misunderestimat
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So I always wanted a metal detector to find treasures, I always see the folks at the beach thinking WOW they must be raking it in. When I walked and talked to a hunter all he was finding was junk . So I never purchased a machine. So fast forward to today, And I lost an underground lawn sprinkler head and I figure it has some metal in it so why not see if I could find it with a metal detector , I feel it must be less then 6 inchs or so under ground ,
I am also an electrician by trade and occasionally an underground wire gets cut and we have to try and find it (copper wire)
if the metal detector won't pick up the small amount of metal in the sprinkler head I was thinking may be I can did up the pipe at a last known location and run a metal fish tape down the plastic pipe that I know runs to the missing sprinkler head.
Is it realistic to think I can find a metal detector to find this missing head and then going forward bring it to the beach to search out treasures with a budget of 100 to 150 dollars
Thank you in advance for your input. I am in my 50's and have used forums to train dogs, learn how to do home projects, got more information and advise when restoring some cars that with out the internet I never would of gotten the information , how did we survive with out the internet to share knowledge
I am also an electrician by trade and occasionally an underground wire gets cut and we have to try and find it (copper wire)
if the metal detector won't pick up the small amount of metal in the sprinkler head I was thinking may be I can did up the pipe at a last known location and run a metal fish tape down the plastic pipe that I know runs to the missing sprinkler head.
Is it realistic to think I can find a metal detector to find this missing head and then going forward bring it to the beach to search out treasures with a budget of 100 to 150 dollars
Thank you in advance for your input. I am in my 50's and have used forums to train dogs, learn how to do home projects, got more information and advise when restoring some cars that with out the internet I never would of gotten the information , how did we survive with out the internet to share knowledge