Metal detector

I have a lower end Whites that I have had good luck with. Nothing fancy but it will find coins, jewelry etc.

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Billyp
 
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I had a Fisher CZ6 and, though it wan't cheap, it was a real deal, down deep, excellent discrimination detector. First day I found a 1945 Liberty Walking half dollar and, about a week later, two 1922 Morgan silver dollars lying on top of each other in what appeared to be the remnants of an old change purse. (I think they were Morgan, maybe Peace Dollars?) in any case, they were all about 7 inches down and the Walking Liberty was in PERFECT condition along the base of a 1930's shelter house at a local park. Problem was, being a newbie, I probed down with a WW2 bayonet and put a VERY deep scratch all the way across the coin! OUCH!! I've also found 3 1865-1870 Indian Head pennies at Goodale Park here in Columbus, Oh. It was a staging area and encampment for Union troops during the War between the States. Wish I still had it but my interest turned toward arrowhead-hunting (and gun and knife collecting when I have some money!) Check out Fisher but White's is a respected old name too. Jim SEMPER FI
 
Minelab Ex2 is what I have, great detector but a bit of a learning curve. Find out what he is going to detect ie, gold nuggets, coins, CW relics ?
Here is a pic of my setup that I used over in England.
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Tell him White's MXT it is a deep seeker. Easy learning curve. 3 Modes Coin & jewelery, Relic and prospecting. Pleanty of different coil choices. It is well respected among prospectors as well. Pm me if you want more info on the MXT and helpful links.
 
RedRockNv said:
Tell him White's MXT it is a deep seeker. Easy learning curve. 3 Modes Coin & jewelery, Relic and prospecting. Pleanty of different coil choices. It is well respected among prospectors as well. Pm me if you want more info on the MXT and helpful links.
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+1 on the MXT, excellent detector!!
 
I'm just curious, doesn't England have some fairly strict "treasure-trove" kinda laws? I thought I read somewhere that if you find something you have to turn it over to some official governmental agency. Maybe that's just for finds of a certain value? Just interested. Gotta be REALLY fun to hunt over there. Talk about a long history! Nice looking setup BTW. I sold my Fisher some 15 years ago, I'm sure there have been leaps and bounds in technology since then. Best Regards--Jim SEMPER FI
 
James Falor said:
I had a Fisher CZ6 and, though it wan't cheap, it was a real deal, down deep, excellent discrimination detector. .... Check out Fisher but White's is a respected old name too. ...
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Agreed. My first good detector was a White's DI 6000 Pro Plus which worked very well but was powered by four C batteries and was too heavy.

Replaced that with a used Fisher CZ6 from eBay and haven't looked back. The variable pitch tone clues me in to the type of find without having to keep my eyes on the meter. Runs on two 9-volt batteries. It is light enough to carry without getting too tired and is of excellent quality.
 
James Falor said:
I'm just curious, doesn't England have some fairly strict "treasure-trove" kinda laws? I thought I read somewhere that if you find something you have to turn it over to some official governmental agency. Maybe that's just for finds of a certain value? Just interested. Gotta be REALLY fun to hunt over there. Talk about a long history! Nice looking setup BTW. I sold my Fisher some 15 years ago, I'm sure there have been leaps and bounds in technology since then. Best Regards--Jim SEMPER FI
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Your spot on there, everything we found that was 50 years and older had to be turned over for examination to the local BM, they gave the nod on whether we could keep what we found or they kept it, stamped it as treasure (figuratively speaking), paying what they considered fair market value for the piece.

On that particular trip among other things, I found a rare Celtic gold stater North Thames tribe from 40BC, since the British Museum already had an example of my find in their collection, I was allowed to eventually bring it home, it took almost nine months but I received it along with all my other finds with export license granted by the BM..

