Re: [MBZ] OT metal detectors

[Mitch Haley via Mercedes]

> On February 3, 2018 at 8:40 PM OK Don via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> 
> Yes, but this onw was buried in 1997, under no code rules. It's copper
> going into the ground at the propane tank.

Copper propane line?
Around here the installer buries it with a spade, chops through the sod, 
wiggles the spade a bit to make room, then chops the spade in 8" farther down 
the path...
In that case, the line will be 6-8" deep and in a pretty straight line from the 
tank to the building, if the two ends of the bury are line of sight to each 
other. 

Mitch.

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Re: [MBZ] OT metal detectors

[fmiser via Mercedes]

> OK wrote:

> Does it only find ferrous metal, or anything, like copper?

Any conductive substance.  So the head of the detector only
detects when it's moving.  Iron is high resistance, so it is a
"low" reading.  Copper and silver are low resistance, so they have
a "high" reading.

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Re: [MBZ] OT metal detectors

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

Theres a bunch of Youtubers in Europe that look for WWII and as you say they 
find little bits of corroded metal and get all excited. Sometimes I think 
they've got to be pulling my leg, it'll be a washer or bushing or something and 
the guy is convinced its part of a Tiger tank or something.
I've only watched a couple videos, can't get that excited about it...

-Curt






On Saturday, February 3, 2018, 6:19:48 PM EST, Curley McLain via Mercedes 
 wrote: 





Welcome to geezerhood!  I've seen the geezers in FL scraping the things 
along the beach looking for dubloons or something.

I saw part of some show where yurpeens were scrounging around for 70 yr 
old wah artifacts.  Stuff I would have said was scrap at beast, they 
saiid was collectible.  Needed knowledge of stuff way beyond anything 
normal to identify junk as something that may have value to someone.

> Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes 
> February 3, 2018 at 5:13 PM

> So my dad has been prodding me for like 2 years to get a metal 
> detector. Use his money to buy me one. Birthdays, Christmases. Like 
> constantly. I resisted a long time. He’s 88 and basically just watches 
> tv all day. I guess he watches one of those shows or something. So I 
> finally gave in to his suggestions and got one.
>
> I was just out by the garage checking it out and in about 2 minutes 
> found a screw and a hose clip/ holder buried in the sand. I was 
> getting other hits on stuff I couldn’t see but I must have been moving 
> it around as when I would scrape the dirt whatever it was would move 
> too. Rust bits or something like that maybe. I have to learn all the 
> settings and sensitivity and such.
>
> Looks like it might be fun. There was a Waaa battle right on/near 
> my property so there might be some artifacts around. That could be fun.
>
> Anyone else do this?
>
> —FT

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Re: [MBZ] OT metal detectors

[Dimitri via Mercedes]

They use one on “the curse of oak island”. Pretty fascinating show. They found 
a lead cross on the beach on a recent episode. Might be a Templar cross or 
possibly way older-like Phoenician!

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> On Feb 3, 2018, at 8:40 PM, OK Don via Mercedes  wrote:
> 
> Yes, but this onw was buried in 1997, under no code rules. It's copper
> going into the ground at the propane tank.
> 
> On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 7:33 PM, Craig via Mercedes 
> wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 3 Feb 2018 19:16:14 -0600 OK Don via Mercedes
>>  wrote:
>> 
>>> I wonder if those will find buried gas lines (copper?) and electric
>>> lines that don't have tracer wires buried with them? Say 1' to 2' deep?
>>> I wish there was a water pipe (plastic) detector as well - - -
>> 
>> Nowadays, the gas lines are orange plastic with a tracer wire.
>> 
>> 
>> Craig
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Re: [MBZ] OT metal detectors

[OK Don via Mercedes]

Yes, but this onw was buried in 1997, under no code rules. It's copper
going into the ground at the propane tank.

On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 7:33 PM, Craig via Mercedes 
wrote:

> On Sat, 3 Feb 2018 19:16:14 -0600 OK Don via Mercedes
>  wrote:
>
> > I wonder if those will find buried gas lines (copper?) and electric
> > lines that don't have tracer wires buried with them? Say 1' to 2' deep?
> > I wish there was a water pipe (plastic) detector as well - - -
>
> Nowadays, the gas lines are orange plastic with a tracer wire.
>
>
> Craig
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Re: [MBZ] OT metal detectors

[Craig via Mercedes]

On Sat, 3 Feb 2018 19:16:14 -0600 OK Don via Mercedes
 wrote:

> I wonder if those will find buried gas lines (copper?) and electric
> lines that don't have tracer wires buried with them? Say 1' to 2' deep?
> I wish there was a water pipe (plastic) detector as well - - -

Nowadays, the gas lines are orange plastic with a tracer wire.


