Metal detecting? What does that mean? How would you use this tool for it?
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The only think I can think of is that when something has been found by a metal detector, then use the Hori Hori knife to dig for it ?
1498922
Hello Nick, it has a discriminator mode that can cancel out different metals. No metal detector is 100% accurate, but I found the ACe 250 to do a decent job. Read some of the reviews of the buyers and watch the reviews on youtube .
1629422
Hi, it's metal and the tool works awesome. Very nice build quality. The trigger is plastic, so that is not ideal. Overall, it's the best bang for your buck, I've had cheaper ones and they are junk.
1352065
Would have to say no. It works fairly well with large amounts of metal. Wouldn't detect rings, nuts, bolts, etc unless within 1 or 2 inches of source. This was a very poor quality metal detector in my opinion. I returned mine.
2077734
My Bounty Hunter pin pointer can detect metals from 3/4" to 1" away from it's tip. But that is only after carefully fine tuning the sensitivity at the on-off knob. If you happen to touch the knob after adjustment, you stand the chance of knocking it out of adjustment and will have to start all over again. Bottom line is it's less expensive than the others on the market and it suits my needs, but it requires the user to perform sensitivity adjustment before use.
598097
Definatly, this works very well at finding metal. It does not work so well at detecting the DIFFERANCE between metals. We normally find old steel nails even just tiny rusted pieces of them as far as 6" below compact ground. My guess is you will be looking for steel posts just under the leaves, the key is you will need to pass the detector DIRECTLY OVER THE post you are looking for. Its not going to tell you "if your close", a metal object on the ground within an inch of the outer ring will not set it off it must pass over the object to set it off. Hope this helps
1284284
Yes a believe it will work great for that purpose. I purchased it to find studs in my plaster walls and it exceeded my expectations. Just follow the directions and make sure you dont have any metal near the wood you are checking to avoid false readings as it is sensative. But I am very happy with this tool.
770598
I am not sure I understand your question, but I used a drill bit for metal, and it worked perfectly.
1806027
Yes it will detect gold jewelry, gold bars and coins. The DD coil and shaft is water proof but not the head or control box.. Some of the gold items show up in the mid range tone ... So you should pretty much dig every target it detects in that range.... Although beverage pull tabs and gold rings sound the same in this detectors ring tone. I've found 6 gold rings and 1 gold earring at the beach in the sand all in the mid tone range...Best of luck !John C.
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HI! it only makes a sound over metal! =-) It is a really great little detector. In time my son (12 years ole and brilliant) LOL does want a more professional one that will actually filter out junk from the good stuff . Those are a few hundred dollars so that will be when he is much older. For now he LOVES this thing and when we bring it to the playground or beach he has a ton of little followers that are intrigued beyond belief. SO far my son has found an old belt buckle (1800's) old medicine bottle (again (1800's era) tons of coins. =-)
2141495
It's for calibrating the tool. They say the calibration needs to be checked ever so often and possibly adjusted if needed.. I haven't used it though..
934651
No, this does not replace a Metal Detector. But it is a great tool one uses once their medal detector has located an object below the ground level. The Garrett Pro-pointer helps you locate an item quickly. Would suggest finding him a good metal detector. If he is just getting into this hobby I would recommenda Garrett Ace 250 which is a good one, light, easy to use.I purchase my Garrett at Kellyco's local store, also have awebsite kellycodetectors.com . Also suggest viewing both items on Youtube.
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Sure its metal and brass is a great conductor, but this is a hand held small device usually used after a larger device narrows down an area so you can pinpoint it fast. This means you have to be pretty close to the ground and wanding the area and it will activate within a couple inches probably not more than 4 inches away. If there is a lot of metal trash in the area it will pick it up too. If the casings are on top the ground and there is not a lot of metal trash debris a cheap metal detector would most likely do fine as well.
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I've owned this detector for a couple of years. It has performed well. To respond to your question; No consumer grade metal detector I am aware of is sensitive to the physical shape of any metal. There need only be an adequate amount of that metal for the detector coil chosen to sense a 'return' and transmit that back to the display. Certain coils are wound to better detect gold than others. If gold is what you're going for I suggest you look into also picking up a gold finding coil from BountyHunter.
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Well I'm not sure if that is question or a statement. Yes there are big issues with this scanner, one of which is the inability to distinguish between wood and metal in the wood scanning mode. You can get around this by using the metal mode which will only detect metal and AC. Its been a while since I returned this item so I'm going by memory, but as I recall there is a little lightning bolt that appears when it detects AC. Read my review of this product. It will tell you all you need to know.
1763869
If close enough, it will alert to metallic presence. Not the best choice thou for searching larger areas, as you must be very close to the object you're searching for.
1284282
Yes this would be an excellent choice for that. I use mine for metal detecting and it picks up all coins and even foil. Good product good price.