Metal detecting

[hiluxman]

A very random question.

Is anyone into metal detecting. Ive a very curious other half and she loves coming with me to look through what we are digging up ect ect. She mentioned about having a metal detector so i thought i might treat her...been the kind sole i am. So any recomendations folks?

 

[Monkeybusiness]

Can’t you buy her a CAT scanner and pretend it’s the best one out there?!...

 

[Bri963]

Got a stihl 084 on a 36” bar. It never misses nails, staples and barbed wire grown into tree trunks.

 

[Monkeybusiness]

Got a stihl 084 on a 36” bar. It never misses nails, staples and barbed wire grown into tree trunks.

The bigger the bar and the newer the chain the greater it’s magnetism!!!

 

[DaveDCB]

I picked one up from Costco to find manhole lids, it’s okay but has too many Random settings , I just wanted it to beep when it found something metal

 

[pettsy]

A friend of mine is into it, amazing what he finds in fields locally. This is his YouTube channel https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCqjwNP0QvmTnIGhpIetE8eg

 

[Routy56]

Got a stihl 084 on a 36” bar. It never misses nails, staples and barbed wire grown into tree trunks.

Big respect for yer chainsaw
Last summer treated my 029 to a new Oregon chain. Second time out trimming back bushes for an oil tank base and loads of sparks came out
Customer then said, “Oh I forgot about the concrete post in the middle”
Be interested in what metal detector get the votes

 

[doobin]

I've a Garret Ace 400 ( i think)- I'm not into it as a hobby but it's been OK for finding bits and pieces. About £300 worth, but bought secondhand so cheaper. Bloke in the shop said that was about the money to spend to get something with reaonable performance, I got it with a larger coil to search deeper too.

The mega money ones can search in wet sand, but you dont need to spend that much unless beach detecting.

 

[GazCro]

Maybe buy one based on how deep you're prepared to dig.

 

[hiluxman]

Its somthing abit different and my other half isnt intrested in normal girly stuff shed rather be with me playing in the muck. Shes got a good collection of random stuff shes found when shes come on jobs.

 

[Regy53]

A friend of mine is into it, amazing what he finds in fields locally. This is his YouTube channel https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCqjwNP0QvmTnIGhpIetE8eg

just watched a couple of them, very cool

 

[Gecko]

Got a stihl 084 on a 36” bar. It never misses nails, staples and barbed wire grown into tree trunks.

Chainsaw Magnet

 

[Gecko]

Back on topic
I searched for the cheapest detector I could find. It has none of the features you pay for in a better detector - no discrimination, no meter, minimal penetration, just one beep (with or without vibration) etc.
But for £7, it will find a screw or nut I've dropped on the ground.

 

[diggerjones]

I'm getting a metal detector for my birthday. If it only find the dropped nail, screw or nut and manhole it will be handy

 

[Gecko]

find the dropped nail

Your tyre will find it for you!