WOW was I wrong!

[wyoming]

I am a Whites user (MXT) and never had an opportunity to swing a Bounty Hunter until recently. A friend got a Discovery 2200 (Radio Shack BH I believe?) for Christmas and ask me if I could show him how to use it. After reading the manual I thought I would take it out for a swing, HOLY COW! I have to admit, I thought Bounty Hunters were toys. After all, I paid more for some of my coils then this detector cost. I WAS TRULY SURPRISED. That little detector was a coin finding monster down to 5 inches! (struggled a little after that, might have been my mineralized soil)The weight was non- existent. Don't get me wrong, my MXT is fantastic down to 12" on coins, but I have no doubt this bounty hunter was just as good down to 5" at a fraction of the price. I do not know anything about Bounty Hunters but I am sold. I am looking for a second detector and would like to know if those that have experience could recommend a model that would nugget shoot as well as find coins. Thanks for your help. (I wish I had not been so closed minded before. You BH'res have a great detectors!)

 

[GRAY GHOST]

hey wyoming, i too woke up late to the fact...bounty hunter has better models available too. my pioneer 202 is a relic/coin killer up to a foot in the ground. if you can get ahold of our resident gurus bh landstar [landstar model] or nugget[tracker 4] you will be well surprised by their talents and information they both have to offer you. there are also several other fellas on here that have a lot to offer. i cant speak for them in this area though - my whites has been collecting dust in my closet for the last 2 years...and so has my nautilus. what does that tell you! hh,

 

[wyoming]

I will check out a 202. Do you have any prpblems with mineralization in your soil? It can be brutal here.

 

[nugget]

Howdy wyoming, I'm Nugget, BH Landstar is a great operator and lives in the USA. He will be a wealth of knowledge to you and he is always willing to help others. I can only comment on the tracker IV with any degree of knowledge, I have found this unit to be a brilliant machine for the price. I have detected in exess of $20,000 and probably closer to $30,000 worth of jewelery and coins in the last 2 yrs alone. I have'nt kept a detailed record of my finds as others have, but will start as of now! The tracker IV will find 50c pieces at around 10"+ on the beach, I use the 10" Magnum coil to cover more ground. The sens is very good and the tone disc works fantastic. I use them in the parks, dry sand at the beach, relic hunting on the gold fields, (x2 musket balls), I have even found nuggets down to 1/2 a gram, in shallow but highly mineralised soil with the 8" coil. I never detect on the grassed areas in park lands only the playground and swing areas, thats just my preference. The Tracker IV will find items at the same depth as most of the BH, except maybe the top of the range and the difference will be minimal anyway. For the price I honestly don't think there is another detector out there to match them. I own the Garrett Infinium LS, x2 tracker IV's, SD2100, and 3 others. I still use the BH for dry sand hunting sometimes, although the Infinium is my most used detector now for the beach. Just take the time to learn the unit and you will be very surprised at it's performance. I found my 2 most expensive pieces of jewelery with the tracker IV's A magnificent Diamond cluster ring worth $5,477 and a soliaire princess cut diamond ring worth $2,500. I have found large expensive gold bangles at around 16" also. Hope you find lots of loot, and looking forward to your posts in the future. LIVE YOUR DREAMS! hh Nugget.

 

[new202user]

i know the BH 202 is on the lower end of the spectrum (at least price wise) , i cant complain at all, i not only got mine for free but am learning alot about the hobby with it. although i try to get out as much as possible i hardly ever do. but in the small number of times i have been out my little 202 has been reliable every time. its just a matter of time before i start digging the gold.

 

[ikandigit]

Hey WYOMING I too had a whites PRO Series for years,and now I'M The proud owner of a "TimeRanger".,...You just cant Ignore the BH line of detectors...HappyHunting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BH-LandStar]

Hi Wyoming:

The Tracker IV, Quick Draw II, Sharp Shooter II, or Land Star should do the job for you...The Land Star's No-Motion ALL METALS mode would be great on the gold fields I would think, and its ability to manual ground balance in this mode would make it even better. It also comes in a Cammo version, the CAMO-LS, if money is no object, and you want the top of the line...The Time Ranger is the tops...It has anything you might want in a modern detector including selective accept/reject, and a SNIFF mode...Below find the 2007 catalog for Bounty Hunter...I need to wait for them to put out the 2008 catalog to the public.

HH,

BH-LandStar

 

[wyoming]

Thanks for all the help everybody. Does the Auto Track do a good job of neutralizing bad soil conditions? We have lots of Hot Rocks, Iron, Lava (with every mineral on God's green earth) and Alkali. It can make you want to scream if your machine does not track quickly to the changes. What model does a good job with this, or do they all have a pretty good system?

 

[BH-LandStar]

Not sure what to tell you on that one Wyoming. I have not detected too far from my own town here, but we have limestone, pot ash, gray clay and iron bearing soil here in NY. Also Syracuse was once called the Salt City of NY because of the underground BRINE wells we have around Onondaga lake. Salt production was big between 1700s and early 1900s. Indians showed the early Jesuit Priests that came to the area the natural salt springs and wells...I usually leave the ground balance in the pre-set position in ALL-Metals mode, unless I am getting a ton of false signals, then I manual ground balance and drop the sensitivity a tad...using the smaller 4" coil can help in extremely mineralized soils...I have heard that the Time Ranger tracs the ground well, but never owning one, I would not quote this...just what I have read in forums.

Try the http://www.detecting.com site and go through their little quiz on buying a new detector and see what it tells you...Also the ask an expert button might give you some answers also...

HH,

BH-LandStar

 

[wyoming]

Thanks, this helps.

 

[tbirds1976e]

Hey Wyoming, Is that a nick name or are you from Wyoming?

 

[wyoming]

I live in Cody Wyoming

 

[tbirds1976e]

Great, I'm from Cheyenne but now living in Nebraska...Hoping when I went home to maybe meeting someone close to go detecting
with but Cody is a little far away...Thqnks for getting back...Just bought my first machine (landstar) but haven't been able to get out yet.
Can't wait to try it out...........GO POKES

 

[wyoming]

Not to many of us out here. A great place to detect is along the old wagon trails in your area. Those travelers left a TON of things to find. Most of the trails are still on public ground too. I hunt the Bridger Trail near here. You can still see the old wagon ruts in sage land. Try to find the campgrounds along the trail. They are usually where there was some water and grass and mostly flat. A little know practice was that the travelers would bury thier valuables at night in case of attacks. There are a number of stories reported they were driven away in a hurry by indians during the night and could not make it back to reclaim thier finds. On a reenactment several years ago a guy found some $20 gold coins in an old rotted leather bag along the trail. (no metal detector, they were just laying on the trail) Good luck and welcome to one of the most addicting hobbies in the world. Wyoming