Craig

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Re: [MBZ] OT metal detectors

[OK Don via Mercedes]

Does it only find ferrous metal, or anything, like copper?

On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 7:21 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> I think this one would be able to find metal a foot deep.
>
> --R
> Sent from iPhone
>
> > On Feb 3, 2018, at 8:16 PM, OK Don via Mercedes 
> wrote:
> >
> > I wonder if those will find buried gas lines (copper?) and electric lines
> > that don't have tracer wires buried with them? Say 1' to 2' deep? I wish
> > there was a water pipe (plastic) detector as well - - -
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 6:15 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
> > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Be careful where you scrape.  Federal lands are a no-no, especially
> >> National Parks. Former business buddy and long time 220D owner was a
> hard
> >> core Civil War reenactment buff that lived in MD.  He would scrape areas
> >> immediately outside of the parks and battlefields, especially creek and
> >> river beds/banks.  Amazing stuff he found, like lead shot, buttons, belt
> >> buckles, etc.
> >>
> >> You see lots of bluehairs on the beaches around here early in the
> morning
> >> looking for lost stuff.  They have a loosely knit fraternity of sorts
> that
> >> will purposefully search for stuff people lost in an effort to find and
> >> return it.  That’s pretty cool.
> >>
> >> -D
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Feb 3, 2018, at 6:13 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <
> >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> So my dad has been prodding me for like 2 years to get a metal
> detector.
> >> Use his money to buy me one. Birthdays, Christmases. Like constantly. I
> >> resisted a long time. He’s 88 and basically just watches tv all day. I
> >> guess he watches one of those shows or something. So I finally gave in
> to
> >> his suggestions and got one.
> >>>
> >>> I was just out by the garage checking it out and in about 2 minutes
> >> found a screw and a hose clip/ holder buried in the sand. I was getting
> >> other hits on stuff I couldn’t see but I must have been moving it
> around as
> >> when I would scrape the dirt whatever it was would move too. Rust bits
> or
> >> something like that maybe. I have to learn all the settings and
> sensitivity
> >> and such.
> >>>
> >>> Looks like it might be fun. There was a Waaa battle right on/near
> my
> >> property so there might be some artifacts around. That could be fun.
> >>>
> >>> Anyone else do this?
> >>>
> >>> —FT
> >>>
> >>> Sent from iPhone
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> > OK Don
> >
> > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many
> of
> > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain
> >
> > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few
> who
> > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence
> > for themselves."
> >
> > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers*
> > 2013 F150, 18 mpg
> > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg
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learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence
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Re: [MBZ] OT metal detectors

[Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes]

I think this one would be able to find metal a foot deep. 

--R
Sent from iPhone

> On Feb 3, 2018, at 8:16 PM, OK Don via Mercedes  wrote:
> 
> I wonder if those will find buried gas lines (copper?) and electric lines
> that don't have tracer wires buried with them? Say 1' to 2' deep? I wish
> there was a water pipe (plastic) detector as well - - -
> 
> On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 6:15 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> 
>> Be careful where you scrape.  Federal lands are a no-no, especially
>> National Parks. Former business buddy and long time 220D owner was a hard
>> core Civil War reenactment buff that lived in MD.  He would scrape areas
>> immediately outside of the parks and battlefields, especially creek and
>> river beds/banks.  Amazing stuff he found, like lead shot, buttons, belt
>> buckles, etc.
>> 
>> You see lots of bluehairs on the beaches around here early in the morning
>> looking for lost stuff.  They have a loosely knit fraternity of sorts that
>> will purposefully search for stuff people lost in an effort to find and
>> return it.  That’s pretty cool.
>> 
>> -D
>> 
>> 
>>> On Feb 3, 2018, at 6:13 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> So my dad has been prodding me for like 2 years to get a metal detector.
>> Use his money to buy me one. Birthdays, Christmases. Like constantly. I
>> resisted a long time. He’s 88 and basically just watches tv all day. I
>> guess he watches one of those shows or something. So I finally gave in to
>> his suggestions and got one.
>>> 
>>> I was just out by the garage checking it out and in about 2 minutes
>> found a screw and a hose clip/ holder buried in the sand. I was getting
>> other hits on stuff I couldn’t see but I must have been moving it around as
>> when I would scrape the dirt whatever it was would move too. Rust bits or
>> something like that maybe. I have to learn all the settings and sensitivity
>> and such.
>>> 
>>> Looks like it might be fun. There was a Waaa battle right on/near my
>> property so there might be some artifacts around. That could be fun.
>>> 
>>> Anyone else do this?
>>> 
>>> —FT
>>> 
>>> Sent from iPhone
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> 
> -- 
> OK Don
> 
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> our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain
> 
> "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who
> learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence
> for themselves."
> 
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> 2013 F150, 18 mpg
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Re: [MBZ] OT metal detectors

