First day find

zippcity · March 17, 2015 1:41AM

borrowed a detector (Lone Star) from a friend who does not know how to operate it very well and no owners manual , so I was on my own to figure out how it worked. It has a pretty decent looking face on it, one knob for sensitivity, one knob for disc/notch (which I do not understand as of yet), an area (press for target mode) 3 choices- all metal/ disc/ auto notch, and a screen for iron-foil/ 5cent nickel/ scrap-gold range/ 1cent zinc/ silver. Any tips or comments on how to dial this thing in would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for any input. Zippcity. Oh, almost forgot , today's find, 2-quarters '74,'77 4-nickels 1 each '82p-d, 1-76d and 1 unreadable. going across the street to try a vacant lot where and old house used to be.

pcgs69 · March 17, 2015 6:21AM

is Lone Star the model?

zippcity · March 17, 2015 7:26AM

After doing a little searching I was able to find out it is actually a Bounty Hunter Lone Star , and I was able to find a manual online, which will be very helpful .

pcgs69 · March 17, 2015 8:30AM

you might be able to find some helpful videos on youtube

WhiteTornado · March 17, 2015 9:19PM

Also try over at treasurenet. Here's a link to their Bounty Hunter subforum:

Treasurenet - Bounty Hunter

ricko · March 18, 2015 12:03AM

Lots of help online... and glad you found the manual...that should be a big help. Cheers, RickO

zippcity · April 2, 2015 3:55AM

finally tried the vacant lot across the street today, came up with 33 lincolns , the oldest being '42 '44' 46', 4 dimes, 1 quarter, 1995 chucky cheese token, and 2 unidentifiable tokens. No silver and not enough to buy lunch but fun anyway.

First day find

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