Minelab Pirate
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Do you use a drone? What are you looking for? How do you use it to look at area's to detect? What kind of camera? Thanks!
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Who Uses a Drone to Metal Detect?
- Thread starter Minelab Pirate
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Danbythecreek
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I bought a drone for this purpose but then realised mapping out areas on my pc is WAY more effective. You have birds Eye & street views. Most of the drones I seen including the 1 I bought only have a battery life of 15 minutes.
in a farmed field.....looking for glass that glitters like diamonds .....or stones from foundations....depressions....saves some time out in a new field.
and yes, short battery life....as far as a camera.....like a computer, they are always updating them.
Ronstar
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My kid has a drone and flew over our property last year. Way cool to look at for sure but he had to call the local airport to “register” he would be in the air and not fly over a certain altitude. I can see the advantages for sure but is the gain worth all the problems? Where Im located flying over someones property can be considered trespass without prior consent.
Someone had posted about an app called Parceled earlier. It gives property outline and some basic ownership info. So far its accurate but contact info is very basic (has address of owner but no city info, hard to locate an owner unless you go the Courthouse and get it from the Assessors Office). If used locally its fast but I’ve not tried to use it away from home area yet.
(Included a screenshot of the app, my property just above the blue highlighted property)
Someone had posted about an app called Parceled earlier. It gives property outline and some basic ownership info. So far its accurate but contact info is very basic (has address of owner but no city info, hard to locate an owner unless you go the Courthouse and get it from the Assessors Office). If used locally its fast but I’ve not tried to use it away from home area yet.
(Included a screenshot of the app, my property just above the blue highlighted property)
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Danbythecreek
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Bing maps Birds eye view. Do a right click you get street view
yes but my house on the map is over 10 years old....anyway....I do use mine on a new field ...sometimes.
IDXMonster
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Post pics of your drones please.
IDXMonster
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Nice Elmy! Use one while the other is charging? Does the video feed straight to your phone or is it self contained?
download an app on your phone for your type of drone....only has a 720p hd camera...wide lens is 1080p...or use bluestacks and use your computer to fly it...or fly without video for fun.
Comes on your phone screen as you are flying over the ground and has a record button or just a snapshot of the area to hunt.....a home button with gps to bring it back to you..... My white one has two batteries so if one gets low I hit the home button It comes back to me and pop in a fresh battery....There are better drones but I can get by with these.
Would I buy a drone just for metal detecting....no ! ..... but they are also fun to fly and play around with.
Minelab Pirate
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So are drones just a "cool toy" at this point, or do they have a legitimate use for metal detectors and nuggetshooters? I can see how they might be able to spot contact zones in the goldfields, or cellar holes in winter months, but is the cost justified?
Google the drones and watch the video's of their flight....It is newer technology so the video will be improved....cost wise...not yet....but you can see the difference in terrain and foundation stones in the field and glass if you fly into the sun's direction as it glitters in the sunlight.