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« on: January 15, 2011, 10:14:47 pm »
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i have been a treasure hunter all my life but i just recently took the next step and purchased a metal detector, i bought a bounty hunter/landstar from a local pawn shop, i would love to hear your pros and cons on this unit


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« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2011, 10:43:27 pm »
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That's going to depend upon how much you paid for and what you are planning to use it for---and to a certain degree, how old it is.

The early Bounty Hunters, like the Red Baron, had very good reputations.  Then through a series of changes, including changes in marketing strategy, Bounty Hunter went through a period where the brand developed a reputation for questionable quality control  (some unit did really well, and some units of the same model just didn't seem to hold up or do as well).   However, since First Texas Products, which manufactures Bounty Hunter, acquired Fisher, the reputation/reliability of Bounty Hunter has once again begun improving.

If your using the Landstar for coinshooting and general relic hunting, you should do ok with it.   More importantly there is a very good chance it will pay for itself. 


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« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2011, 10:49:16 pm »
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Bounty Hunters in my eyes are Formidable machines for the price.

Coin Killers for sure.

Nugget Shooters NO!

Built a bit on the Cheapo side but I've used a whole lot worse.

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« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2011, 10:54:27 pm »
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i paid $220 for the detector, i did a little research and that was about half price, as for how old the product is i'm not sure how to tell, i plan to search along the beaches at the lake and around some very old house sites in the mountains near my home and see what turns up

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« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2011, 11:01:58 pm »
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You should be fine...just be gentle with the machine....homefire has one I sent him to "resurrect" where the "port" for the on-off switch got snapped off (still not sure how that happened and whether it was my wife or the previous owner or a combination).

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« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2011, 12:02:37 am »
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The Bounty Hunter's are good machines they may not be the most expensive or have the most amount of widgets and gadgets attached to them, But if you practice and dig every find eventually u will be able to do just as good with it as someone with a fancy machine.

I have gone on group hunts and gone back over areas the guys with the fancy machines have gone over and find stuff they leave behind like coins and rings etc. the thing is "experience" work with your machine and dig every find.

I hunt for pleasure and exercise so i dont mind doing the digging.
it's all up to you and how much you work with your machine and how well you learn it.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting.

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« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2011, 11:30:31 pm »
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I have an older Bounty Hunter and am glad I started off simple, and cheap. I am learning everyday, and I do go out almost daily. I just received a 4 inch coil and was real pleased with it and what it does. I will get a ten inch coil soon and be able to go a little deeper. Bounty Hunter is not a deep machine.

Read up on your machine. Read the manual, you should be able to find one online. Perform and air test with different items and settings. I don't do test gardens, but you may wish to have one just to set your machine for a specific type of hunting.

If you make a full time hobby out of this you will want more than one machine with the areas you mentioned to search.

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« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2011, 03:37:22 pm »
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Quote:Posted by Karl
The Bounty Hunter's are good machines they may not be the most expensive or have the most amount of widgets and gadgets attached to them, But if you practice and dig every find eventually u will be able to do just as good with it as someone with a fancy machine.

I have gone on group hunts and gone back over areas the guys with the fancy machines have gone over and find stuff they leave behind like coins and rings etc. the thing is "experience" work with your machine and dig every find.

I hunt for pleasure and exercise so i dont mind doing the digging.
it's all up to you and how much you work with your machine and how well you learn it.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting.



  This reply is right on.  My pioneer 505 just found a wheat penny that is too old to date due to damage but it is almost certainly the oldest I have found to date.  It was found at an old civil war site areoun seven inches deep.

  The reason why I have given this as an example is that this site has been hunted very hard and I will be returning to speak with someone about the etiquette at that site.  If they don't mind then I will dig some of the deeper targets that I came across but did not want to make too big of a hole.  An old church still operates there and the site is in it's front yard.

  I have learned how to work with the 505 by experimenting in my own yard tirelessly.  Now that I go out at sites I can "be one with the 505" in a way that puts more inexperienced users to shame with anything that they bring out there.

  To the older hunters defense though, the 505 does discriminate very well and tells me when an object is "trashy" or irregular by it's ID changing by running over it in different directions in certain ways.  I only dug one hole that afternoon but came up with the wheatie because I know exactly what a wheatie looks like compared to anything else except a not so old copper penny.

  I can tell you that my unit does definately find coins very very well with it''s 8in coil but I do need to try to get a couple of inches deeper so I will be trying to increase coil size next.  The 4 in poineer coil has much better depth than I thought with twice the target seperation in trashy areas than I expected.  I found two more silver coins in my own yard after going over it tirelessly with my 8 in.

  Exp[eriment in your own yard before going out!!

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« Reply #8 on: May 05, 2011, 08:10:00 pm »
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I have been using metal detectors to hunt treasure for about 20 years. During this time, I have owned several high end Garretts, Whites, Tesoros, and Fisher. I recently got the chance to pick up a Bounty Hunter Discovery 3300 off of Ebay for $100.00 plus shipping. I jumped on it and I'm glad that I did. When I first took the 3300 out of the box I thought it was to light and it felt cheap. I also noticed that the ID meter seemed a little off on the deeper targets and had a little trouble locking on. I perservered and left my Garrett and Whites at home as I took 3-4 trips to tot lots, a beach, and schoolyard. Lo and behold, as I got a little more used to the 3300, I started finding nickels at about seven inches, and a couple of quarters at 9 inches or a little deeper. I had never found a nickel at more than 5 inches nor a quarter at deeper than about seven inches with my Garrett, Whites, or Tesoro before. I also located a nice sterling silver necklace with cubic zirconia settings, another nice necklace, 3 nice rings and a 1944 merc along with numerous other coins. I am not saying they are the best units on the market but if you are smart you can pick one up at a bargain and get very good service out of it.

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