torchey 1,236 Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 You can get a decent enough detector for well under 500 quid Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIDO.1 21,183 Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 5 minutes ago, Greb147 said: What's the crack with detectors, will you actually find more with a more expensive model, what's the cut off price between useless and good? Garret ace 250. Get a second hand one for £150. I've been out with people who have spent a grand plus and my garret always held its own. More expensive detectors can be 'better' but it's like guns, fishing rods or anything else, you got to put it in the right spot to succeed. I've got a lazer hawkeye but I'm going to sell it and buy another garret. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greb147 6,808 Posted January 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 2 minutes ago, DIDO.1 said: Garret ace 250. Get a second hand one for £150. I've been out with people who have spent a grand plus and my garret always held its own. More expensive detectors can be 'better' but it's like guns, fishing rods or anything else, you got to put it in the right spot to succeed. I've got a lazer hawkeye but I'm going to sell it and buy another garret. What's the differences though, they either pick something up or they don't surley? I get what you're saying though, it's the same with any tech isn't it. I'm a b*****d for hating compromise, when I buy something that's not a premium model I have that uneasy feeling that I'm missing out on potential. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
torchey 1,236 Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 A few of the better hammered I’ve found edward 1st,Henry v1,Elizabeth 1,Henry 111,Mary,James I 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steve66 3,154 Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 Wasnt the crosby helmet the one that was claimed to have been found in england but alot of suspicion that it was found turkey and sneeked into the uk ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
torchey 1,236 Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 13 minutes ago, DIDO.1 said: Garret ace 250. Get a second hand one for £150. I've been out with people who have spent a grand plus and my garret always held its own. More expensive detectors can be 'better' but it's like guns, fishing rods or anything else, you got to put it in the right spot to succeed. I've got a lazer hawkeye but I'm going to sell it and buy another garret. Lazer hawkeye was my first detector a few years back found a fair amount with it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steve66 3,154 Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 14 hours ago, Greb147 said: Would you Adam & Eve it, I'm only 5 mins from here. Anybody fancy lending me a detector. Roman Ridge - Wikipedia EN.M.WIKIPEDIA.ORG Been done to death , and the mot and bailey castle at scawthorpe ,trust me lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIDO.1 21,183 Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 1 minute ago, Greb147 said: What's the differences though, they either pick something up or they don't surley? I get what you're saying though, it's the same with any tech isn't it. I'm a b*****d for hating compromise, when I buy something that's not a premium model I have that uneasy feeling that I'm missing out on potential. Depth and discrimination. Discrimination being the ability to cancel out metals you don't want to find. This sounds simple, you want to go deeper and miss rubbish. Most people want to cancel out the iron and look for silver and copper for instance. Also the better end models 'recover' quicker. If they pick up a big lump of iron you won't hear the tiny piece of silver next to it....a better model will separate those to sounds. When you first start though do you really want to be working out complicated models, atunning you ears to dozens of different tones? If you just want to have a go buy a garret! They will find anything, they cut out the crap and if its there they will find it. Go to any metal detecting club or dig, you might have 50 plus people with different detectors. At the end of the day everyone will show there finds and the best finds are never linked to more expensive detectors.....the ones with good finds are those who spent more time on their own, slowly and methodically working a little patch, concentrating and putting the hours in. Not those stood chatting, looking at detectors and moaning there's nothing to be found. I've found almost every single field has coins on it, I almost never 'blank'. The ability to find those coins depends on how much junk metal is covering the good stuff. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIDO.1 21,183 Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 3 minutes ago, torchey said: Lazer hawkeye was my first detector a few years back found a fair amount with it I can't get on with mine at all. You wanna buy it @Greb147? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steve66 3,154 Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 19 minutes ago, DIDO.1 said: Garret ace 250. Get a second hand one for £150. I've been out with people who have spent a grand plus and my garret always held its own. More expensive detectors can be 'better' but it's like guns, fishing rods or anything else, you got to put it in the right spot to succeed. I've got a lazer hawkeye but I'm going to sell it and buy another garret. Found my first hammered with a garret 250 , have used tesoro/lazer machines which i liked ( still got a rapier )but mainly use minelab these days 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Greb147 6,808 Posted January 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 13 minutes ago, steve66 said: Been done to death , and the mot and bailey castle at scawthorpe ,trust me lol Stop trying to put me off, I'm in like Flynn. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 24,083 Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 Years ago I was in pattaya,I wasn't there to drink or fornicate,so I had my trusty minelab packed, beach road had hundreds of prostitutes sitting around, I ignored them but a couple followed me down onto the sand anyway, after a while they drifted off, I could see a head torch sweeping back and forth,it was a Thai detector it's with a dirt cheap Chinese detector I did once bump into a Chinese metal detector it's in Hong Kong at repulse Bay when I was there at night also. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIDO.1 21,183 Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 1 minute ago, mackem said: Years ago I was in pattaya,I wasn't there to drink or fornicate,so I had my trusty minelab packed, beach road had hundreds of prostitutes sitting around, I ignored them but a couple followed me down onto the sand anyway, after a while they drifted off, I could see a head torch sweeping back and forth,it was a Thai detector it's with a dirt cheap Chinese detector I did once bump into a Chinese metal detector it's in Hong Kong at repulse Bay when I was there at night also. Find much? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 24,083 Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 Just now, DIDO.1 said: Find much? I have found 24k jewellery abroad I did bury something myself once before, non-metallic and in a small plastic barrel,detector proof,couldn't ping the location as my old GPS didn't work because of the thick canopy cover overhead (they used to be temperamental), and I never managed to recover it, couldn't pinpoint the precise spot a few years later, so one day someone might stumble on some treasure 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 6,725 Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 1 hour ago, mackem said: I have found 24k jewellery abroad I did bury something myself once before, non-metallic and in a small plastic barrel,detector proof,couldn't ping the location as my old GPS didn't work because of the thick canopy cover overhead (they used to be temperamental), and I never managed to recover it, couldn't pinpoint the precise spot a few years later, so one day someone might stumble on some treasure You lead an amazing, mysterious life mate. Are you the next James Bond? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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