Metal Detecting noob reporting!

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Pokermandude
Pokermandude Posts: 2,713 ✭✭✭
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I've "inherited" a metal detector from a neighbour as part of my payment for helping sell some of her antiques and odds and ends. It's a Bounty Hunter 'Bud' 1 She hasn't used it in quite some time. I need to get some 9 volt batteries for it, and I can't wait to test it out.

Any ideas on a fair value for this detector? And any good reference sites for a newbie to determine how to use this contraption? Thanks and looking forward to posting my finds!

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http://stores.ebay.ca/Mattscoin - Canadian coins, World Coins, Silver, Gold, Coin lots, Modern Mint Products & Collections

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  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,051 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    bounty hunter is a good brand. yours is an older model by the looks of it and my advice ( youll get better advice to ) is to read the manual. ill be looking forward to your post as well. happy hunting
  • goldrush00013
    goldrush00013 Posts: 2,478 ✭
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    Analog Rules! Knobs and Switches are cool!
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  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Good luck.. be careful though, this could lead to a major addiction and substantial cost for new, high end MD's....image Cheers, RickO
  • Pokermandude
    Pokermandude Posts: 2,713 ✭✭✭
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    Thanks guys, I can't wait to try it out for real. I tested it in the backyard a bit, played around with some settings. The "depth" seems rather lacking. To detect a silver dollar sitting on top of the earth I had to have the detector no higher than about 8 inches above it to get any reading at all. Is that normal?
    http://stores.ebay.ca/Mattscoin - Canadian coins, World Coins, Silver, Gold, Coin lots, Modern Mint Products & Collections

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