BH discovery 3300 a good detector

[LLew retired 2009]

I going to retired Feb/1/ 2009 and bought a 3300 for a good price $150.00 off new . is this 3300 a good all around metal detector? I live in Bangor Maine its is - 10 today can.t even try it out. I going to SC in two weeks around Feb 16 2009 to Beaufort SC any good places to hunt? Can't wait to get going. If it works out i am going to buy my wife a detector.This is my first detector.

 

[mitto]

I too have recently bought a 3300, but have not received it yet. Doesn't matter, I'm in Wisconsin, and it is -15 degrees here this morning, so I couldn't use it even if I did have it.

I hope it is a good machine. I have read some good things about them.

 

[poorman]

I have had only one Bounty Hunter and it was the 3300. It was a Very Good Machine. It is allot like the Fisher F4 which was one of Fishers first "F" Series Detectors and a very good machine indeed. Take the time to learn the 3300 and you will do well.

 

[Randy33]

I have a 3300 that I have 100 hrs on and I can share some things with you that will help.
If you get a good signal from one direction , say east to west and back, but here nothing north to south and back
it is most likley a false halo signal from Iron or alum trash.

If I can't get a 4 direction read I won't dig most. This tip will save u a lot of time and headache.

Take a nail and some coins and place them side to side and see the recovery time .

In my area in NC the bottle caps read a 60-61-62, pennies from 68 to 89, dimes 80 to 98

quarters almost always 113- 114

If it's a deep wheat it can throw a 130 or 133 sometimes. not sure why.
I like this detector and have dug wheats at 7 inches , it's not an e-trac but for the price
I can't complain. Hope this helps , happy hunting friend.

P.S. At an old school i hunt , I have dug silver washingtons, merc dimes,rosie's, and wheats to 1919 ....it WILL do it !

 

[tink]

Congrats on the retirement. You'll need more time now that you got into MDing. I owned a 3300 and a Titan 3000. Loved both of them and sorry I ever sold the RS 3300 to get the Titan. titan seemed to use up battery fast and I have some board problems with it. as at the factory more then in my hands getting fixed. My 3300 only got about 15 hours on batteries. Thats the biggest reason I dumped it. But I found a ton of coins and jewelry with it in a year.

I would grab an F5. Has a few more features and doesn't lose the disc setting after pinpointing. Yeah you got a good Detector to start out with and learn on. Shouldn't have any problems paying for itself and start putting money in the bank for a upgrade down the raod when your ready. .

 

[Ed in SoDak]

It's always a good idea to do what Randy33 suggests and carry a ring, a few common coins and also typical trash items with you on an outing or while learning the machine. If you're not getting any signals or you're getting confused by too many beeps and boops, just toss down one or more of your test subjects and see what they read on the spot. You'll get confirmation that your machine is actually reading a target and it can also help set your disc to ignore junk and keep the coins or rings.

Too cold to go outside? Air test! Get yourself set up on a wooden table or large cardboard box. Remove the lower stem and coil from the rest of the detector. Weight the stem with a book or something so the coil can hang off the edge. Arrange things so you can easily swing objects by the coil and simultaneously see and adjust the detector. A short stick with a rubber band on the end can be used to hold your test items. Now you just swing the stick with your wrist, instead of waving your whole arm back and forth. Much easier! Using the stick also helps with getting better air-depth measurements.

To add more interest to such simple tests, put one or more items under the rubber band at the same time. You can put a coin and a nail under one another or on opposite sides of the stick. Now you can test for target masking and separation as well as depth and ID.

Air-tests are often pooh-poohed as meaningless. I strongly disagree. While actual soil conditions will indeed affect things, I've found that air test will still reveal many things about how your detector "sees" its targets. You'll see how a nail can give either a strong signal or a double blip by changing the orientation of it to the coil. Coins on edge versus flat, and multiple target testing are super easy and using what you learn with this, you'll be better prepared when you hear a similar signal when actually out digging.

I'm itching to get out myself, but it's a futile wish. Instead of freezing my heinie off, I'm adding a volume control and power switch to my Time Ranger!

-Ed

 

[Old Katz]

Congradulations on your retirement. I retired Jan of 2008 but put in about twenty hours a week for extra cash.
I have the Ace 250 and thinking about getting the Scorpion Gold. From what I have heard, the 3300 is an excellent machine and does not have the
sensitivity problems associated with the F2,F5, F70. Doesn't mean they are bad machines, only that in an effort to make a better mousetrap
they seem to have dragged along sensitivit issues. I have thought about the BH 3300 as well. Where did you get a deal like that: $150 off the $300 price?
They are $300 at Dicks Sporting goods in my area.

Katz

Retired and loving it!!!!!!

 

[LLew retired 2009]

I paid 199.00 for my3300 at Cabela's catalog Item# 91s-629319 phone 1800-237-4444 hope it still on sale