Well bought my first or should I say first and second MD today. I think I made a fairly good buy heres how it went . I went over to Oklahoma City to check out a ATV 4 wheeler , the guy was great and had some good machines for what I wanted to pay . He told me it would take about an hour or so . Go have some lunch and come back and its yours. I asked him about a Sporting Goods store I had seen commercials on tv about and he pointed me it the right direction. The wife and I found it and was wondering around killing time and I asked one of the sales clerks if they had metal detectors and recomended me to one. A young kid but nice. He said they had two. Both Bounty Hunters but when the wife saw the other one which was in a box it had one like a toy on top of it . As it turned out it was some kind of promotion and the two together was a "Dad and me " deal. I asked to see that one and when I saw the price I dropped it in the cart. It was a Bounty Hunter Lone Star and a Bounty Hunter "Treasure Tracker" which the manual says Bounty Hunter Junior . I asked about ear phones he said one left and handed me the box. well together the Lone Star , "Treasure Tracker and ear phones roughly in my head came to 160 $ then he handed me a coupon for 10 $ off purchase which came to a little over 150 for the 3 so I think I made a decent buy and now part of the society and the wife can join in my fun also at the same time . Tell me I didnt do so good .
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A good buy ?
- Thread starter leesumm
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jackintexas
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Just getting into the hobby you did good....Jack
bendorfold
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That's an excellent deal. I love my Lone Star. Pinpointing is easy, as it is designed for depth and uses Ultra Slow Swing for locating. When you find a target, slow your swing speed way way down. With the 8" coil, I've been able to use just the inner coil (about a 4" slow swing) to pinpoint the target. With the 4" coil, it only takes a 2" slow swing. Enjoy!
Ok , now got some questions after reading the manual and playing with the thing inside with some coins , jewelery, foil, nails , screws and any thing else I can find to lay on the bed and kitchen table.
HOW do you know how to deep the item is ?
It seems that the way I swing the ring (which is two rings , one small ring inside the other ) the the signal is at the center of the small ring. Is this where it item is found at the center of the small ring ?
I went outside in the dark and played around with it but couldnt see the readout. Just using the ear phones inside and outside seems all sounds are the same (when under the surface and not knowing how deep they were and inside when I knew where they were ) So is there any way to distinguish how deep an item is by the way it sounds ?
HOW do you know how to deep the item is ?
It seems that the way I swing the ring (which is two rings , one small ring inside the other ) the the signal is at the center of the small ring. Is this where it item is found at the center of the small ring ?
I went outside in the dark and played around with it but couldnt see the readout. Just using the ear phones inside and outside seems all sounds are the same (when under the surface and not knowing how deep they were and inside when I knew where they were ) So is there any way to distinguish how deep an item is by the way it sounds ?
GRAY GHOST
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Hay Leesumm,
Congrats on your steel.
A small shallow target will have like two beeps and be hot sounding.
If you raise the coil, you can find a place where there is one smooth beep.
With practice you will learn where that smooth sound is in relation to the coil.
That's for shallow targets.
Deeper targets will be closer to that smooth spot. If it's at that spot you will have
an idea how far it is from the coil from practice.
Deeper than that, it starts to be a very short, soft signal. Sometimes sounding more
like trash. That's when good headphones can help to distinguish the difference.
Hope that helps,
Congrats on your steel.
A small shallow target will have like two beeps and be hot sounding.
If you raise the coil, you can find a place where there is one smooth beep.
With practice you will learn where that smooth sound is in relation to the coil.
That's for shallow targets.
Deeper targets will be closer to that smooth spot. If it's at that spot you will have
an idea how far it is from the coil from practice.
Deeper than that, it starts to be a very short, soft signal. Sometimes sounding more
like trash. That's when good headphones can help to distinguish the difference.
Hope that helps,
GRAY GHOST
New member
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bendorfold
New member
I've found the Radio Shack Manuals have more details on tuning than the manual that came with my Lone Star. The Lone Star is the Discovery 2000. The Features and Operation sections were most helpful.
I use the "raise the coil" technique to estimate depth, too. Just remember, the larger the target - the deeper the detector is able to read. I don't know if any detector estimates size.
I use the "raise the coil" technique to estimate depth, too. Just remember, the larger the target - the deeper the detector is able to read. I don't know if any detector estimates size.
BH-LandStar
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I use the lift the coil method myself, but I also have a depth readout on the Land Star...I compare the height of the coil off the ground with the readout I get from my normal sweep...most of the times, they are very close...The size of an object can fool the readout anyways...larger targets show as shallow, where smaller targets tend to show more accurately...
HH,
BH-LandStar
HH,
BH-LandStar