I wonder how many people got in trouble with this metal detector?

[turtlefoot13]

I wonder how many people bought these, before they were discontinued, and used them to dig where they weren't supposed to?

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Doug

 

[dave-enc]

whats really amazing is that they claimed it was bfo man i havent seen one of those since the mid 70's oh the memories

 

[Shortstack]

Cell phones? That is like comparing the space shuttle to a plastic toy, how many people do you know who walk keeping their feet parallel to the ground and an inch off the surface....

Your thinking is too narrow; too, boxed in. Those shoe mounted detectors can be used for surreptitiously checking for relics and caches in places that are not friendly to normal metal detecting. I know of places along the Natchez Trace that contain small caches hidden a couple of hundred years ago by travellers where regular detecting can get you big time fines.

Have you ever actually watched the majority of metal detector users on the beaches and school yards? Hell, just walking using small steps would almost cover the same ground that those wild swingers do. But, again, the shoe mounted detector would be another "specialized" machine. If you don't think specialized detectors have their uses; then, throw away your pinpointers.

First off if you caught using that "specialized machine" as you put it in areas detectors are outlawed, not only can you be arrested, heavily fined and the shoe detectors confiscated, but your vehicle and any detectors and equipment found in it can also be confiscated. That is a huge price to pay to try to sneak in with what is basically a rip off toy...........There are specialzed detectors, I have 2 myself, my Fisher 1235x with the freq shifter for competition hunts, and my Detectorpro Uniprobe pinpointer which can detect up to 6 inches that I also use for hunting under metal bleachers, and playground equipment where there is too much metal structures to swing a regular detector..........I do not consider those shoes to be "specialized machines" those are kid's toys and the arrest, lawyer costs, potential fines and loss of equipment and vehicle of more then $10,000 is a heavy price to pay for trying to sneak in with a toy detector..........It is like robbing a Salvation Army Santa bucket, is the $40 dollars in change worth going to prision.........

Yes I have seen people swing their detector in an arc like it is a sickle and they are cutting wheat, although I would not say the majority swing them like that, the ones swinging them like a sickle are finding very little..............

Just my opinion is all.

Ooooooooooh rEEEEEaaaalllly? I did not KNOW that? WOW, thank you for letting me KNOW that. Fines and everything, HUH?

 

[BIG61AL]

you can put all the sugar you want on this piece of crap but you would still have a piece of crap and anyone who uses this is still a moron with access to way too much sugar!

 

[Shortstack]

you can put all the sugar you want on this piece of crap but you would still have a piece of crap and anyone who uses this is still a moron with access to way too much sugar!

I can remember when the little Japanese 3-transistor pocket radio was considered JUNK, but a few years later, and the Japanese were producing some of the top of the line audio gear. Yep, a lot of folks thought those little $5 radios were pieces of crap all sugared up.

 

[Monty]

Next time you go on a high dollar club hunt, you should hand these out for your competition to "try out". If they didn't tar and feather you , you could go home a big winner. M nty

 

[Seamuss]

Monty, I never knew you to add a gimick to your tool bag. What a suprize.

 

[Nugget Hunter Smith]

Remember Wizard also had a "Walk and Seek" detector that strapped to your shoes and they also did not last on the market that long. Cheap toys "under $100" are not very useful in the real world of detecting. You get what you pay for with electronics.

 

[Bum Luck]

No, really officer, it's not an ankle monitor - it's a metal detector!

In Mexifornia the police would just say that the battery's were dead.

Maybe they just smelled dead...........................

 

[oldcoon]

you can put all the sugar you want on this piece of crap but you would still have a piece of crap and anyone who uses this is still a moron with access to way too much sugar!

I can remember when the little Japanese 3-transistor pocket radio was considered JUNK, but a few years later, and the Japanese were producing some of the top of the line audio gear. Yep, a lot of folks thought those little $5 radios were pieces of crap all sugared up.

Ever think what is going to happen when the Chinese prefect
those junky metal detectors they now make?​

 

[GibH]

Ever think what is going to happen when the Chinese prefect
those junky metal detectors they now make?​

The Chinese are after the quick buck. They do not develope anything, they blatantly rip off electronics from other manufacturers. Quality control will always be an issue because of the cheap components and slave labor.

 

[LM]

The Chinese are after the quick buck. They do not develope anything, they blatantly rip off electronics from other manufacturers. Quality control will always be an issue because of the cheap components and slave labor.

Totally true today, but basically, the exact same thing people said about Japanese consumer goods prior to the 1980's, when they finally got their stuff together and upped their QC, which is about where the Chinese are right now. Where the Chinese seem to be lacking is in innovation, but in manufacturing, they're closing the gap, if it hasn't already closed.

In the age of CNC manufacturing, the race is with labor costs and sadly, with their Communist/Capitalist hybrid system, we won't ever be able to compete in that arena. Quality itself is becoming standardized. The Chinese are already producing goods to our own quality specs, at 1/3 the cost, inclusive of transport. Sure, there will always be peddlers of junk and as the worlds new workshop, they have more than their fair share of such operations, but the low priced/low quality goods you see from China are more about Western merchants exploiting flawed Western consumer mentalities. If someone wanted a direct knock-off of the best metal detector out there, the Chinese could do it, cheaper, at absolute par quality. It's just that brand-loyalty and old sentiments about certain countries 'making things better' is a hard mountain to overcome and the best profit margins- for the US, anyway- lies in somewhat-lower-quality good sold at hugely-lower costs (see: Harbor Freight Tools as the perfect example of this manufacturing model)... Certain European markets are much more receptive to 'high end' Chinese consumer goods. We will see these here in the States, eventually...

Welcome to the New Asian Century...

 

[underdogger]

You know some stoner bought a pair of those just to find his stash and pipe Rob

 

[turtlefoot13]

You know some stoner bought a pair of those just to find his stash and pipe Rob

 

[andy from de]

What ever you do, dont try to get on an airplane with those!