In his 50 years of detecting, he’s uncovered 50,000 coins — about $4,000 worth. The hunt for treasure is captivating and making a comeback around the country, Ruth said.
This is a great feature that will save you time and aggravation. Turn it up, and the detector will alert you to everything – sometimes even minerals in the soil. Especially as it has the coveted autotrac ground balance – more on that later. The Bounty Hunter TK4 (great name!) is one of the best starter metal detectors on the market.
Bigger may be best because it cuts down on time spent searching an area, and it’ll find targets buried deeper in the soil, but the 5.75 inch coil is better for junk areas because it’ll have more focused discrimination. Waterproof with 8-inch concentric coil the Teknetics EuroTek PRO is capable of hunting for treasure in wet conditions and in freshwater streams. Category ID numbers further help you along by indicating the type of metal you have found, such as iron or gold, and the two digit number target gives a readout of 1-99. This is a handy pro and makes the hobby of metal detecting so much more pleasurable. High-frequency metals such as gold register a high reading whereas low frequency like iron will fall lower on the scale.
Also Includes Minelab 10″ x 5″ Elliptical Coil – Save 70. The X-TERRA 705 Gold Pack comes with the 18.75kHz Double-D elliptical coil as standard. No other detector gives you the fast, accurate and reliable ground tracking in normal and severe soils like the Lobo SuperTRAQ.
There is the Whites Spectra V3 which can be bought at $1500, the Teknetics T2 which is available for $800 and the Minelab E-TRAC which is available for $1500. For the beginner with higher budgets and willing to spend more to get the best detector, the following options are available.
For example, metal detectorist clubs arrange hunts and compete against each other in time trials, they hold show-and tell-meetings, and swap tips on internet forums. We’ve been practicing for this all our lives with Easter eggs hunts and now as grown-ups, we can continue the treasure hunting fun. You’ll spend less time digging for junk, and more time digging for treasure. Very high sensitivity will pick up small earrings for example, but also iron particles in the soil. There’s an adjustable sensitivity so you can fine-tune the machine to suit the soil conditions and your preferences.
All you need is to be hit by one wave while digging your hole, and the machine is toast if it’s not waterproof. So if you plan to hunt beaches more help where there’s lots of trash, go with a multi-frequency. While either PI or multi-frequency will work, there are some pros and cons to each.
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