[OK Don via Mercedes]

I wonder if those will find buried gas lines (copper?) and electric lines
that don't have tracer wires buried with them? Say 1' to 2' deep? I wish
there was a water pipe (plastic) detector as well - - -

On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 6:15 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Be careful where you scrape.  Federal lands are a no-no, especially
> National Parks. Former business buddy and long time 220D owner was a hard
> core Civil War reenactment buff that lived in MD.  He would scrape areas
> immediately outside of the parks and battlefields, especially creek and
> river beds/banks.  Amazing stuff he found, like lead shot, buttons, belt
> buckles, etc.
>
> You see lots of bluehairs on the beaches around here early in the morning
> looking for lost stuff.  They have a loosely knit fraternity of sorts that
> will purposefully search for stuff people lost in an effort to find and
> return it.  That’s pretty cool.
>
> -D
>
>
> > On Feb 3, 2018, at 6:13 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> > So my dad has been prodding me for like 2 years to get a metal detector.
> Use his money to buy me one. Birthdays, Christmases. Like constantly. I
> resisted a long time. He’s 88 and basically just watches tv all day. I
> guess he watches one of those shows or something. So I finally gave in to
> his suggestions and got one.
> >
> > I was just out by the garage checking it out and in about 2 minutes
> found a screw and a hose clip/ holder buried in the sand. I was getting
> other hits on stuff I couldn’t see but I must have been moving it around as
> when I would scrape the dirt whatever it was would move too. Rust bits or
> something like that maybe. I have to learn all the settings and sensitivity
> and such.
> >
> > Looks like it might be fun. There was a Waaa battle right on/near my
> property so there might be some artifacts around. That could be fun.
> >
> > Anyone else do this?
> >
> > —FT
> >
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learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence
for themselves."

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Re: [MBZ] OT metal detectors

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

Be careful where you scrape.  Federal lands are a no-no, especially National 
Parks. Former business buddy and long time 220D owner was a hard core Civil War 
reenactment buff that lived in MD.  He would scrape areas immediately outside 
of the parks and battlefields, especially creek and river beds/banks.  Amazing 
stuff he found, like lead shot, buttons, belt buckles, etc.

You see lots of bluehairs on the beaches around here early in the morning 
looking for lost stuff.  They have a loosely knit fraternity of sorts that will 
purposefully search for stuff people lost in an effort to find and return it.  
That’s pretty cool.

-D


> On Feb 3, 2018, at 6:13 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> So my dad has been prodding me for like 2 years to get a metal detector. Use 
> his money to buy me one. Birthdays, Christmases. Like constantly. I resisted 
> a long time. He’s 88 and basically just watches tv all day. I guess he 
> watches one of those shows or something. So I finally gave in to his 
> suggestions and got one. 
> 
> I was just out by the garage checking it out and in about 2 minutes found a 
> screw and a hose clip/ holder buried in the sand. I was getting other hits on 
> stuff I couldn’t see but I must have been moving it around as when I would 
> scrape the dirt whatever it was would move too. Rust bits or something like 
> that maybe. I have to learn all the settings and sensitivity and such. 
> 
> Looks like it might be fun. There was a Waaa battle right on/near my 
> property so there might be some artifacts around. That could be fun. 
> 
> Anyone else do this?
> 
> —FT
> 
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Re: [MBZ] OT metal detectors

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Welcome to geezerhood!   I've seen the geezers in FL scraping the things 
along the beach looking for dubloons or something.


I saw part of some show where yurpeens were scrounging around for 70 yr 
old wah artifacts.  Stuff I would have said was scrap at beast, they 
saiid was collectible.  Needed knowledge of stuff way beyond anything 
normal to identify junk as something that may have value to someone.



Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes 
February 3, 2018 at 5:13 PM
So my dad has been prodding me for like 2 years to get a metal 
detector. Use his money to buy me one. Birthdays, Christmases. Like 
constantly. I resisted a long time. He’s 88 and basically just watches 
tv all day. I guess he watches one of those shows or something. So I 
finally gave in to his suggestions and got one.


I was just out by the garage checking it out and in about 2 minutes 
found a screw and a hose clip/ holder buried in the sand. I was 
getting other hits on stuff I couldn’t see but I must have been moving 
it around as when I would scrape the dirt whatever it was would move 
too. Rust bits or something like that maybe. I have to learn all the 
settings and sensitivity and such.


Looks like it might be fun. There was a Waaa battle right on/near 
my property so there might be some artifacts around. That could be fun.


Anyone else do this?

—FT


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Re: [MBZ] OT Metal detectors

[fmiser via Mercedes]

> Floyd wrote:

> Anyone have/use these things?  I'm thinking to get one, what
> might you recommend?

I just got a used one _cheap_!  Bounty Hunter Golddigger.  Even
new it's not expensive and actually works pretty good.  A number
of places I looked at recommended it for those who aren't sure if
it is a hobby they will enjoy.  Respectable performance and a real
bargain price

https://www.amazon.com/Bounty-Hunter-Digger-Metal-Detector/dp/B0002J1LNO

And a couple videos I found helpful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz-6bzsKJQo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYM7Tuq-Xq4

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Re: [MBZ] OT Metal detectors

[Floyd Thursby via Mercedes]

My dad has been telling me for the last coupla years to go buy one for 
birthday/Christmas/whatever and he will cover it, I saw him over the 
weekend and he mentioned it again, and my cousin's husband said he had 
one and found various War of Northern Aggression artifacts he had found 
doing what your guy did.  There was at least one fairly significant 
skirmish that happened right along my vast estate, and I think some 
other running battles at different times too.  My neighbor has various 
stuff he has found in the fields while farming, so there is stuff around 
here.


It looks like there are some cheap ones, some middle range, and some 
fairly expensive units, with relative performance consistent with 
price.  So it is like everything else...


And the more expensive ones have waterproof thingies on the end, which 
would be kinda fun at the beach and in the marsh around the manse if I 
want to slog through that at anything other than dead low tide.


--FT


On 3/6/17 5:34 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote:
I would also suggest buying a good unit. I have a cheap Radio Shack 
unit picked up at a garage sale that works but not well enough that 
one would enjoy looking for any sort of treasure. I just wanted to 
find the property corner stakes out at the lake and it was ok for that.


RB

On 06/03/2017 4:25 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
The guy that got me turned on to Benzes was a hard core metal 
detector practitioner and die hard 220D owner that kept Potomac 
German in business keeping his 220D on the road - it finally tacoed 
with nearly 700k on the clock.  He lives in Baltimore, and goes 
searching on private properties surrounding the Civil war 
battlefields and encampments around the area (metal detecting in 
national parks is a no-no, for obvious reasons.)  He especially liked 
to do this around the edges of creeks and rivers, as these were 
apparently good hunting grounds for such stuff.


He had all kinds of Civil War stuff like bullets, belt buckles, 
coins, uniform buttons, etc., that he found.


I know nothing about the equipment he used other than it was very 
expensive.  He did say that when he first started out if he had known 
this he probably would have saved 100s of hours looking for stuff 
that showed up as false positives or was a dud.


-D

On Mar 6, 2017, at 3:13 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
 wrote:


Anyone have/use these things?  I'm thinking to get one, what might 
you recommend?


I have an idea there might be a lot of artifacts here on the vast 
estate



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“Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or 
petty,
never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the 
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Re: [MBZ] OT Metal detectors

[archer75--- via Mercedes]

I had one once but it was fairly low powered. Beaches were (are?) the most 
popular search areas here in Florida. If the island where you live was once a 
beach (many of them were) there could be something there. If you dig down two 
or 3 feet or more and find nothing but sandy soil, it possibly was a beach at 
one time.
 I've read that pirates, and ships being pursued by pirates, would hurriedly 
bury their treasure on beaches with the intention of returning after they 
escaped their pursuers. Several small fortunes have been found there but most 
areas have been heavily searched since the advent of metal detectors.

One early morning on a beach a guy with a detector told me he had found rings, 
jewelry, and coins, but that his main reason for searching was that it gave him 
something to do until the bars opened. You have to admire such honesty.

