.
The one that finds the gold.
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/
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/
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