CTKidd
Elite Member
First let me start off by saying thank you to everyone who participated in this thread: http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?p=600470#post600470 You guys have been a huge help in getting the BHTiv working for me.
I also want to say thanks to everyone on the forum for all their input, knowledge, and patience in regards to my on going cycle of questions..so with out further ado...
Bounty Hunter Tracker IV VS. The Beach....(insert nafarious intro music here)
I recieved my BHTiv as a birthday present 8/23/10. It has excellent reviews 4.6 stars, beating out the Ace 250 which has 4.3 stars. http://metaldetectorreviews.net/detectors/65-1-tracker4.html I used this link as my main information tool for deciding on the purchase. That was before joining the forum.
I recieved it, opened it up, read the small manual, and ran outside and starting digging up.....beer cans...nails...aluminum siding....nails...screws....beer cans....and more beer cans. This is when I came back in the house and started looking for information on how to use the detector, and thats how I stumbled on to this forum, and taking peoples advice, hit some tot-lots...and BAM I was hooked...big time. I did some dirt digging and even went to the beach. I found that my BHTiv did excellent in all conditions, except for wet salt sand. It would false signal as soon as I got to the wet sand. I did great on the dry sand, and had a blast at the beach.
Sept. 3 I went in for surgery on my dominate hand due to an injury at work and as a result, I haven't been able to really metal detect since. So I started to do some research. I contacted First Texas Products and they gave me some advice and told me what I needed to do, and I also started the above thread asking for advice from people who had successfully hunted the beach with the BHTiv.
Today I decided to head out and get some fresh air, try out the wrist and see if it could hold up, and try out some of the techniques I had been told or read about.
Here was the test area:
And here were my tools:
I started out checking the dry sand area down to the beach, it wasn't much of a distance, but I wanted to test my wrist. The bad news...couldn't do it with my dominate hand. So I did the entire day using my left hand for everything. I swung the detector with my left hand...when I found a target..I would pinpoint, put the detector in my right hand..and then dig with my left..I am WORE out!!
When I got down to the wet sand, my detector started falsing all over the place...so I did what I had been told to do..and I waited about a minute...(up to 5 minutes). I turned the sensitivity up to max..and then slowly lowered it until no more falsing. I walked down to the waters edge to test it in the water..and it falsed when it entered the water, and when it exited the water, but not while remaining submerged. I had been told this directly from First Texas Products. OK, so I was happy so far, so I went about searching the wet sand...and it did incredibly well. Here are some pictures:
In the immortal words of the Tic, "Spoooooon!"
I know what your thinking..six inches in wet sand for a large target....wooohoo!! How bout this?
Look on the handle of the scoop, see the tab...that was about 7"..
This little guy was pulled out of 4" water filled hole:
Lead shot maybe..don't know for sure..
Penny was at maybe 4" ..you can see how close to the surf..
All in all not a bad day...maybe 2-3 hours..I kept stopping to take a break because my wrist was sore, and bothering me..Here is everything from the hunt:
The Good:
The Bad:
Close ups of the more interesting finds:
So what I learned was that the BHTiv can do wet salt sand. I found that if it started to act up a bit, that dipping the coil in the water calmed it down. I stayed in all metal mode most of the time, sensitivity between 12 and 3 o clock...no discrimination. I had very little to no falsing most of the time, and like I said, when it started to false I found that taking it over to the water, and dipping the coil in the surf would cause it to stop.
I am still planning on purchasing a waterproof machine..and a better land machine...but in the meantime..I like my BHTiv...its a great little all around starting metal detector. It can sniff out coins like crazy. When I can finally afford the other machines, I will probably try to put a smaller coil on my BHTiv and keep it for totlots and such.
This is not a post putting down other detectors, and how do I know there are better made detectors than this one. All I am trying to show is that the BHTiv can do this, with some trial and error, I think it will work great for a beginner in the wet sand. Now...what should we take on next? BHTiv VS GODZILLA!!!!!!!!!!! stay tuned.
