LOST - 8" LONG HUNTING KNIFE - HOW DO I FIND IT?

[buckstix]

I lost an 8" long hunting knife made of steel and aluminum weighing 6-8 ounces. It was lost somewhere in a 40 acre plot of very tall marsh grass and brush. Can you help? Are there any detectors that would find an object from 2-4 feet away (through the grass)if it were on the surface of the ground?

please help with suggestions for buying / renting a detector that might work for this task.

The knife is not valuable, but it is a family treasure.

 

[James/Washington]

part are made to detect targets that are coin sized to fist size and are capable of detecting targets of this size anywhere from the surface to about 10" to 12" deep and some larger targets the size of cannon balls to a depth of about 2'. The major factor that determines depth is the makeup of the soil itself. A soil with a very high mineral content usually makes for tougher detecting abilities of most detectors. Now having said this, there are some manafactures of coils that make a coil of 15" or maybe slightly larger. These coils will detect deeper than the smaller coils. An object the size of the knife will still be very difficult but not impossible to locate with the larger coil. Four feet would be stretching it but if the coil could be kept at about three feet and the knife is laying on its edge you may have a chance of finding it. Finding the knife may depend on the operator of the metal detector and just how famaliar he or she is with its use. It may be difficult for an in-experianced operator to find the knife at all. Forty acres is a large ares and it certainly would help to be able to narrow the size of the area down as much as possible. Good luck and I hope this helps.

 

[DavHut]

40 acres may as well be another country. You will need to narrow down your search and then as has been said, you will not find what the coil of the detector fails to pass directly over.

There are no detectors available that I know of that can reliably "see" a knife from 4 feet away. Best of luck, to you.

 

[Ron from Michigan]

Buckstix,if you could remember your path through the 40 acres it could be found.If you have a friend with a simple unit just follow your path overlapping the coil sweep.Unless you are really fond of that Knife I wouldn't go out and buy a detector just to find this item its just not cost effective. Ron