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Heavy Duty, Alkaline, or Rechargeable Batteries???

Well John...

In the order you have them in the picture above, you have a Mercury Dime, a "V" Nickel, and a Buffalo Nickel...All worth a bit. The back of that Buffalo looks nice and if you can read the date on the front, it is in good shape...they all look nice, but I would need to see them up close to tell you the actual value based on their conditions...Very Nice finds for a visit here to the States...The Mercury Dime is made of Silver. The Buffalo is worth 0.35 to 1.10 US dollars depending on the mint mark...The Mercury dimes normally go for about 0.60 US dollars or more based on year and mint mark. That V nickel is the most valuable item you have there...If it is the right year it could be worth 500 dollars or more...

Happy Hunting,

BH-LandStar
 
Hello H:

Many thanks for taking the time to check out my coins. Here's a pic of the 'other' sides. It's nice to think one of them might be worth a bit of cash, but these three coins represent some very happy memories of the time I spent in the States. Can't put a price on that!

Good hunting

Regards

John H
 
The V nickle is worth only 0.75 dollars...the Mercury is about 2.00 dollars, and the Buffalo...Between 3.00 and 10.00 dollars...

Again, nice finds...

BH-LandStar
 
I would think that for the money, it would pay to carry two sets of rechargeables,as it seems to me according to the feedback above, that the rechargeables last only 6-8 hours depending on the type {ie:250mah.280mah,500mah,etc.},thus the money spent on two sets of rechargeables would more than pay for itself,over the more expensive alkaline throw away type.Just be sure to get a true 9volt,not a 7.2 in a 9volts body,so to speak,...we all know where you can buy those,dont we!!!. HappyHunting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
The Super Market up the street from my house, put a big box full of energizers out last year for 25 cents each. Dated to be used by 2011, as you have probably guessed, I bought about a ton of them. :)

I also have 4 old Radio Shack NICad 9 volt batteries, you know the 8.4 volt kind. These old batteries are about ten years old, and hadn't been charged in five or six. So I charged them, and they actually charged up full. As for lasting power ?? I'll have to get back to you on that.
 
Hey Steve I would have bought all the Energizers I could at that price as well.I currently have some rechargeables by Digimate that are 280mah.I charged them about three weeks ago and they still read out on the volt meter at 9.07 volts.I will posts actual field tests when the weather permits..HappyHunting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Hi,
Although Bounty Hunter state the use of Alkaline batteries I bought these NMH's for AU$2.99 and AU$17.00 for postage on line, they are rated at 280mah and 8.4v, I charge them on my old Nicad charger at 25mA for 17 hours and use them in my Land Star.
 
At 8.4 Volts, your getting awful close to the point where the LandStar wants more juice....the mAH value is good on these, but I would try to find true 9.6 volt NiMH batteries.
Someone posted a great site earlier...
http://www.zbatteries.com also http://www.allbatteries.com

Hope they work out for you, but I think your gonna end up changing batteries often...

HH,

BH-LandStar
 
The 9.6 variety are going to work better in ANY detector, as your machine was designed to run at 9 volts...When the voltage drops off, you machine finds it harder to operate within it's set parameters. it will start giving false signals, and you will find yourself turning the sensitivity down to compensate. The true 9.6 volt batteries are not much more than the cheaper 8.4s...I say why waste money, go straight for the good stuff.

HH,

BH-LandStar
 
I got the PowerEx 9.6 volt 230 mAH NiMHs today, and they are on the charger...When I get to use em, I will post on how long they last...Until Then...

HH,

BH-LandStar
 
I just ordered mine from http://www.zbatteries.com/
I tested the standing voltage after charging the PowerEx batteries...9.62 Volts...So far so good...I took them out today for a bit and hunted for an hour and a half...found only 54 cents in clad...oldest coin was a 1962 copper...I did notice the sound in the headphones appeared to be a bit louder with the 9.6 Volt batteries...The spot I was hunting, I had gone over with my Pioneer 505 about 3 months ago...I was finding deeper items I probably passed right over with the 505...The Land Star found them though...:) I will continue to hunt until the batteries go dead, and record my hunting time...I seldom turn the machine off during a hunt, so it is on the whole time I am hunting. I only turn it off when I take a break, or if I have to dig a deep hole...

HH,

BH-LandStar
 
Well, I took the batteries out of the Land Star again today, and measured the voltage with a digital VOM...It read 10.33 on one battery, and 10.31 on the other...this is AFTER using them for almost 2 hours yesterday...I am fairly sure this will not hurt the machine, as it most likely kicks the 9v down to like 6 volts...I was just surprised to see this standing voltage on a rechargeable NiMH, and hope charging them this high is not going to damage them...I may have to purchase the PowerEx charger that is meant to be used for these batteries...anyone else have these batts and notice this high of a charge???

If the batteries do not get damaged, I should get darn near 10 hours or more out of these things on my Land Star.

HH,

BH-LandStar
 
Got a Bounty hunter Landstar for Christmas so far i am impressed.. a flier titled " Important usage tips" was included in box, it states use ALKALINE batteries ONLY..
Then two lines down it says ... If you use rechargeable batteries, use Nickel-Metal-Hydride types... sounds like a statement form a politician....
i still have the original alkaline batteries i started with but i have purchased a couple sets of rechargeables because of that statement ....
makes one wonder what the word ONLY really means!!!!!
 
Means...We get kickbacks from the Alkaline battery companies, so please use them...lol...NiMh batteries are NOT going to hurt your machine....9V is 9V is 9V anywhere.
And Wv-Az-Snowbird...Your gonna love your Land Star...get the additional coils for the machine if you haven't already...the 4" and the 10".


HH,

BH-LandStar
 
MY COMMANDO HAS GRETA BATTERY LIFE, BEEN RUNNING FOR OVER 30 HRS. CHANGING BATTERIES TODAY. FIRST TIME.
 
Hello Cliffhanger:

Not sure, it's one I came across some time ago and sort of dovetails into how I think of the world.

Regards

John
Chivas regal
 
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