What metal detector?

[Timmy C]

I have recently hit a number of 6 inch nails and a rifle bullet right in the centre of some sycamore damaging my chain and so started to use a cheap detector but again I hit nails, finishing of the chain.

What metal detector is best for finding stuff deep in wood that is resonably priced?

[Gareth Smith]

I have recently hit a number of 6 inch nails and a rifle bullet right in the centre of some sycamore damaging my chain and so started to use a cheap detector but again I hit nails, finishing of the chain.

What metal detector is best for finding stuff deep in wood that is resonably priced?

 

I have a garrett ace 250 in the box which was a birthday gift used for about an hour , if you want to make me an offer pm me .

[David Humphries]

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/17200-metal-detector.html

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/picture-forum/18909-metal-mapping.html

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/general-chat/6032-metal-detectors.html

 

 

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[spudulike]

Got myself a C Scope that was the dogs in the 1980s - important thing is that you can switch off the discrimination so you can pick up ferrous material otherwise it will be useless.

 

Mine cost £45 - a bargain in my eyes and works really well - found a few quid with it:thumbup:

 

The larger nails will be no problem to find but it may struggle with smaller stuff deeply embedded.

 

Re - the Garret unit mentioned earlier - they always had good rep in my younger days as an experienced user - found all sorts!

 

You could look on ebay - the old C scopes wit 6 - 8 knobs and VLF in their part code are the ones to go for - good value if they are working!

[Timmy C]

Thanks for the offer of the garrett ace 250 smith77 but abit out of my price range.

Would something like this be any good Standard Discriminating Metal Detector : Metal Detectors : Maplin ? or would i be better getting a better quality second hand one like spudulike recommends? Also anyone know what the relation between depth these detectors can detect in wood compared to soil?

[kernowstu]

Thanks for the offer of the garrett ace 250 smith77 but abit out of my price range.

Would something like this be any good Standard Discriminating Metal Detector : Metal Detectors : Maplin ? or would i be better getting a better quality second hand one like spudulike recommends? Also anyone know what the relation between depth these detectors can detect in wood compared to soil?

 

father used a ex mod one looked like a frying pan attached to a car battery sized box:001_smile:

[The Woodman]

Hi,

I second the Garrett super scanner wand, (check ebay for cheepies, shop soiled stock and ex demos etc), they are robust and very compact and a breeze to use. These will penetrate to a good depth so they pick up ingrown debris. A friend got an ex demo for £30.

The Woodmam