non metal objects

[I dig it]

will my detector pick up arrow heads and non metal objects and if so what does it register ?

 

[The Beep Goes On]

Nope, only metallic objects.

HH!
TBGO

 

[I dig it]

OK so how is it I have read several posts about folks finding these things ?

 

[seger98]

They are finding them with thier eyes!

 

[The Beep Goes On]

OK so how is it I have read several posts about folks finding these things ?

If it is a metallic arrow head, then, yes your detector could find it. For non-metallic arrow heads (or other non-metallic items like fossils, etc.) you either scan the ground with your eyes or dig/sift dirt or stream/river gravel. A lot of the folks here seem to find them just walking along old streams and spotting them in the water.

HH!
TBGO

 

[I dig it]

OK OK I get it you have to live in and area that this is a common artifact

 

[EDDE]

or dig a hole and out pops a marble etc

 

[sniffer]

it's a METAL detector, right?

 

[I dig it]

sarcasim is not what I was looking for

 

[smurf-42]

It's ok, I asked the same question last year.

The only way to find an arrowhead is with your eyes and not with your detector. When you dig for a metal object also look for other things that might not be picked up with your detector, like an arrowhead.

Also, we were all new at this at 1 time. I have been detecting for not quite a year and still consider myself a newbie.

Sue

 

[Lowbatts]

sarcasim is not what I was looking for

We're laughing with you, not at you.

Site selection comes first, you get to an old site very often by seeing evidence of some past occupation or usage. Broken bits of china or glass, pottery or nails. Those odd but deliberate shapes stand out in the presence of randomly shaped broken bits of other old objects.

 

[sniffer]

I wasn't poking fun at you. sorry if it came across that way.
like it's already been said, when you go MD'ing, you always look at the ground and find unusual or out place objects. most of the sites we search are older. so the chances of finding arrow heads, marbles and the like increase

 

[Michigan Badger]

will my detector pick up arrow heads and non metal objects and if so what does it register ?

Like everyone has stated--only metal objects are detected.

However, I've found lots of non metal treasures while digging trash. This is why at certain locations I use a soil-sifter (screen) and carefully check my dug soil. I find tiny old bottles and lots of very old marbles this way.

In Michigan's Upper Peninsula they find lots of arrow points with metal detectors. This is because most are made of ancient hammered float copper.

Badger

 

[Michigan Badger]

One summer I was metal detecting a Seminole Indian War fort site and dug a period bottle right next to a musket ball. Although my metal detector did not detect the bottle, it was a pleasant coincidence. It also started a spin-off hobby of bottle collecting.

Shortly afterwards I purchased a two-box detector (Gemini III) that has the capability of being tuned (or detuned) to respond to changes in the soil. Works great for finding bottle dumps. You are not actually detecting the glass bottles, but the changes in the soil conditions.

That's a big secert you just gave away.

It sure beats the rod method.

Badger

 

[mlayers]

For arrow head hunt plow fields where old building was at one time. As you search for relics you scan the ground for them.good luck....mlayers

 

[Michigan Badger]

One summer I was metal detecting a Seminole Indian War fort site and dug a period bottle right next to a musket ball. Although my metal detector did not detect the bottle, it was a pleasant coincidence. It also started a spin-off hobby of bottle collecting.

Shortly afterwards I purchased a two-box detector (Gemini III) that has the capability of being tuned (or detuned) to respond to changes in the soil. Works great for finding bottle dumps. You are not actually detecting the glass bottles, but the changes in the soil conditions.

That's a big secert you just gave away.

It sure beats the rod method.

Badger

The probe method works great for smaller applications. Probing 40 acres would be a bit problematic

Amen to that!

And the probe method really stinks in our super rocky soil. Most of the 1st foot is gravel and big rocks under that. Digging a privy must of been a lot of fun back then.