metal detector

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wondering which metal detector to buy as getting fed up doing trees and finding barb/nails and evan chain 10 ft up insidetrees any ideas

[Joy Yeomans]

we got a cheap one from maplin electronics cost about £49 does the job

[Justme]

How deep will they scan a tree?

[Joy Yeomans]

How deep will they scan a tree?

i think this cheap ones only supposed to scan 6-8" in the soil but weve found old wire fencing and nails embedded in trunks about 12-18" in. - saved the saw a few times on old field tree jobs

[David Humphries]

I'm not sure on make, but if you give Rob D a pm, or e-mail I'm sure he'll fill you in.

 

alaskan mill I home of the portable chainsaw mill

 

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[Justme]

Ah I see do a scan every time you do a milling cut.

[arbwork]

found this before we hit it with small detector, saved a lot of hell!

Edited February 28, 2010 by Monkey-D

[Darrin Turnbull]

Any suggestions for a value for money detector.

Maybe something like this Bosch PMD 7

[Mark Bolam]

I can be of no help whatsoever I'm afraid Darrin.

 

My only real experience of metal detectors was on the beach at Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk on family holidays as a nipper.

People would be combing the beach with them after the crowds had left.

Me and my brothers used to push a 1/2p coin into a dog turd with a stick, bury it in the sand then laugh our heads off when they dug it up with their hands.

[Darrin Turnbull]

Where are you favourite beeches. Maybe good to know.

 

 

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