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re: Anyone here use metal detectors as a hobby?
Posted on 8/18/21 at 5:29 pm to AUFANATL
Posted on 8/18/21 at 5:29 pm to AUFANATL
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live near some major Civil War battlefields. Always thought it would be cool to go searching for buried relics. But I'm guessing they have already been thoroughly scanned and combed over by now.
You can never hit them hard enough IMO. You’re sitting on a metal detectorist dream if it’s not federally protected land.
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Posted on 8/18/21 at 5:38 pm to TSS4LSU
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Thinking about getting a good metal detector. Anyone here have that as a hobby?
They are called Detectorist and can be very competitive.
Posted on 8/18/21 at 6:04 pm to TSS4LSU
I have two friends that do this.
Posted on 8/18/21 at 9:43 pm to Packer
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I always see guys using them at the beach, and I'm sure they find quite a bit of lost jewelry. Last year, somebody probably found my dumb arse wife's lost ring.
I know a friend’s kid who about 5 years ago found some other guy’s dumb arse wife’s ring at the beach. A really nice diamond ring.
Posted on 8/18/21 at 9:54 pm to La Place Mike
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They are called Detectorist and can be very competitive.
Posted on 8/18/21 at 10:07 pm to TSS4LSU
When I was working at a sports card memorabilia shop one year, I believe it was Donruss that put out a special set a cards you could collect inside the individual packs. The cards were made with some kind of metallic gold leaf flake type paint or something like that.
We used an old school stand up type sweeper metal detector to scan each pack to find those cards. Worked pretty well.
That's all the experience I have. Hope that helps.
We used an old school stand up type sweeper metal detector to scan each pack to find those cards. Worked pretty well.
That's all the experience I have. Hope that helps.
Posted on 8/18/21 at 11:07 pm to TSS4LSU
I’ve dallied into it a few times but it seems to inevitability invoke dorkiness and/or trespassing.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 8:58 am to SpotCheckBilly
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SpotCheckBilly
I was wondering if anyone would get it. Great show. I hated to see it end.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 9:27 am to TSS4LSU
A hunting buddy dropped one of those big arse semi-auto handguns in the trenasse (a ditch in the marsh used for boat travel.
Went back a week later with a hand held underwater detector. Found it. I think the weapon was called a “ Desert Eagle”.
He borrowed the detector from a survey company. This was in the early 80’s.
Went back a week later with a hand held underwater detector. Found it. I think the weapon was called a “ Desert Eagle”.
He borrowed the detector from a survey company. This was in the early 80’s.
This post was edited on 8/19/21 at 9:30 am
Posted on 8/19/21 at 9:33 am to TSS4LSU
Yeah. Garrett Pro Pinpointer (looks like a dildo) in conjunction with the medal detector is a game changer. Little rascal puts you right on the find off the medal detector. Saves so much time. Killer
Posted on 8/19/21 at 12:34 pm to TSS4LSU
I do. I have a White's MXT I've been using for 10+ years. Best one out there.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 12:49 pm to Spaceman Spiff
Found these two on family land here in GA. Top is one of three Confederate buckles I've found. The bottom is a pewter Light Dragoons buckle from the War of 1812. One of only two in known existence.
Posted on 8/19/21 at 1:14 pm to ElderTiger
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I have done some magnet fishing
Interesting. Do you just use a magnet on a rope type thing?
Posted on 8/26/21 at 7:20 pm to greenwave
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Interesting. Do you just use a magnet on a rope type thing?
Yes - you can get the magnets from Amazon and some good ski rope.
Start out around docks and under rural bridges.
Some amazing things can be found.
Posted on 8/26/21 at 7:35 pm to Packer
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always see guys using them at the beach, and I'm sure they find quite a bit of lost jewelry. Last year, somebody probably found my dumb arse wife's lost ring.
My son had one when he was about 10. Took it to the beach and the only thing we came back with was the knowledge that Bud Light bottle caps outnumbered Corona and Coors Light 3-1.
Posted on 1/21/24 at 7:02 am to Spaceman Spiff
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Best one out there.
Ever hear of a XP Deus?
Posted on 1/21/24 at 7:21 am to Shanegolang
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XP Deus
That’s what I use.
I need to update it but don’t have a PC anymore.
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