I have recently delved into the "hobby" of treasure hunting and I have a few specific places I would like to investigate. What I basically need is a detector that would tell me
location of gold/silver metals and of hidden rooms, graves, tombs or underground cavities in depth up to 25m.
I have been having an argument with a friend who claims that according to an expert he knows none of these commercially available and relatively "cheap" metal detectors work
well enough to justify their price. Basically his thesis is that they are a waste of money and only a military grade detector that has been recommended to him, that costs 60,000 euros,
can do the job properly and accurately.
Now, granted that you get what you pay for however I find his claim untenable. First of all, sometimes, the argument from authority may bring impact into a debate but not always substance and hence
I like to investigate things on my own.
Secondly if all detectors available are pants how come the companies selling them haven't gone bust? Particularly I've heard that OKM detectors are awful. One reason being that if lets say a gold metal
is buried inside a cavity/tomb made of rocks the detector goes widely inaccurate. Another thing i was told is that commercially available detectors aren't good for all types of soil/ground and therefore can prove useless though this is not stated when buying them.
Is there any detector (not very expensive) that can detect and reasonably pin point accurately to what I am after without costing the world? I would highly appreciate some experts advice so that
I don't waste my money buying something that won't work.
location of gold/silver metals and of hidden rooms, graves, tombs or underground cavities in depth up to 25m.
I have been having an argument with a friend who claims that according to an expert he knows none of these commercially available and relatively "cheap" metal detectors work
well enough to justify their price. Basically his thesis is that they are a waste of money and only a military grade detector that has been recommended to him, that costs 60,000 euros,
can do the job properly and accurately.
Now, granted that you get what you pay for however I find his claim untenable. First of all, sometimes, the argument from authority may bring impact into a debate but not always substance and hence
I like to investigate things on my own.
Secondly if all detectors available are pants how come the companies selling them haven't gone bust? Particularly I've heard that OKM detectors are awful. One reason being that if lets say a gold metal
is buried inside a cavity/tomb made of rocks the detector goes widely inaccurate. Another thing i was told is that commercially available detectors aren't good for all types of soil/ground and therefore can prove useless though this is not stated when buying them.
Is there any detector (not very expensive) that can detect and reasonably pin point accurately to what I am after without costing the world? I would highly appreciate some experts advice so that
I don't waste my money buying something that won't work.
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