fishlicker
Junior Member
....after a thread( on here or another MD forum - I can't remember) about Big Lots having a $49 detector made by Bounty Hunter...and with my first real detector purchase having to wait probably until Christmas...I decided to "blow" the $49 and at least have something to use. Maybe I'd blow $49, but I would probably know after playing with it for 6 mos. or so if I wanted to spend $200-$300 on something better. Well, I'm pretty sure of two things...one, that I don't know what the heck I'm really doing out there....and two, that with a better detector I'm pretty sure I'd find stuff I'm missing.
Also, the thing doesn't have a headphone jack and it beeps so loud it's like it's just beggin' for attention from passers-by and kids( although no one bothered me at all, thankfully - I'm still a bit shy about digging holed in the ground, even though you and I know I'll fill them up) And then, I wasn't even sure if this cheaper-than-cheap MD was even going to work. . .
But, my fears of it not working at all were laid to rest 10 minutes into my first hunt. I went to a tot lot but it was full of....well,...tots. So I headed over to a couple of benches near a walking trail. After pulling out a pop top, the next beep was a solid( but high pitched) beep. I moved the pine straw out of the way with my foot and shot again at the dirt. Beep! I took out my little garden trowel and dug in about 2 inches( soft dirt, it rained day before yesterday). popped out the little plug of dirt and THERE IT WAS!
( drum roll for the goofball noob, please.....brbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrb )
A DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME! I was giddy. More so than I thought a grown man should be! My wife looked at me like I was nuts. I was grinning ear to ear and holding it up to the sky and half-shouting-half-whispering " Aaaaaaa DDDDDiiimmmeeeeee!"
Ok, so I found another dime, and some pennies, alot of junk, some trash, ketchup packets, the back of a pin, a "Hello Kitty" earring, a big hunk of metal, and a musket ball.
Ok, it was just a broken off bolt with a nut on it, but when I pulled it out of the ground it sure looked round and heavy. LOL
Anyway, I think I've made a mistake and I feel myself being pulled into this thing now head first.......and I'm kickin' and screamin' , only minus the kickin' and the screamin' sounds like " AAAaaa DIIIIIMMMMMMMMEEEE! "
Thanks for everyone's help. I'm sure this Christmas I'll be in for 3-5 hundered on a better unit. ANd then, I shall find diamonds, gold and pirate treasure!
PS - pyrite is annoying.
Here are some pics... ok, well, my pics are too big. lemme resize! bbl.
Also, the thing doesn't have a headphone jack and it beeps so loud it's like it's just beggin' for attention from passers-by and kids( although no one bothered me at all, thankfully - I'm still a bit shy about digging holed in the ground, even though you and I know I'll fill them up) And then, I wasn't even sure if this cheaper-than-cheap MD was even going to work. . .
But, my fears of it not working at all were laid to rest 10 minutes into my first hunt. I went to a tot lot but it was full of....well,...tots. So I headed over to a couple of benches near a walking trail. After pulling out a pop top, the next beep was a solid( but high pitched) beep. I moved the pine straw out of the way with my foot and shot again at the dirt. Beep! I took out my little garden trowel and dug in about 2 inches( soft dirt, it rained day before yesterday). popped out the little plug of dirt and THERE IT WAS!
( drum roll for the goofball noob, please.....brbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrb )
A DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME! I was giddy. More so than I thought a grown man should be! My wife looked at me like I was nuts. I was grinning ear to ear and holding it up to the sky and half-shouting-half-whispering " Aaaaaaa DDDDDiiimmmeeeeee!"
Ok, so I found another dime, and some pennies, alot of junk, some trash, ketchup packets, the back of a pin, a "Hello Kitty" earring, a big hunk of metal, and a musket ball.
Ok, it was just a broken off bolt with a nut on it, but when I pulled it out of the ground it sure looked round and heavy. LOL
Anyway, I think I've made a mistake and I feel myself being pulled into this thing now head first.......and I'm kickin' and screamin' , only minus the kickin' and the screamin' sounds like " AAAaaa DIIIIIMMMMMMMMEEEE! "
Thanks for everyone's help. I'm sure this Christmas I'll be in for 3-5 hundered on a better unit. ANd then, I shall find diamonds, gold and pirate treasure!
PS - pyrite is annoying.
Here are some pics... ok, well, my pics are too big. lemme resize! bbl.