Here is a website that might be informative:

http://www.detectorprospector.com/forum/topic/1424-vlf-detectors-and-depth/

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> Anyone have/use these things?  I'm thinking to get one, what might you 
> recommend?
> I have an idea there might be a lot of artifacts here on the vast estate
> --FT

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Re: [MBZ] OT Metal detectors

[Randy Bennell via Mercedes]

I would also suggest buying a good unit. I have a cheap Radio Shack unit 
picked up at a garage sale that works but not well enough that one would 
enjoy looking for any sort of treasure. I just wanted to find the 
property corner stakes out at the lake and it was ok for that.


RB

On 06/03/2017 4:25 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:

The guy that got me turned on to Benzes was a hard core metal detector 
practitioner and die hard 220D owner that kept Potomac German in business 
keeping his 220D on the road - it finally tacoed with nearly 700k on the clock. 
 He lives in Baltimore, and goes searching on private properties surrounding 
the Civil war battlefields and encampments around the area (metal detecting in 
national parks is a no-no, for obvious reasons.)  He especially liked to do 
this around the edges of creeks and rivers, as these were apparently good 
hunting grounds for such stuff.

He had all kinds of Civil War stuff like bullets, belt buckles, coins, uniform 
buttons, etc., that he found.

I know nothing about the equipment he used other than it was very expensive.  
He did say that when he first started out if he had known this he probably 
would have saved 100s of hours looking for stuff that showed up as false 
positives or was a dud.

-D


On Mar 6, 2017, at 3:13 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes  
wrote:

Anyone have/use these things?  I'm thinking to get one, what might you 
recommend?

I have an idea there might be a lot of artifacts here on the vast estate


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Re: [MBZ] OT Metal detectors

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

The guy that got me turned on to Benzes was a hard core metal detector 
practitioner and die hard 220D owner that kept Potomac German in business 
keeping his 220D on the road - it finally tacoed with nearly 700k on the clock. 
 He lives in Baltimore, and goes searching on private properties surrounding 
the Civil war battlefields and encampments around the area (metal detecting in 
national parks is a no-no, for obvious reasons.)  He especially liked to do 
this around the edges of creeks and rivers, as these were apparently good 
hunting grounds for such stuff.

He had all kinds of Civil War stuff like bullets, belt buckles, coins, uniform 
buttons, etc., that he found.

I know nothing about the equipment he used other than it was very expensive.  
He did say that when he first started out if he had known this he probably 
would have saved 100s of hours looking for stuff that showed up as false 
positives or was a dud.

-D

> On Mar 6, 2017, at 3:13 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Anyone have/use these things?  I'm thinking to get one, what might you 
> recommend?
> 
> I have an idea there might be a lot of artifacts here on the vast estate
> 
> 
> -- 
> --FT
> Winston Churchill:
> “Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large 
> or petty,
> never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
> Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the 
> enemy.”
> 
> 
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Re: [MBZ] OT Metal detectors

[Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes]

Are you going to be one of those geeky old guys who finds a fortune on the
beach?

On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 3:13 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Anyone have/use these things?  I'm thinking to get one, what might you
> recommend?
>
> I have an idea there might be a lot of artifacts here on the vast estate
>
>
> --
> --FT
> Winston Churchill:
> “Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small,
> large or petty,
> never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
> Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of
> the enemy.”
>
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Re: [MBZ] OT Metal Detectors

[LarryT]

Hi Rick,
I bought one from Harbor Freight for ~$60 - it has all kinds of features and 
the different tones tell what kind of material is likely is.

Good luck - it should be something he gets  lot of use out of -- maybe he 
will find some meteorite materials?  they sell for big money sometimes -
;-)

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Subject: [MBZ] OT Metal Detectors


 Hi All,
 My youngest son wants a metal detector for his birthday. He is gonna be 
 12. I would like something light and moderately priced ($200).  Any 
 suggestions?

 Rick Knoble
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 '87 190 DT

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Re: [MBZ] OT Metal Detectors

[Redghost]

What is he looking for?  Treasure?  Lost airplanes?  Something to  
wander the beach with and eventually just toss in a dark corner of  
the closet?

clay

On 26 Jun 2008, at 15:03, Rick Knoble wrote:

 Hi All,
 My youngest son wants a metal detector for his birthday. He is  
 gonna be 12. I would like something light and moderately priced  
 ($200).  Any suggestions?

 Rick Knoble
 '85 300 CD
 '87 190 DT

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[Rick Knoble]

  Something to  
 wander the beach with and eventually just toss in a dark corner of  
 the closet?

That would be my guess. 

Rick Knoble 
'85 300 CD
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