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Title: WHICH IS THE WORST DETECTOR IN THE WORLD !!!!!!! Post by: Mike on October 24, 2013, 04:28:47 PM ..............................AND WHY ???
THIS SHOULD BE INTERESTING :D :D :D :D Title: Re: WHICH IS THE WORST DETECTOR IN THE WORLD !!!!!!! Post by: Kev on October 24, 2013, 04:45:44 PM The owner of it lol ;D
Title: Re: WHICH IS THE WORST DETECTOR IN THE WORLD !!!!!!! Post by: legio11augustus on October 24, 2013, 05:06:30 PM one with flat batteries ;D
Title: Re: WHICH IS THE WORST DETECTOR IN THE WORLD !!!!!!! Post by: Chef Geoff on October 24, 2013, 05:19:58 PM The one that's stood in the corner giving you those "come hither" looks when the wife's family are coming around and you can't get out.
Title: Re: WHICH IS THE WORST DETECTOR IN THE WORLD !!!!!!! Post by: Kev on October 24, 2013, 05:23:16 PM The one you forget to turn on in the field ;)
Title: Re: WHICH IS THE WORST DETECTOR IN THE WORLD !!!!!!! Post by: Techony on October 24, 2013, 07:12:34 PM Inspired by the adverts; you know the ones, where the signs pop out of the sand, I actually parted with 25 perfectly good drinking vouchers to acquire a "Metal Detector" that I thought my 6 year old grandson would be able to play with and maybe even come out on the field to find a few pennies that might have found their way into the ground for him :D
Well, we turned it on and tuned it to it's threshold and voila! Hold a 50p next to the coil and it goes off, woohoo. Interestingly though, it didn't emit a continuous tone, oh no it didn't, it went beep (silence) beep (silence) beep... very interesting. So for a quick test on the lawn, two dozen Liz & George pennies tucked just under the surface and guess what. If the head goes over the find whilst pressed hard enough onto the grass it might or might not go beep, depending on whether you were over the spot on a beep cycle or silence cycle. LOL, talk about slow and low! totally unusable. So plan B; I gave him the Deus to use. Trouble was it was too big and heavy for him. Plan C: He spent ten minutes on his hands and knees with the Garrett pro-pointer and grabbed the lot. Now he's well and truly hooked. Well the stupid beep - beep machine is now back in the returns dept with a size ten footprint on it. Mr Maplin has already been to the rescue and his next detector is already here waiting for the next visit (and it works!) That stupid machine truly deserves the title. Thanks Argos, not. Title: Re: WHICH IS THE WORST DETECTOR IN THE WORLD !!!!!!! Post by: shunggav on October 24, 2013, 08:34:20 PM I have nothing against garrett but for me it's a garrett it's that stupid ting ta ting noise it makes
Title: Re: WHICH IS THE WORST DETECTOR IN THE WORLD !!!!!!! Post by: gijan on October 24, 2013, 08:44:17 PM I have nothing against garrett but for me it's a garrett it's that stupid ting ta ting noise it makes ........... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;DTitle: Re: WHICH IS THE WORST DETECTOR IN THE WORLD !!!!!!! Post by: nobby on October 24, 2013, 09:10:25 PM Its got to be the minelab sovereign...... ::)
Btw what detectors coming Monday or tuesday? :D Title: Re: WHICH IS THE WORST DETECTOR IN THE WORLD !!!!!!! Post by: Dryland on October 24, 2013, 09:50:44 PM ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: WHICH IS THE WORST DETECTOR IN THE WORLD !!!!!!! Post by: Mike on October 24, 2013, 10:09:23 PM http://footage.shutterstock.com/clip-1826084-stock-footage-high-angle-view-audience-laughing-at-show.html (http://footage.shutterstock.com/clip-1826084-stock-footage-high-angle-view-audience-laughing-at-show.html)
Title: Re: WHICH IS THE WORST DETECTOR IN THE WORLD !!!!!!! Post by: rjm on October 24, 2013, 10:44:44 PM It's probably a Micronta or Tandy special ;D
The worse one I ever owned was the Fisher Coinstrike. It wasn't exactly cheap but I just couldn't gel with it. It was in the days before internet / E Bay and an advert in Treasure Hunter helped me sell and forget it! :) (until you asked! :'( ) Title: Re: WHICH IS THE WORST DETECTOR IN THE WORLD !!!!!!! Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on October 24, 2013, 11:19:45 PM Mine, cos I cant get out with it at the moment. >:(
Title: Re: WHICH IS THE WORST DETECTOR IN THE WORLD !!!!!!! Post by: galoshers on October 25, 2013, 09:22:25 AM why do you want to know ???
Title: Re: WHICH IS THE WORST DETECTOR IN THE WORLD !!!!!!! Post by: Spooyt Vane on October 25, 2013, 01:43:27 PM ..............................AND WHY ??? THIS SHOULD BE INTERESTING :D :D :D :D I hope its not the worst detectorist next.......I would miss a double decker bus on the surface at the moment ;D ;D ;D Title: Re: WHICH IS THE WORST DETECTOR IN THE WORLD !!!!!!! Post by: Mike on October 25, 2013, 02:57:42 PM why do you want to know ??? im sure you noticed the post about the best metal detector so why not a post about the worst , mine was a Viking which was no better than a boy scouts magnet lol Title: Re: WHICH IS THE WORST DETECTOR IN THE WORLD !!!!!!! Post by: Techony on October 25, 2013, 05:37:48 PM Actually, no need to pay for a handle, stick and disc at all... we already have an app for that:
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=metal%20detector&c=apps (https://play.google.com/store/search?q=metal%20detector&c=apps) Title: Re: WHICH IS THE WORST DETECTOR IN THE WORLD !!!!!!! Post by: probono on October 25, 2013, 08:08:43 PM When I was about 7 my father bought me a Radio Shack metal detector (which I've only just got rid of). I did find things in the garden (most of a clock golf set), but when trying it out-side of the house once (on a roman site) I found a dog chain and a drill bit......
On the foreshore I had a better find rate, eyes only than with the detector and I think someone told me that it worked better switched off than on. You doubled the price of it when you put fresh batteries in it. :::Mind you - after a couple of years of using the SE Pro and not finding much I was ready to chuck that in a skip - but I realised in that case it was the detectorist, not the detector that was at fault::: Title: Re: WHICH IS THE WORST DETECTOR IN THE WORLD !!!!!!! Post by: cardiffian on October 26, 2013, 05:49:27 PM I remember a few years ago getting a call from someone asking if I could help him to set up a new detector. The detectors were being sold by the Daily Telegraph and cost £100. It wasn't that he hadn't set up the machine incorrectly. It was just that it was a load of s###. It just about picked up something on the surface never mind buried in the ground. He ended up sending it back and getting his money back. It would definitely be a contender, that's for sure.
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