My setup is the Minelab Explorer2 with a Coiltek 15 inch WOT coil and a Sunray X-1 probe, a great unit but a bear to swing at times..
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Mark
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No Garretts mentioned?
I have not been able to get mine to do anything useful, but thought it was either me or the unit I bought being defective. It sits in the corner taking up space, I'm too disgusted with it to generate the energy to send it to the factory for evaluation.
My bro-in-law has a 35-year-old tube-operated White model that still detects better than my Garrett.
Denis
 
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Good topic. By coincidence a friend needs a hobby and is looking for a metal detector. But he has a very low budget, and no shopping resources.

I showed him the most recent Cabela's catalog and they had a page of Bounty Hunter metal detectors. He thinks he can afford the QuickSilver ($129). I'm wondering if there's a better place to shop, or a less expensive unit that will 'work' just as well?
 
DPris said:
No Garretts mentioned?
I have not been able to get mine to do anything useful, but thought it was either me or the unit I bought being defective. It sits in the corner taking up space, I'm too disgusted with it to generate the energy to send it to the factory for evaluation.
My bro-in-law has a 35-year-old tube-operated White model that still detects better than my Garrett.
Denis
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I have had a Garrett Groundhog ,25 years ago, and a Whites Eagle first generation. I could detect deeper with the Garrett, using a technique called reverse discrimination. I wore that machine out.
 
I have the 1250.
It has beeped in the air, it has beeped nearly constantly in covering ground, it has failed to discriminate reliably. Last year as a test I put five coins in a square yard of grass out back. When we tried to recover them my bro-in-law (more experience than me in metal detecting) was only able to locate four in a half hour, even when I pointed out the exact area they were in.

I have no idea how deep the thing reads, if I'd dug every where & every time it beeped I'd still be out there from the last field attempt over a year ago.

I bought it because of its supposed ability to show depth and discriminate between metals. Neither has been at all reliable.

The company told me the discriminator will sometimes confuse metals, our Western lands have a high mineral content that can cause higher readings & false readings, and sent a replacement coil that has done no better.

Customer service was very friendly, I have no complaints with them. So far, $500 wasted.

I was interested to see this post & hoping to get some Garrett opinions from other users. It's quite possible my expectations were too high, or that I might be doing something wrong with it.

Denis
 
I was interested to see this post & hoping to get some Garrett opinions from other users. It's quite possible my expectations were too high, or that I might be doing something wrong with it.

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My Garrett started doing the same thing. I sent it to the company and they repaired it. It worked for a few months then started again. I figured its life was up and gave it away.
 
I'm about at that point. :)
I also dropped a .25 caliber round accidentally in the same grass while doing some photography. Figured no problem, I'll just break out the detector.
It couldn't register the round, even though I knew the two-foot square area where it fell.
Denis
 
I bought a Bounty Hunter Tracker IV for my son and I (He's only 5). Cost: $105 shipped through eBay. (I read reviews and they said for the price this was a great value)

First task was to find a lost valuable coin in the front lawn. Did so in 5 mins.

We have been very successful in finding coins and metal objects locally. We concentrate on playgrounds where there are wood chips and pennies.... ;) Great fun!

Coop
 
Kellyco is one of the largest, if not the largest metal detector dealer. Suggest you send for their catalog if you want to see what detectors and accessories are available.

I bought my White's metal detector from them over 20 years ago.
 
It really depends on what features you want on it. You can get a good lower priced unit that will give you excellent depth and discrimination with out all the fancy bells and whistles. I have owned several different units. A whites XLT, Tesoro Silver Sabre Umax, Mine Lab Explorer, And a Garrett. (cant remeber the model, It was by far my least favorite) If you know for sure that this is a hobby for you then I would spend alittle extra money and get a unit that you can grow into. Whites XLT or MXT or DFX-all excellent units. As someone already said the minelabs do require a bit of learning.....lots of people end up giving up on them for this reason. I never really took a liking to mine. The Tesoro is an awesome little unit. Not very fancy but it is light and gets excellent depth. I had a couple of them and sold one, but wont give up my other one. Great detector to learn on. I have found more with this detector than all of my other ones. I have had a chance to use quite a few others...the two that I have kept and still use today are my Whites XLT and my Tesoro Silver Sabre Umax.
 
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