CTKidd
I also want to say thanks to everyone on the forum for all their input, knowledge, and patience in regards to my on going cycle of questions..so with out further ado...
Bounty Hunter Tracker IV VS. The Beach....(insert nafarious intro music here)
I recieved my BHTiv as a birthday present 8/23/10. It has excellent reviews 4.6 stars, beating out the Ace 250 which has 4.3 stars. http://metaldetectorreviews.net/detectors/65-1-tracker4.html I used this link as my main information tool for deciding on the purchase. That was before joining the forum.
I recieved it, opened it up, read the small manual, and ran outside and starting digging up.....beer cans...nails...aluminum siding....nails...screws....beer cans....and more beer cans. This is when I came back in the house and started looking for information on how to use the detector, and thats how I stumbled on to this forum, and taking peoples advice, hit some tot-lots...and BAM I was hooked...big time. I did some dirt digging and even went to the beach. I found that my BHTiv did excellent in all conditions, except for wet salt sand. It would false signal as soon as I got to the wet sand. I did great on the dry sand, and had a blast at the beach.
Sept. 3 I went in for surgery on my dominate hand due to an injury at work and as a result, I haven't been able to really metal detect since. So I started to do some research. I contacted First Texas Products and they gave me some advice and told me what I needed to do, and I also started the above thread asking for advice from people who had successfully hunted the beach with the BHTiv.
Today I decided to head out and get some fresh air, try out the wrist and see if it could hold up, and try out some of the techniques I had been told or read about.
Here was the test area:
And here were my tools:
I started out checking the dry sand area down to the beach, it wasn't much of a distance, but I wanted to test my wrist. The bad news...couldn't do it with my dominate hand. So I did the entire day using my left hand for everything. I swung the detector with my left hand...when I found a target..I would pinpoint, put the detector in my right hand..and then dig with my left..I am WORE out!!
When I got down to the wet sand, my detector started falsing all over the place...so I did what I had been told to do..and I waited about a minute...(up to 5 minutes). I turned the sensitivity up to max..and then slowly lowered it until no more falsing. I walked down to the waters edge to test it in the water..and it falsed when it entered the water, and when it exited the water, but not while remaining submerged. I had been told this directly from First Texas Products. OK, so I was happy so far, so I went about searching the wet sand...and it did incredibly well. Here are some pictures:
In the immortal words of the Tic, "Spoooooon!"
I know what your thinking..six inches in wet sand for a large target....wooohoo!! How bout this?
Look on the handle of the scoop, see the tab...that was about 7"..
This little guy was pulled out of 4" water filled hole:
Lead shot maybe..don't know for sure..
Penny was at maybe 4" ..you can see how close to the surf..
All in all not a bad day...maybe 2-3 hours..I kept stopping to take a break because my wrist was sore, and bothering me..Here is everything from the hunt:
The Good:
The Bad:
Close ups of the more interesting finds:
So what I learned was that the BHTiv can do wet salt sand. I found that if it started to act up a bit, that dipping the coil in the water calmed it down. I stayed in all metal mode most of the time, sensitivity between 12 and 3 o clock...no discrimination. I had very little to no falsing most of the time, and like I said, when it started to false I found that taking it over to the water, and dipping the coil in the surf would cause it to stop.
I am still planning on purchasing a waterproof machine..and a better land machine...but in the meantime..I like my BHTiv...its a great little all around starting metal detector. It can sniff out coins like crazy. When I can finally afford the other machines, I will probably try to put a smaller coil on my BHTiv and keep it for totlots and such.
This is not a post putting down other detectors, and how do I know there are better made detectors than this one. All I am trying to show is that the BHTiv can do this, with some trial and error, I think it will work great for a beginner in the wet sand. Now...what should we take on next? BHTiv VS GODZILLA!!!!!!!!!!! stay tuned.
CTKidd