Metal Detectors

[Elton]

yay ,mind you i have found more gold in the last 3 years not using one than i have since the 70's using one

theres some great metal detector footage on youtube to get excited about but that will soon be knocked out of you in real life on a wet night after work

around here because of its location its 303 cases by the million and the foil that kept them dry in the boxes ,i shocked my old boss once by predicting what each signal was while he watched me engrossed in his garden ,after a while you can even "see" shotgun cart ends before you dig them up

nothing like the glint of hammered though

your areas looks good for saxon ,its more roman here the whole area was described as a "poor area" as its on sand so little agriculture bar along the river flood plains

 

I'll have to have a look at some footage. Just been looking at some retailers, and there are a lot more models available than I imagined, ranging from virtually nothing to four figures. It's going to take a bit of research, this one.

 

I've had a word with a farmer (well, his wife) and it's all looking good so far

[chesters1]

I'll have to have a look at some footage. Just been looking at some retailers, and there are a lot more models available than I imagined, ranging from virtually nothing to four figures. It's going to take a bit of research, this one.

 

I've had a word with a farmer (well, his wife) and it's all looking good so far

tell him if he catches you you were talking about metal detecting

 

as you say theres many out there ,most have about the same range under ground (physics and all that) but bells and whistles aplenty depending on price .

i like my trusty CScope 3300 its 25 years old but i know how it sounds (not everything is beep beep) and i could out perform cscopes top of the range machine easily ,how do i know well i treated myself to one ,noticed my finds rate went down (computers are silly) and i sold it after 3 months of trying.

i shant recomend any particular make or machine i wouldn't like to be blamed if it doesn't perform to your expectations ,the ONLY thing i would recommend is think lightness or better one that can have an arm saver fitted ,that machine will become very heavy after a few hours i can tell you.

dont think price = finds it doesnt ,experience luck and the lay of the land does ,you can use a £1,000 machine on a bit of land and if its been rarely used historically youl find little more than a cheap one

the option of smaller coils is also something to think about ,standard coils find most stuff in standard fields but in heavily coked or mineralise fields the detector will not work at its best and a small coil can help in between a mass of signals (or in reality on a standard coil many signals at once) but its only good for that

 

some of the top end users have even programs they recommend that are supposed to get more out of their machines but i wouldnt really get swayed by the chatter if you spend over a grand only a fool will admit their machines no better than one half its price

Edited November 22, 2010 by chesters1

[barry luxton]

How about a A N metal detecting meet. I think my one is older than Chester's, and i haven't used it for at least twenty years.

 

I used it at folkestone a few times, wait for the geezers to Finnish coming out of the pub they would jump down on the tiny bit of beach within the harbour and the coins would rattle out of their pockets, into the sand, never to be seen again, 'cept when i got me machine swinging, great fun and a brilliant way to pay for a few pints.

[chesters1]

i still have one of my detecting licenses somewhere got my old mans pulse induction machine somewhere but i'v never found a field clean enough to use it it takes many size "D" batteries and weighs a ton

 

you have your own club down there ,theres a couple up here but i no longer do clubs

 

my first machine was a BFO machine i built myself ,pretty crap unless you were looking for lost drain covers

Edited November 22, 2010 by chesters1

[barry luxton]

i still have one of my detecting licenses somewhere got my old mans pulse induction machine somewhere but i'v never found a field clean enough to use it it takes many size "D" batteries and weighs a ton

 

you have your own club down there ,theres a couple up here but i no longer do clubs

 

my first machine was a BFO machine i built myself ,pretty crap unless you were looking for lost drain covers

 

The one i got is a c scope 1220b, when i was using it a lot, i could tell exactly what i was going to dig up, coinage, once you got used to the sounds. It was brilliant for discriminating silver foil and ring pulls , iron etc. Use it a lot on local sites where the navy and army used to inhabit and had many brass tunic buttons etc. Loads of old coinage, never found anything worth loads, but was great fun and would recommend it. Bet if i stuffed batteries in it, it would still work. Didn't do clubs.

[chesters1]

yes that was my third or fourth machine not a bad one ,i did have an arado 120b but i never mastered it i like meters then it was considered the bees knees

[Chris Goddard]

I personally know NOT a lot about the wee beasties! But like you two (dave and barry) my mate is a bit of an expert on them! And I do know he was talking about a TOP of the range one the other day (€1500?) and also said it was a load of crud compared to his older and much more versatile machine!

 

I'll see if I can't persuade him to login and say a few words? I think he is of the same ilk as you dave! Could make one himself as he has the knowlege!

[chesters1]

I personally know NOT a lot about the wee beasties! But like you two (dave and barry) my mate is a bit of an expert on them! And I do know he was talking about a TOP of the range one the other day (€1500?) and also said it was a load of crud compared to his older and much more versatile machine!

 

I'll see if I can't persuade him to login and say a few words? I think he is of the same ilk as you dave! Could make one himself as he has the knowlege!

 

 

NOOOO lets not jump to conclusions i made one in 1974 when they were crude BFO machines ,i would leave the modern designs up to people with more than 3 braincells (found another one in the corner behind my eye)

 

is it because we cant afford the top of the range machines in my experience it was based on the top of the range for one maker not all of them

Edited November 24, 2010 by chesters1

[Elton]

Okay, I did a bit of negotiating with the misses, some financial juggling and bit the bullet....

 

http://www.csmetaldetectors.com/product.aspx?pid=24

 

Despatched today. Might be here before crimbo, might not.

 

Won't be able to use it for a while, but looking forward to having a play in the garden asap

[benacre]

I have been detecting for years with a C scope it is a good model to use. I am lucky to use beaches where my weights and traces are re used from finds. I often find old coins, cutlery and army stuff I don't do fields as there is so much to find on the beaches.