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- Thread starter Frank5
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Hey Frank. Greetings from Luzerne County, PA. I'm one year new at detecting. First machine was a BH Sharp Shooter II. It's been given to my brother and I now have four machines including a BH Pioneer 505 with 8" and 4" coils. My two cents of advice to you would be to get a quality digger so you can dig efficiently and leave hardly a trace behind, study these forums over the long winter and learn from others experience with any brand machine, play around indoors doing "air tests" with your machine so you get to know what tones match which metals (including trash metals), ask questions and have fun. What do you plan on searching for? Do your research this Winter so in the Spring you know where to go. Your backyard is the best place to start. Hope this helps. Happy Hunting. Matt
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I have the BH Quick Silver, I like it a lot but would like to have a better one now after one year of swinging.
As for the Quick Silver, any US coin under 6 inches it will grab.The Quick Silver metal detector is an easy to use detector.The Quick Silver has no soft tones, mid tones, it beeps or nothing so no deep coins. The detector will sound one of three different tones, depending on the type of metal detected, iron, aluminum, nickel, coins. In air test 6 or 7 inches is the best it will get on coins unless it is 50 cent piece or bigger. Aluminum Cans and most round things will come up coins. Over coin targets walk around in a circle, if you get the high tone all the way around its money or a aluminum can. One way high tones are never coins. Gold falls in the iron, aluminum, or nickel.
I start out in all metal mode until I get tired of hearing that low tone then I block it out. I run the depth on high until I find something then bump it down to see about how deep it is. I try to dig all high tones and some of the others. No pinpoint so you will have to watch the ground under the beep each way you swing.
Any thing I can help you with let me know
I have the BH Quick Silver, I like it a lot but would like to have a better one now after one year of swinging.
As for the Quick Silver, any US coin under 6 inches it will grab.The Quick Silver metal detector is an easy to use detector.The Quick Silver has no soft tones, mid tones, it beeps or nothing so no deep coins. The detector will sound one of three different tones, depending on the type of metal detected, iron, aluminum, nickel, coins. In air test 6 or 7 inches is the best it will get on coins unless it is 50 cent piece or bigger. Aluminum Cans and most round things will come up coins. Over coin targets walk around in a circle, if you get the high tone all the way around its money or a aluminum can. One way high tones are never coins. Gold falls in the iron, aluminum, or nickel.
I start out in all metal mode until I get tired of hearing that low tone then I block it out. I run the depth on high until I find something then bump it down to see about how deep it is. I try to dig all high tones and some of the others. No pinpoint so you will have to watch the ground under the beep each way you swing.
Any thing I can help you with let me know
Frank5, that is a great way to start bud. You probably don't realize it but you are off to a fantastic start. I think you are hooked now. You will be suffering from withdrawals before to long. This is a great hobby and there are many people who will help you and steer you in the right direction on this site and others. Practice cutting good plugs now so that when you get to go in parks or school grounds or private property, you will have the skill needed to extract your finds without destroying yards, grass, fields etc... and possibly lose the permission to hunt there, or mess it up for others detectorists. There are articles online and videos on youtube that show the proper way. You may already know this stuff but I figured I would try to steer you in the right direction since you are new. Good luck and have fun.
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