Metal detecting using an atv

I just think your poll vaulting over mouse turds.....all the effort you put into this could have been spent actually digging targets that you'll have to dig anyway. One of my best friends is 92 and when we detect together he doesnt cover much ground at all, but his experience with his detector gets him good finds (as well as me sharing my good sites that I find with him). Spend your time on something that will work instead of this. Try getting a lightwieght detector first and learn how to use it, then ask about easier ways to go detecting. 

Posted on: August 08, 2011, 02:05:59 PM

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by the way......I'm not that old yet, but have loads of experience with a detector and I have bad eyes, get a detector with a large LCD display of one that detects only with sound is my advice. The large LCD display is the way to go for a beginner to use, the ones that use sound are not so easy to learn but very rewarding if you take the time to learn them. The fisher F2 I mentioned has a large LCD and is one of the hottest detectors out there for around $200. Read the reviews on them and others at the price range your looking for, the more you spend isnt necessarily the better the finds. I prove that all the time with my F2 (and I have a $1000 minelab excalibur 2 taht usually stays at home) If you want to spend a little more, the newest bounty hunter "platinum" is the best Ive seen in that range, I read somewhere that it is basiclally a Teknetics gamma (sure looks the same) and takes the same coils as the teknetics line. I saw the platinum on sale for $300 online last week.

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Thak you BA for some good suggestions. As far as digging
, my plan was to have my 22 year old grandson do that for me if i find a promising site. This maynot be feasable but i was kinda praying that this would be a workable hobby for me.
As fof AVISION4O2LIVEBY, If a handicapped old man can make you laugh by trying to get a little more out of life, then god bless you.


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		Quote:			Posted by Gary Zenz
	Hey Conor. Them are good questions they are throwing at you and the biggest concern is the digging. I really think you can get a detector set up and if it is lite like an Ace 250 I believe it would work. But the bigger problem is getting the target out of the ground. Maybe a golf cart would work better. If you can get someone to take you out and give it a try in dry runs.Use a long golf club to see what you could do.( Im talking a big bertha driver)Maybe you can come upwith a digger that has a 3to four foot handel. Dont laugh i'm just throwing out ideas. Anything is possible. Keep pluging at it and LOL. Let us known and some pics also if possible.ARR!

Thanks Gary. a golf cart would not get me back to were i want to go. however
, you gave me an idea. What about a pivot support mounted on the ATV. this would solve the the problem of added weight from the extension. I also found that they make a hydraullic shovel that mounts to the front of the ATV. This may be a problem but is something to consider. I just wont to spend quality time in the woods and hope to experience finding something noteworthy.



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