Metal Detectors

[AtLast]

I still recommend the GARRETT. Any 1 of their models will get the job done. Have you tried E-Bay?

[Kedwards]

thats a good idea.. garrett or whites and I dont need to find the diamond ring my great granny lost a 150 years ago in the pnd.. just something that finds ferrous material

[DR_Buck]

I have a Whites  Spectrum XLT.  Got it a few years before  the mill.   I live on a Civil War camp site.  It's a high end, high priced unit.   Tells you if it's a nail, bullet, nickel, dime, quarter or what ever and how deep.  It works great on finding nails and wire and even bullets in logs.   I haven't found  the buried jar of gold civil war coins yet though.  

[Ianab]

Thought I'd revisit this topic
Surfing around tonight and found plans for a simple DIY metal detector.
It's nothing fancy, but has a decent search coil and you could probably make it from stuff in your shed. It's not like you have to tell WHAT sort of metal is in the log

http://home.clara.net/saxons/bfo.htm

Anyone ever try buildling something like this??

Ian

[FeltzE]

I got my last metal detector from Kelly Co www.kellycodetectors.com

They have a huge collection and will take some time to talk to you about what other people are using for that particular task.

I Have had good luck with them. And they carry all the brands.

Eric

[DanG]

Got mine from KellyCo, too. They were nice folks to deal with, and put me on with their "log expert" to help with my selection. He sold me a Fisher 1225x, saying they had had good luck with it in this application. I've been pleased with it, so far, but yesterday I hit a nail in a log I had scanned. Probbly operator error, though.  Painful thing was, I was about through with the log, but just trying to squeeze out that last sticker. :-/