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Mastertm7

Tim Davies
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Brought a $ 50 detector and milked my beach dry at a max 100 mm deap . Over 200 bottle caps all types of coins ,,,50 cents 1967 ,, 3 pence 1952 , 1 x ring , and heaps more crap ,, that was my learning curb .. 2 weeks later can't work out which to up grade to ,, bounty hunter tracker iv vs bh quick silver,, q s being the more chance of 200mm depth, which is double for the 100 mm I have been working with . Looking at north west of singleton .. Happy to join in and have some fun ,, I'm hooked !!!
 
Welcome to the forum Master, and looks like it's best to give your local beach a wide berth. The forum threads have some quite varied views of most detectors on the market today, and a quick read may help you in your decision.

Best of luck with the new hobby and I'm sure your upgraded detector will serve you well.

Cheers Wal. :)
 
Welcome aboard mate, we have quite a few members from around your area so if you're ever after a detecting buddy it shouldn't be too difficult to find one.

I need to remove the @... from your username, so for future log-ins you'll have to use Mastertm7 without the rest.

All the best and don't hesitate to ask questions.

Nugget.
 
Mastertm7 said:
Brought a $ 50 detector and milked my beach dry at a max 100 mm deap . Over 200 bottle caps all types of coins ,,,50 cents 1967 ,, 3 pence 1952 , 1 x ring , and heaps more crap ,, that was my learning curb .. 2 weeks later can't work out which to up grade to ,, bounty hunter tracker iv vs bh quick silver,, q s being the more chance of 200mm depth, which is double for the 100 mm I have been working with . Looking at north west of singleton .. Happy to join in and have some fun ,, I'm hooked !!!

Welcome to the forum Mastertm7.
I spent a lot of time in Ettalong in the 60s and 70s. My Grandparents had houses in Broken bay Rd and Flathead rd and my cousin lived on Barrenjoey rd. We were shipped up there in the school holidays and spent a lot of time on the beach there.
So I think that 50c could be mine :D

Cheers
Mick
 
Thanks for your replies , ill post pack the 50cent coin to you mick ,, and I'm trying to down load pics , so every one can see the 1st detector and its find and the next detector and its find ,, as I step up from $50 to 100 to $200 to $300....can any one tell me how to do pics ,, cheers Tim " mastertm7 "
 
Hi Mastertm7, images need to be under 1MB in file size. Please see the signature at the bottom of my post for information on resizing images, and let me know if you have any further difficulties with it.

Nugget
 
Up to my forth detector and it was a bh tx4 6 days cleaned up very happy ,, now it won't shut up , chattering big time .. All the basics added to solve prob and nothing ,, so brand new $20 battery's in the middle of no where no power lines sensitivity down low ,,, etc , since it would have to be sent back to America I've tryed to fix or find problem ,, opened her up and pulled circuit board out every thing under magnifier , water , salt , nothing clean as ,, on the rhs the disc/notch nob on the circuit board if I touch 2 of the solder spots it stops chattering and picks up Normal ,, heard it could be a dry solder , is this true ,, or just pack it up and send it back ,, which would take 7 weeks return and another $70 bucks ,, any input would be helpful ,, where I live a digger has dug up the shore line and sand dunes exposing 200 year old ground ,, and just itching to get there ,, cheers Tim
 
Also check the cabling and connections to the coil/unit, could an intermittent issue with wiring/soldered joins. Does it chatter all the time, or only at the beach? Is it worthwhile sending back, can you contact them to help troubleshoot, might be a common issue. Might be able to get an electronics guru to give it a once over, but that's an added cost.
 
if there is a sticker on the case that you damaged when you opened it up , they might refuse warranty

you could try resoldering the wires that look dodgy but if you take it to a local E-tech guy they might have a minimum charge of $ 80 anyway before they even do anything.

or send it back

the buggers should test them before sending them out so its pretty lousy :mad:
 
The good and the bad and ugly!!!
Thanks for input ,, past note ,, yes it was chattering everywhere !!! chattering away like the x ,,!! Won't shut up ,,!!! after more time thinking ,, lucky there is no sticker or wire to show if its been opened or not , I checked for that before I opened it , been caught before on that one too ,, I am a two minds to re soldier the 2 spots , I also found out that a bad capacitor will do the same thing ,, I finally got hold of the no for company in El Paso and it rang through to find it had closed 4 mins ago . Being 4,35 pm in Mexico when I rang !!! The Ugly , with 2 detectors down I was not panicking because I have waited 3 weeks now for a b, h loan star which I bought ,, the fed x man turned up and I ran out like a child to get my problem solver don't worry about all the stuff we have been talking about ,, and he gives me a box as big as a football ,, I said no mate unless that's my pin pointer that's supposed to come with the detector , that's not a detector ,, He said that's all his got 1 out of 1 , sign here by by and of he went , I opened up the box and its a commando spy camera with sensor to leave in the bush for bears and deers ,,, I'm devastated ,, what a let down ,,, the good ,,, the company is sending out another lone star double rush ,, and I get to keep the spy camera worth about 100 may be ,,, so I'm back to wait till elpaso opens again in 12 hrs , when mind u I will be in bed by then !!! Or try too ,, I'm over it ,, the massive highs and lows that come with metal detecting once your crazy about it ,, sore fingers using my small I, phone ,, hand cramped up , wedging phone out of hand ,, I'm done ,, Tim ,, have to go back to work make some money to pay for battery's
 
Nugget could u please move my page to topics or is it in my introduce myself section ,, I could be looking at it wrong , but is it coming up every time as ,, jumped on board Ettalong ,,, do u know what I'm trying to say ,, ta Tim
 
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