I feel this Cabelas ad is a little misleading (and hilarious)

TrpnBils

Hero Member
Jan 2, 2005
870
1,234
Western PA
🥇 Banner finds
1
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
CTX 3030
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting

Attachments

  • CAM00115.jpg
    CAM00115.jpg
    586.6 KB · Views: 200

bigfoot1

Silver Member
Nov 1, 2011
3,765
3,399
so.cal.mtns.
🥇 Banner finds
1
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
garrett,minelab,fisher,,,atp current weapon of choice
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
I was thinking a destroyer...but james is right...an aircraft carrier is bout right...maybe
 

Keppy

Gold Member
Nov 19, 2006
8,318
2,870
N.E. Ohio on lake Erie
Detector(s) used
** WHAT ONE I FEEL LIKE ON HUNTING DAY *****
Primary Interest:
Other
They never said any thing that was not true .. So the ad is telling the truth..
 

OP
OP
TrpnBils

TrpnBils

Hero Member
Jan 2, 2005
870
1,234
Western PA
🥇 Banner finds
1
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
CTX 3030
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
...but as I said, "misleading". Can just about guarantee that some novice has bought one with the intent of finding 4ft deep coins and been disappointed.
 

john glassman

Hero Member
Apr 16, 2007
708
1,120
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Dang it I bought fancy detector when could spend $120.00 and be finding chest of gold and silver I wonder if you put ten coil do go down ten feet. A sucker born ever minute?
 

Keppy

Gold Member
Nov 19, 2006
8,318
2,870
N.E. Ohio on lake Erie
Detector(s) used
** WHAT ONE I FEEL LIKE ON HUNTING DAY *****
Primary Interest:
Other
...but as I said, "misleading". Can just about guarantee that some novice has bought one with the intent of finding 4ft deep coins and been disappointed.
they did not say what you could find at 4 ft and it will find certain items at 4 ft
 

OP
OP
TrpnBils

TrpnBils

Hero Member
Jan 2, 2005
870
1,234
Western PA
🥇 Banner finds
1
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
CTX 3030
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
they did not say what you could find at 4 ft and it will find certain items at 4 ft

I understand that. Please disregard the intended humor in my original post.
 

heepiepow

Full Member
Aug 27, 2010
248
90
California
Detector(s) used
Teknetics Delta 4000
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Can you imagine how terrible it would be if true?

"What'd you get today?"
"Well, got 6 strong signals, spent 8 hours digging, another hour refilling the holes, so...5 pull tabs and a toasted memorial"
 

Keppy

Gold Member
Nov 19, 2006
8,318
2,870
N.E. Ohio on lake Erie
Detector(s) used
** WHAT ONE I FEEL LIKE ON HUNTING DAY *****
Primary Interest:
Other
I understand that. Please disregard the intended humor in my original post.
Your OP was fine i know what you mean .. You know all these company's no matter what they sell will put in misleading ad's like that ...... The ad will give us a laugh ..
 

mlayers

Gold Member
Oct 29, 2007
5,576
429
Northern, OH
Detector(s) used
DFX, White PI, Bounty Hunter, Whites Surfmaster II and Excalibur II
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
4ft deep I sure don't want to dig a hole 4 ft deep I hate to dig a hole 2 ft deep.
 

ARC

Gold Member
Aug 19, 2014
37,374
132,418
Tarpon Springs
Detector(s) used
JW 8X-ML X2-VP 585
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
If you buy 2 you can detect to 8 feet. :P
 

G.I.B.

Gold Member
Feb 23, 2007
7,187
8,537
North Central Florida
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
CTX 3030 / GTI 2500 / Infinium LS / Tesoro Sand Shark / 1 Garrett Pro-pointer / 1 Carrot / Vibra Probe 580 (out on loan) / Lesche M85 / Mark1 MOD1 EyeBall
Primary Interest:
Other
I'm too lazy to dig that deep. If it's past the end of my Lesch hand digger, I'm walking away.
 

Higgy

Bronze Member
Jul 21, 2014
1,415
1,264
NH
Detector(s) used
Xp Deus, Tesoro Tiger Shark, Garrett AT Pro, Garrett Pro-Pointer
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
With the cash you save on the BH you could hire someone to dig that hole for ya!
 

Msbeepbeep

Gold Member
Jun 24, 2012
15,787
24,131
MA
Detector(s) used
M-6, pro pointer, pistol probe
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Well then I'm happy with my M6 then it found a Ford 150 in a 4 foot snow bank this past winter....does that count?
 

timemachine

Full Member
Apr 8, 2015
216
86
Seattle
Detector(s) used
GPZ7000 / Minelab
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Good thing Cabelas doesn't sale a detector that would detect lies :headbang:
 

bzbadger

Bronze Member
Jun 25, 2013
1,130
818
Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland
Detector(s) used
Bounty Hunter QD II, Garrett Ace 150 & 350, Fisher ID Excel, Fisher coinstrike, Fisher Cz6, Fisher Gemini II, Garrett AT Pro, Garrett GTI 1500,Teknetiks omega 8000, Nokta Fors Gold
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
I think the ad is correct...as long as the item is in a four foot deep hole and you stick the BH down in that four foot deep hole it probably will detect the item, about the only way...also if the ad meant the "4" part but meant inches instead of feet they would have been telling the truth...up to 4" deep is about right for BH
 

Top Member Reactions

Users who are viewing this thread

Top