New member from South west PA, USA.

roygpa

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Mar 5, 2013
195
118
Pittsburgh, PA USA
Detector(s) used
Minelab Etrac, Sunray X-1, Minelab Equinox 800, Nokta Makro Simplex+ Garrett AT-Pro, Fisher F5, Fisher F2, 2- Garrett Pro Pinpointer, Bounty Hunter Pioneer 101
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
My name is Roy and I am from Southwest, PA south of Pittsburgh. My kids bought me a cheap Bounty Hunter Pioneer 101 about 10 years ago for father's day and we had a lot of fun with it in the yard when they were little. We found a few coins, a pen knife and a piece of iron pipe. My latest find was the clean out for our septic line last summer so the plumber could clean it out with a snake. :icon_thumleft:

I am going to the Outer banks this summer and thought I would take the BH and maybe purchase another MD so that my nieces could do some searching with me when I'm not teaching them how to surf fish. I know it is a National Seashore and I cannot search on Hatteras or Ocracoke but I can north of the park in the Nags head area and north. That should be a short drive to the first beach access.

I am thinking about getting something like a Garret ACE 250 and a pointer, either Garrett or Vibraprobe 580. Will the Ace work in the sand if I keep it up out of the wet salty sand?

We never had a pinpointer with the BH and because of that, our holes were big, but we were in my own yard so it didn't matter.

Nice place you have here.

Roy
 

vpnavy

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Staff member
Jun 15, 2008
35,183
18,684
York County, PA (USA)
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
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Welcome aboard from another member of the great state of Pennsylvania!
 

Metal Detecting Stuff

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Supporting Vendor
Mar 19, 2012
6,746
1,073
Spring TX
Detector(s) used
CTX3030/F75LTD/ Garrett AtPro/ XP Deus
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Welcome Roy! The ace 250 will work in the dry sand, if it chatters, just turn the sensitivity down. You dont need a pinpointer much at the beach, but a beach scoop is very handy.

Wayne

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hamiddetecting

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Feb 22, 2012
6,398
2,510
North Pole
Detector(s) used
Sovereign GT and Excalibur II, Whites, Garrett, Fisher, Alert, MD,Cscope,Tesoro, Compas, XP, Long Rs
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting

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