1st day out with the new detector.

[knuckles]

I went out to a man made beach which seems to only have about 2" o 3" of sand a place in the Oakland hills called Lake Temiscal. I found afew coins namely 1996 penny,? 2000 penny,? 1997 penny,? 1980 quarter and a very rusted 2000 dime that i found in the grassy area along with a few of the? pennies in different spots. Also a nail, a Few can tabs and a crumpled up tree top applesauce lid.

All were found at differrent depths between 2" and? 4" using a Famous Trails Platinum Series Advanced Metal Detector.? Model #MD9300
All in about 3 hours or so.


Has any one else heard of this detector because I cant find anyone using it elsewhere.

I want to try it on a real beach soon one that is deep sand because the Temecsal beach is clay right below the 3" layer of sand So I couldnt get a? a good idea of the depth capability of my detector.? ? ? ? ?

I still had fun though ,,,,Thanks all.

P.S I`ll get back to you all after the next hunt.

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[stoney56]

Welcome knuckles, sounds like you're off to a godd start. Never heard of that brand before but surely someone on this forum can answer any questions you might have. Good luck and HH.

[JARMAN]

Welcome Knoucles,I have never heard of your MD eather.Hope you can find out.Look forward to your post and HH

[rvbvetter]

Sorry, haven't heard of it either. But you're off to a good start. Look forward to you're posts.
HH

[joey]

what year was it made? post a pic of it! wtg!

[knuckles]

Its the bottom one, with the green and white stem. Thanks


www.mercantila.com/catalog/buy/Metal_Detector/

[stoney56]

The others all look like bounty hunter, Big Bud, maybe yours is by the same parent co.

[wayne1956]

Hmmmmm, I have used several different brands and thought I had heard of them all, but apparently not!!! Never heard of that one.

[Floater]

Welcome Knuckles and Congratulations on your finds. After reading the info on your detector and the type of controls it has I would say its very good. I like the magnetic/non switch and the sensitivity and the dis control . Looks like you need to know your tones so I have to ask, have you done a test garden and setup different metals. N D Q P PULL TAB AND GOLD AND SILVER and practiced with it or are you just digging everything right now. Let us know and keep posting those finds.Some Pics Too.HH

[downindixie]

Nope! Not me,never heard of it!

[brandy]

Welcome aboard. I've never seen that one but after reading your description it seems to be made in China. The others look like Bounty Hunters and I didn't read descriptions but BH is made in TX. As long as it's finding keep on swinging it.

[knuckles]

Welcome Knuckles and Congratulations on your finds. After reading the info on your detector and the type of controls it has I would say its very good. I like the magnetic/non switch and the sensitivity and the dis control . Looks like you need to know your tones so I have to ask, have you done a test garden and setup different metals. N D Q P PULL TAB AND GOLD AND SILVER and practiced with it or are you just digging everything right now. Let us know and keep posting those finds.Some Pics Too.HH

Yeah I am just digging up on every tone at this time, it is a little early to say how deep it will go but it is fun and if in the future i want to get a more advanced better one i`ll have this one as an emergency backup or a loner to a sibbling or a pal I have not done a test garden as of yet just tinkering with it presently. But I will definately keep you updated with the new finds i get... Thanks and HH

[rvbvetter]

Sounds like your having fun. WTG!!

[Altiman]

The metal detector was a model sold by Finger Hut before it went under a couple of years back. I remember seeing it in a catalog. Have fun

Altiman

[knuckles]

The metal detector was a model sold by Finger Hut before it went under a couple of years back. I remember seeing it in a catalog. Have fun

Altiman

Now I think were getting some where that sounds about right ... I bought this detector from the sportsmans guide catalog last month and it was closing out there too. Thanks Altiman.

[allen]

welcome to the world of metal detecting. hope you have alot of good experiences and share them with us