I dig it said:OK so how is it I have read several posts about folks finding these things ?
We're laughing with you, not at you.I dig it said:sarcasim is not what I was looking for
I dig it said:will my detector pick up arrow heads and non metal objects and if so what does it register ?
SWR said:One summer I was metal detecting a Seminole Indian War fort site and dug a period bottle right next to a musket ball. Although my metal detector did not detect the bottle, it was a pleasant coincidence. It also started a spin-off hobby of bottle collecting.
Shortly afterwards I purchased a two-box detector (Gemini III) that has the capability of being tuned (or detuned) to respond to changes in the soil. Works great for finding bottle dumps. You are not actually detecting the glass bottles, but the changes in the soil conditions.
SWR said:Michigan Badger said:SWR said:One summer I was metal detecting a Seminole Indian War fort site and dug a period bottle right next to a musket ball. Although my metal detector did not detect the bottle, it was a pleasant coincidence. It also started a spin-off hobby of bottle collecting.
Shortly afterwards I purchased a two-box detector (Gemini III) that has the capability of being tuned (or detuned) to respond to changes in the soil. Works great for finding bottle dumps. You are not actually detecting the glass bottles, but the changes in the soil conditions.
That's a big secert you just gave away.
It sure beats the rod method.
Badger
The probe method works great for smaller applications. Probing 40 acres would be a bit problematic