Critterhunter
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Don't worry, my hunting friend is a real nice guy and he'll bribe you with some free batteries and flashlights because he gets a bunch of those for free. Keeps me in good supply all the time. He'd also be a big help in showing you the ropes as well. This guy is a machine and has tons of hunt time under his belt. I've never seen somebody so avid about swinging a detector, besides me. i
By the time we get out there you'll have all the easy stuff gone by then, and with that much land you could hunt a life time and still not get it all. Often one guy's style of hunting even on the same machine will get targets that another guy would never have dug. Always amazes me to see that. You'll mainly find that the biggest rewards in this hobby come from the people you meet and the friendships you'll form. I've got a few good long time friends that I would have never met if it wasn't for this hobby, and they've altered my life in various ways for the better. These days it's more about the experience than the finds. We'll often let the other guy dig what we think is a good target just so we can watch the sense of discovery through somebody else's eyes.
Flying into an Alaska cabin on water...Now THAT'S something I've always wanted to do. Love the outdoors and the further away from other people the better. Watch out for Bigfoot.
Yea, I'd take the machine. You never know what has been lost around that cabin or washed up on shore. Or, like you said, who has walked it's banks. Watch the layout of the land. If you see what looks like it could have been a logging trail, or a bottle neck between two ridges that is the only way to get somewhere, or other such things that would have focused activity. I'm largely a woods hunter and you develop an eye for things to look for. It's a whole other field of metal detecting that really combines two hobbies I enjoy, detecting and nature.
Since you already have a sleeper Whites that is very good in certain ways, I'd "go deep" for my second machine to use along side it and the GT is about as deep as it gets. It'll also unmask coins in iron or heavy minerals that most machines could only dream of. If you scroll down the forums on here you'll see metal detector classifieds. Go in there and post a Want To Buy (WTB) message for a GT and meter. That's where I bought mine and how I found one when I didn't see any posted for sale. If it's in good shape then somewhere in the $550 to $650 range with meter and stock 10" coil is a good deal. If you want other coils for it I'd highly recommend the S-5 Sunray for heavy trash and the SEF 15x12 for giving the machine even more depth, and that's saying a lot because it's a deep seeker with the 10" coil. You'll find Whites to be very friendly and will always want one around for those days, where as a Minelab is a little less friendly hardware wise (heavier) but it will also do things the Whites can't in certain respects. That QXT is I feel a real sleeper in terms of depth on silver/copper coins thanks to it's low frequency which hits harder. Also, it's special features like turning off noise reduction will get it a little deeper than most other machines on the market to this day. I felt it held it's own against the Explorers I've owned but for depth it's met it's match in my GT.
By the time we get out there you'll have all the easy stuff gone by then, and with that much land you could hunt a life time and still not get it all. Often one guy's style of hunting even on the same machine will get targets that another guy would never have dug. Always amazes me to see that. You'll mainly find that the biggest rewards in this hobby come from the people you meet and the friendships you'll form. I've got a few good long time friends that I would have never met if it wasn't for this hobby, and they've altered my life in various ways for the better. These days it's more about the experience than the finds. We'll often let the other guy dig what we think is a good target just so we can watch the sense of discovery through somebody else's eyes.Flying into an Alaska cabin on water...Now THAT'S something I've always wanted to do. Love the outdoors and the further away from other people the better. Watch out for Bigfoot.
Yea, I'd take the machine. You never know what has been lost around that cabin or washed up on shore. Or, like you said, who has walked it's banks. Watch the layout of the land. If you see what looks like it could have been a logging trail, or a bottle neck between two ridges that is the only way to get somewhere, or other such things that would have focused activity. I'm largely a woods hunter and you develop an eye for things to look for. It's a whole other field of metal detecting that really combines two hobbies I enjoy, detecting and nature.Since you already have a sleeper Whites that is very good in certain ways, I'd "go deep" for my second machine to use along side it and the GT is about as deep as it gets. It'll also unmask coins in iron or heavy minerals that most machines could only dream of. If you scroll down the forums on here you'll see metal detector classifieds. Go in there and post a Want To Buy (WTB) message for a GT and meter. That's where I bought mine and how I found one when I didn't see any posted for sale. If it's in good shape then somewhere in the $550 to $650 range with meter and stock 10" coil is a good deal. If you want other coils for it I'd highly recommend the S-5 Sunray for heavy trash and the SEF 15x12 for giving the machine even more depth, and that's saying a lot because it's a deep seeker with the 10" coil. You'll find Whites to be very friendly and will always want one around for those days, where as a Minelab is a little less friendly hardware wise (heavier) but it will also do things the Whites can't in certain respects. That QXT is I feel a real sleeper in terms of depth on silver/copper coins thanks to it's low frequency which hits harder. Also, it's special features like turning off noise reduction will get it a little deeper than most other machines on the market to this day. I felt it held it's own against the Explorers I've owned but for depth it's met it's match in my GT.