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Tenderfoot
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Hi, everyone.
I’m just getting back into detecting after about a 35 year hiatus. I got hooked when I was about a 8-9 years old and found a mercury dime in our front yard using my father’s Bounty Hunter I. At least, I think it was a Bounty Hunter I…I remember a heavy, bronze colored, all metal machine about the size of a shoe box with two knobs on the top that took something like 8-10 AA batteries.
A while back I picked up a Whites 6000 DI Pro SL, and am having fun learning how to use it. I also picked up a Fisher F2 for about $30 from a local pawn shop, figuring I might be able to get the kids interested in detecting. They’re about the same age I was when I found that first (and to date, only) silver dime. I didn’t know anything about the F2 when I bought it. I just assumed it was some big box store “kid’s” metal detector. I was a pleasantly surprised when I did some research on it and started using it myself. (The kids seem to think my detectors are the means to satisfying an obscure lust for foil and pull tabs…maybe their interest will pick up if I find something ‘cool’. Has anyone ever dug up a working Play Station??)
I now carry the F2 in my car for the occasional lunch break or interesting looking spot. On a side note, the F2’s battery door has a broken tab. I couldn’t find a replacement for sale on the web, so I called Fisher directly. I was hoping I could get a new one for less than $15 with shipping and handling. After the receptionist who answered the phone transferred me to the correct department, I to the guy who answered (Dave?) that I needed a new battery door. He asked for my name and address and said he’d have one in the mail tomorrow. When I asked how much it would run me, he said, “No charge”. I asked what it was for the shipping, and he again said, “no charge”. Fisher’s sending me a free battery door! I haven’t had an experience like this in I don’t know how long.
Anyway, sorry for the long intro.
If there’s anyone in the Colorado Springs area, I’d be happy to get together to hunt sometime, especially if you have a place to go.
I’m just getting back into detecting after about a 35 year hiatus. I got hooked when I was about a 8-9 years old and found a mercury dime in our front yard using my father’s Bounty Hunter I. At least, I think it was a Bounty Hunter I…I remember a heavy, bronze colored, all metal machine about the size of a shoe box with two knobs on the top that took something like 8-10 AA batteries.
A while back I picked up a Whites 6000 DI Pro SL, and am having fun learning how to use it. I also picked up a Fisher F2 for about $30 from a local pawn shop, figuring I might be able to get the kids interested in detecting. They’re about the same age I was when I found that first (and to date, only) silver dime. I didn’t know anything about the F2 when I bought it. I just assumed it was some big box store “kid’s” metal detector. I was a pleasantly surprised when I did some research on it and started using it myself. (The kids seem to think my detectors are the means to satisfying an obscure lust for foil and pull tabs…maybe their interest will pick up if I find something ‘cool’. Has anyone ever dug up a working Play Station??)
I now carry the F2 in my car for the occasional lunch break or interesting looking spot. On a side note, the F2’s battery door has a broken tab. I couldn’t find a replacement for sale on the web, so I called Fisher directly. I was hoping I could get a new one for less than $15 with shipping and handling. After the receptionist who answered the phone transferred me to the correct department, I to the guy who answered (Dave?) that I needed a new battery door. He asked for my name and address and said he’d have one in the mail tomorrow. When I asked how much it would run me, he said, “No charge”. I asked what it was for the shipping, and he again said, “no charge”. Fisher’s sending me a free battery door! I haven’t had an experience like this in I don’t know how long.
Anyway, sorry for the long intro.
If there’s anyone in the Colorado Springs area, I’d be happy to get together to hunt sometime, especially if you have a place to go.
