Metal detectors

[w6pea]

My wife and I have several, we have a Sovereign Gt., an Explorer SE Pro-2 and last but not least we have a Sd2200v2, all are Minelab detectors.

I like this forum www.findmall.com


If you buy your wife a shovel you better buy your self a full face catchers mask.

[barlin44]

Hey w6pea,
Thanks for sharing the cool forum site. Its always nice to have a place like we have here at iRV2 to ask questions or just read and learn. I now have it on my favorites with yet another resourse.

Thanks and Happy Camping and Hunting,
Barney

[randco]

We have a pair of Garret detectors. We have a good time with them.

[ReginaT]

My husband and I both use whites, have a great time with them. We have purchased a digging tool that is much easier to use, it will cut a smaller hole in the ground.

Regina

[DavenGina]

I have always been partial to White's. May have something to do with the fact that I started with a Whites DiPro 20 years ago.

Here's a few rules I live by:

I strongly recommend you review the laws concerning where you can and cannot hunt. Federal parks and civil war battle fields that are marked will result in the levying of serious fines and likely get everything with you confiscated.

In my time I have found roughly $65,000 worth of silver, gold and gem jewelry. I don't believe in using a "shovel". There are several models of diggers that are bladed on one side and have a saw on the opposite. Check Ebay for them. Using one of these with some practice will net you much better results. A clean cut hole is much easier to refill. When I leave a place after an all day hunt the only tell tale sign that I and mine have been there is a little loose dirt. Dare you to find the holes we dug.

Leave wherever you hunt in better shape than when you got there. We clean up loose trash and take all the "junk" metal we dig out of the site with us and deposit it in a trash can. You will be rewarded by compliments and return invitations.

Go with someone. Not only is it for safety, (heat stress, idiots, accidental self inflicted wounds), but you have bragging rights for the day for best find, oldest coin etc.

I'd recommend making a test bed for what ever it is you are hunting. In the case of coins mark an area in the ground, put a quarter, dime, nickel and penny at different depths flat and on edge and see how your machine reacts to them. Once you speak your machines language finds will come steadily. Note: small gold rings will come in the "pulltab/nickle" range. Don't descriminate these out as you will leave a lot of great finds behind for me to find! (on second thought....yes you should descriminate those things out...LOL!)

Good luck on your hunts! If you have any questions I'd be happy to help you. I warn you though.....once you make your first good find you will be hooked. It gets in your blood!

[FATMANAR]

I've done 98% beach detecting and have a Fisher Pro with a 14" loop. If you are going to beach hunt you need to get a WW2 issure shovel that has the folding head. You can't beat it for a digging tool in the surf. Also a basket scoop with long handle.. Happy Trails. One more tool you need is a good set of headphones. It is very easy to miss a target without them...good luck..

[DavenGina]

Fatmanar we used PVC with a screen mesh laid int he center whild working the surf. Worked great and the wave action did all the cleaning for us. Just clipped it to my wetsuit belt and walked on...

[FATMANAR]

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Originally Posted by DavenGina Fatmanar we used PVC with a screen mesh laid int he center whild working the surf. Worked great and the wave action did all the cleaning for us. Just clipped it to my wetsuit belt and walked on...

Did most of the digging at low tide right on the surf line. You had to use a shovel to get down fast enough to keep the water from filling inthe hole. It was great fun and about the only thing I really miss by not living on the Outer Banks anymore..For those who are interested go to sodapop pirates.com and you will see some to the treasure that has been found on the beachs of the OBX. If you are going to hunt the banks and want the old stuff, go north....If you see an old fart in a old beat up Ford pickup and his name is Midget, he's the king of the sand and knows more and found more than anybody on the beach...a truly great guy..