The official status update thread part 2

[jd4320t]

The name "RelicHound" is making sense now

same here

I've been doing since I was a kid{9-10 yrs old} I didnt get real serious about it until about 1999-2000. as far what I've found monetarily speaking...I'd rather not say on the interwebz.

there for awhile I was hunting 6 days a week 3-6 hours per day in the spring,fall and summer. in the past year or two I havent been doing much at all...I went 3-4 times last year. I plan on hitting it hard again this spring before the farmers get the fields planted.

What is a good starter detector??

 

[RelicHound]

same here



What is a good starter detector??

I get that question all the time..and there really isnt an answer for it. the best you can afford? thats probably the best answer. alot of people buy the cheapest machine they can find...take it out and get frustrated and give it up. The best machine I can think of of the top of my head for someone who thinks its a hobby they will stick with is the Whites XLT spectrum. its higher end machine but its full programable and has pre-set programs for new users..its easy to use and grows with you. you can fid them used for $450+ and new for around $800.
if your budget wont allow that then there is the Garrett Ace series which runs about $200 or the Fisher F2 which is about the same. stay away from wal-mart/radio shack machines..they are junk. I also dont recommend bounty hunter machines...they are frustrating as hell and cheaply made.

 

[jd4320t]

I get that question all the time..and there really isnt an answer for it. the best you can afford? thats probably the best answer. alot of people buy the cheapest machine they can find...take it out and get frustrated and give it up. The best machine I can think of of the top of my head for someone who thinks its a hobby they will stick with is the Whites XLT spectrum. its higher end machine but its full programable and has pre-set programs for new users..its easy to use and grows with you. you can fid them used for $450+ and new for around $800.
if your budget wont allow that then there is the Garrett Ace series which runs about $200 or the Fisher F2 which is about the same. stay away from wal-mart/radio shack machines..they are junk. I also dont recommend bounty hunter machines...they are frustrating as hell and cheaply made.

I had a $200 Whites about 6 years ago. I never really even tried it out and I sold it when I moved and got rid of a bunch of things that didn't fit in my apartment. I should've kept it

 

[RelicHound]

I had a $200 Whites about 6 years ago. I never really even tried it out and I sold it when I moved and got rid of a bunch of things that didn't fit in my apartment. I should've kept it

Sure it was a Whites? I dont think Whites has ever made anything that cost less than $500{in the last 20 years or so}...they are money hungry bastards.

 

[Fireaxes]

I hate garbage fires
In the snow
In the middle of the night

 

[Fireaxes]

That is a fascinating hobby you have Relic.

 

[Fireaxes]

Purpose built shovels are a serious matter. I take 2-3 shovels out just to shovel snow. Each one is good for something the other is not.

Yes, I'm serious.

 

[jd4320t]

Sure it was a Whites? I dont think Whites has ever made anything that cost less than $500{in the last 20 years or so}...they are money hungry bastards.

It was a lot like this one except it was all black and the bottom was a solid disc.

Coinmaster® Metal Detector

 

[jd4320t]

lots of shovel love in here tonight

 

[jd4320t]

and no I'm not making fun

 

[RelicHound]

It was a lot like this one except it was all black and the bottom was a solid disc.

Coinmaster® Metal Detector

AH! yeah I forgot about the begginer model whites..they have one called the prism{which is probably what you had}
they dont get very good reviews...I remember reading something about the screens going out on them..maybe they have addressed this problem.

 

[jd4320t]

 

[Fireaxes]

I'm going back to bed

 

[Rookie]

A hoe carrying a shovel?

 

[Fireaxes]

At least till someone wrecks out on the Highway.

 

[Fireaxes]

Stupid snow

 

[jd4320t]

A hoe carrying a shovel?

 

[stilllearning09]

Morning Ingoers!

 

[jd4320t]

Good morning. I'm hearing rumors there is snow out there...

 

[stilllearning09]

Hi JD. It's snowing here. I heard some thunder. Thundersnow???