Hello. Just joined. I'm not currently doing metal detecting ... I intended to get into it about 15 years ago and bought a White's Silver Eagle. I went out and used it about 10 minutes and it stopped working. I called Whites and was informed that it sounded like a fuse went bad. I was then told that the fuse could not be replaced by a consumer but the detector had to be returned to the factory (at my expense) for a new fuse. I threw the detector in the closet and haven't touched it since.
I now have the need to find a metal survey stake on the old family farm in Texas and was wondering if a metal detector would work as the metal stake is supposedly buried in the ground on a fence line that has had various metal fences (barbed wire and hog wire) on it for the last 90 years (currently has a Gaucho barbed wire fence with the bottom wire about 5.5 inches above the ground). The fences have been replaced over the years when the old ones rust and fall to pieces. The ground therefore is full of fencing, staples and rust and it is in heavy brush (called thicket in Texas) so that you usually have to cut your way through to walk.
My questions are:
a. Can a metal detector detect an iron (3/8") stake in the ground full of buried rusty fencing and discriminate between the stake and the debris?
b. Would the Whites I have be useful for this purpose IF it were repaired and working properly?
c. Can the White's fuse be replaced without sending it back to the factory?
d. Should I look at buying another detector that would allow me to find this stake?
Thank you
Rog
I now have the need to find a metal survey stake on the old family farm in Texas and was wondering if a metal detector would work as the metal stake is supposedly buried in the ground on a fence line that has had various metal fences (barbed wire and hog wire) on it for the last 90 years (currently has a Gaucho barbed wire fence with the bottom wire about 5.5 inches above the ground). The fences have been replaced over the years when the old ones rust and fall to pieces. The ground therefore is full of fencing, staples and rust and it is in heavy brush (called thicket in Texas) so that you usually have to cut your way through to walk.
My questions are:
a. Can a metal detector detect an iron (3/8") stake in the ground full of buried rusty fencing and discriminate between the stake and the debris?
b. Would the Whites I have be useful for this purpose IF it were repaired and working properly?
c. Can the White's fuse be replaced without sending it back to the factory?
d. Should I look at buying another detector that would allow me to find this stake?
Thank you
Rog
