Metal mapping

[Dean Lofthouse]

Managed to cut this metal riden butt up with my little hand metal detector finding all the metal, marking it and cutting a route through. Saved me hours of sharpening

[Robert_S]

Nice one dean i could have used one of them a couple of weeks ago, whats the model and where did you get it?

[tommer9]

Likewise Dean.

 

Finding metal with a new chain is one thing.....finding it with a new bandsaw blade is VERY pricey.....you cant sharpen that, its nearly £30 down the drain.....

[Dean Lofthouse]

The one I got was off ebay Robert, it is what they use to find wall ties in brick walls, I just googled wall tie detector. I put the name of it in google after I bought it to see if they were still sold and nothing came up.

 

I bought a £500 metal detector after that reckoning I could find a haul of gold to pay for it then I would have one for nowt.

 

Its ended up where I haven't found any gold and the expensive detector hasn't found anymore metal in the stem that the little detector didn't pick up.

 

Tom, dont you scan the trunk after each cut ?? They only detect about 3" deep in wood but if you scan after each slab it's job sorted

[tommer9]

I dont- as i dont have a detector. I have tried a couple of hand held jobs to no avail, but will be looking at the sort of thing you have now.

[redmoosefaction]

Were you only using the small detector... if so how did you avoid the metal when you could only do 3"?.... or did you just use the big one... and if so, that looks really accurate.

[Rob D]

3" Dean !?

 

 

My tool penetrates an eye watering 8"...

 

 

 

 

But once you've had a metal detector it's the sort of thing you wonder how you managed without one.....

[Dean Lofthouse]

The small one does 3" which is handy to carry round when you are pricing just to see.

 

What I meant is the big one didnt pick anything up deeper that the little one missed. The little fella did ok

 

Once I cut a disc off then I scanned the flat side of the cut to see further inside if you know what I mean

[geoff]

Dean, the xterra will pick up deaper iron,just need to go all metal (no discrimination),

and raise the sensitivity.

[Dean Lofthouse]

Dean, the xterra will pick up deaper iron,just need to go all metal (no discrimination),

and raise the sensitivity.

 

I'm still working out all the controls on it Geoff, metal detectors have come a long way since the early days, ground balance, sensetivity, noise cancel, discrimination pattern and channel change ??

 

I've sussed out most of it, I just need some practice with it now