BFO
Tenderfoot
- Aug 16, 2012
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- Detector(s) used
- Whites Spectrum XLT Tesoro Sidewinder Bounty Hunter Professional Bfo Whites pinpointer
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
New member from New York.I hunt when I get a chance,and have a lot of dry spells.I always seem to find some time over the summer to look. I mostly look around old homesites,although I enjoy other places also. I like the older detectors,because I got my first detector around 1975.It was a bounty hunter professional BFO,from Montgomery Ward.I think I paid $139 for it.Since I have had the internet for several months,I have enjoyed looking at alot of the older machines.I like reading detector material,in fact I was reading Kevin Mulrooney's book Spectrum Secrets and saw this website and got on it. I had found it before but didn't pursue it.Back to the older machines,I like using them some,but the technology has come a long way.Having a pinpointer helps quite a bit.I just found a nice old button with a huron in weeds on the front,and LOUD&CIE PARIS on the back.It is just under the size of a dime and has a laid on ring.It rang up 33 on the XLT and was 2 or 3 inches deep.I figured it would be a plain button like the one I found only several feet from this one a couple of years ago,and had't found anything else near it until today.I think I,ll have to have it checked out .
The toggle switch broke last year and it sat quite awhile.I had it replaced,then the volume seemed low,but it came back.Now when I switch it to pinpoint it,s low. It was acting a little erratic today kind of frustrating.The pinpointer was acting strange too,seemed it was going off for the dirt which never happens. I was finding some small nails,so it probably was too many nails.Enough about me I,m interested in hearing some of your treasure tales!
The toggle switch broke last year and it sat quite awhile.I had it replaced,then the volume seemed low,but it came back.Now when I switch it to pinpoint it,s low. It was acting a little erratic today kind of frustrating.The pinpointer was acting strange too,seemed it was going off for the dirt which never happens. I was finding some small nails,so it probably was too many nails.Enough about me I,m interested in hearing some of your treasure tales!
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