Boilermaker27
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I am a relic hunter and have found a few cannon balls and projectiles from the civil war. I have some spots where I know there are deep projectiles. These spots were hunted years ago and people were actually using wheelbarrows to carry out the stuff. But, I know they didn't get everything.
I did find one large Parrott shell in the seventies using an older White's.
Problem today is that most detectors really don't find much deep stuff, and you spend a lot of time digging smaller iron targets near the surface.
Two box detectors would work fine as they would not be as sensitive to shallow iron, however, most of the two box detectors on the market today just don't sell, their technology old. I have a Fisher which was made in the late fifties and it looks the same as the modern day Gemini. Mine has big electronics. I also had a Metrotech two box given to me but it needs a handle and believe me the handle from Metrotech must be made out of gold because the price Metrotech wants is way out there, I mean approaching $200 for a darned aluminum handle.
I tried a magnetometer made by Schonstedt, bought the best and the one made for the Army to find their lost explosive ordnance, no luck.
I use a Tesoro Tejon and have great luck on relics, but in all metal there is no such thing as a stable threshhold.
Any ideas?
I did find one large Parrott shell in the seventies using an older White's.
Problem today is that most detectors really don't find much deep stuff, and you spend a lot of time digging smaller iron targets near the surface.
Two box detectors would work fine as they would not be as sensitive to shallow iron, however, most of the two box detectors on the market today just don't sell, their technology old. I have a Fisher which was made in the late fifties and it looks the same as the modern day Gemini. Mine has big electronics. I also had a Metrotech two box given to me but it needs a handle and believe me the handle from Metrotech must be made out of gold because the price Metrotech wants is way out there, I mean approaching $200 for a darned aluminum handle.
I tried a magnetometer made by Schonstedt, bought the best and the one made for the Army to find their lost explosive ordnance, no luck.
I use a Tesoro Tejon and have great luck on relics, but in all metal there is no such thing as a stable threshhold.
Any ideas?
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