Metal detection services needed (2 box I believe)

[srtme]

I am a realtor in Santa Maria, CA and have a problem. My clients remember their dad burying things in the backyard (silver, etc..), but they were young when this happened and cannot remember how deep or where. Their yard is 1/5 of an acre and for argument lets assume the backyard is half the yard. Knowing their father I assume he buried things in the 4 to 8 foot deep range. From what I have read I require the services of someone (preferably local) who has a 2 box system that I can hire to scan their yard. Any information or input would be appreciated as they would like to do this before selling the property. Thank you

 

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[Tom_in_CA]

The two box machine idea assumes the objects (containers) were jar sized or bigger. About the smallest thing a 2-box machine can find, is a soda can sized object. It's certainly possible your objects are that sized or bigger. But I have heard of containers ("bread and butter" caches) no bigger than fist sized, tobacco tin sized, etc... 1/5 of an acre (or "half of that" as you say) is not that big of an area.

I've had some luck with similar searches (1 for a realtor as a matter of fact, in a jar ) Although I'm about 2.5 hrs. north of you. PM me, and if I can't do it, I've got some So. CA friends that can perhaps come north to you.

Good luck!

 

[srtme]

From what they remember their dad could stand in the hole and he crosshatched rebar over it after burying it with a lot of dirt and then buried that, so my assumption is it's considerably more than a jar and is still a ways south of me. I am new to this and worry about the depth being a problem

 

[spartacus53]

Wait for Frankn to chime in, he appears to be a guru on the two box

If he doesn't chime in, I'd suggest sending him a pm.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Sheesk, "covered it with rebar" ?? Sounds like a pirate treasure story to me (layers of boobie traps and such , haha). Sure a 2-box unit will get stacks of rebar. So too will most any machine get something that big The advantage of a 2-box machine, in a case like that though, is not so much that it "hears it" or "hears it deeply", but rather, that if the yard is junky (typical household nails, foil, tabs, etc...) a 2-box machine simply won't hear anything like those small things (ie.: "only" hear objects that are large).

I'll pop you a PM.