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Site AdminPermalink Reply by John Morris on October 22, 2011 at 7:20am

Thanks Sue! We use pipe locators in the land survey industry, they run about 600 bucks. We cannot locate however brass monuments, or aluminum, only iron and steel. And they don't really tell us how far down the material is, you just have to use it long enough to be able to estimate the depth of material by the sound it gives off. Sounds like our metal detectors need to be upgraded in technology. They have not changed in 30 years. Hmmmmm.

SQ said:

John,

Actually quite accurate.  If it tells me it's a penny, nickle, dime, quarter, etc chances are very good it's a penny, nickle, dime, or quarter.  I have the M6 model and my husband has the super duper Spectra v3i.  White's metal detectors are made in Oregon.  I've attached their link if you are interested.  Gives you additional info about all the models.  It's a great hobby.  I love finding money and jewelry. 

http://whiteselectronics.com/product.html

 

SQ

John Morris said:

Very cool SQ. I did not know that the technology had gotten that far advanced. How accurate is the detector in telling you what you might have hit upon?

SQ said:

John,

Yes, metal detectors will hit on all metallic objects. Example: gold, silver, iron, nickel, copper, brass, aluminum, tin, lead, bronze. We have White's metal detectors.  These machines will tell you how deep your target is even suggests what you might have hit on, ie ring, bottle cap, quarter, etc.  

 

SQ

John Morris said:

Like a jar of Walking Liberty coins! Hey SQ, does your metal detector pick up non ferrous metals. Our metal locator at work only picks up iron and steel, pipes and such. It won't pick up Brass or Aluminum.

SQ said:

I would love to go metal detecting in an area like that.  Back when people didn't trust the banks, they would bury their valuables - often at one corner of their property.    You just never know what might be out there.  

 

SQ

Travis Johnson said:

I just read a book about this where a guy was out metal detecting on some old rockwalls and found some nice stuff buried in an old tin box. This interested me because we have an old cellar hole that used to be an Inn back in the 1830's. There is a group of rockwalls that is laid out in a star shaped pattern where the stables, house, garden and well were, and I would not be surprised if the family that was there hid some things along these rockwalls or dropped things out of their pockets while getting water from the well.

 

It is a historical note of shame really, the family that lived there was wiped out in the 1950's from Scarlet Fever. Because the Inn was just a few hundred feet into the town of Jackson, and their private cemetery was just a few hundred feet away in the Town of Thorndike, no one put the two together and so the history of the Inn, and the family that kept it going, has been lost. In its day, this place was the crossroads of Maine with the old county roads spreading out to all points on the compass.

 

 

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It it can't be fixed with glue and sawdust - it's not worth fixing.

 

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

 

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It it can't be fixed with glue and sawdust - it's not worth fixing.

 

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

 

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It it can't be fixed with glue and sawdust - it's not worth fixing.

 

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

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JourneymanPermalink Reply by Cliff on February 21, 2012 at 4:33pm

I bet the girl that lost that really missed it.

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