Hi Im considering taking up metal detecting and have a few basic questions which will determine if I take it up and what detector to buy.
First question is how difficult is it to get people, churches, fairgrounds, parks etc to allow you to scan their property? Do you give them a cut, sweet talk them, join their organization? I dont want to invest in a scanner if I am severly limited in scan sites and people object to having their property dug up.
Secondly, I read some people saying dig everything. If you dig everything why do you need a better detector? I would think even the cheapest ones will beep at metal. Plus digging everything would get awfully tiring after a while.
Finally I need to choose a detector, I have a few low ends in mind (Fisher f2, Umax Silver, Discovery 3300) and two mid range (Fisher f4, Vaquero). I do not plan on digging too deep and will be in a variety of soils. Im not scared off by the learning curve but the lack of video on the Vaquero intimidates me a little even though it seems like the better detector.
Comments appreciated.
Thanks.
First question is how difficult is it to get people, churches, fairgrounds, parks etc to allow you to scan their property? Do you give them a cut, sweet talk them, join their organization? I dont want to invest in a scanner if I am severly limited in scan sites and people object to having their property dug up.
Secondly, I read some people saying dig everything. If you dig everything why do you need a better detector? I would think even the cheapest ones will beep at metal. Plus digging everything would get awfully tiring after a while.
Finally I need to choose a detector, I have a few low ends in mind (Fisher f2, Umax Silver, Discovery 3300) and two mid range (Fisher f4, Vaquero). I do not plan on digging too deep and will be in a variety of soils. Im not scared off by the learning curve but the lack of video on the Vaquero intimidates me a little even though it seems like the better detector.
Comments appreciated.
Thanks.