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daddy bought one in the 70's
advertising did its job well
the thing was garbage, with adjustments!
set the gain too high and the thing would squeak and squawk over nothing
set the gain too low and it did no better than a broom
all he ever found worth picking up was spare change and a set of keys (maybe two)
now me, i like to go magnet fishing
in the river i've found a dozen or so fishing reels, most attached to usable rods
a hammer
two wheel rims
a beat up and unfixable small critter trap (humane)
one grenade, no pin
several knives, prolly fishing tackle
lost a good magnet once when the rope broke
i told stories of the lake granbury monster for years after that
became nigh on to as famous as nessie
most kids around here no longer believe my tales of intrigue
@rookie54 saidSimilar story here. My father bought the cheapest model he could find. I was 14 at the time (1971) We went on many trips looking for something valuable. I would have much preferred to play basketball with my friends, but when my dad said "you're going too" getting in the car was NOT optional! We successfully dug up a discarded wrench from the WW2 era, a number of ball bearings, 3 ea. 90-degree steel pipe fittings, and a partially used roll of steel wire. Naturally I did most of the digging. 2 years later at 16 I had grown an inch higher than dad and was moderately successful H.S. wrestler. When I refused to get in the car at that time, he decided that trying to bully me again might just backfire. Faced with going alone, and doing all the digging himself, the metal detector vanished into a closet, never to appear again. 😲
@vivify
daddy bought one in the 70's
advertising did its job well
the thing was garbage, with adjustments!
set the gain too high and the thing would squeak and squawk over nothing
set the gain too low and it did no better than a broom
all he ever found worth picking up was spare change and a set of keys (maybe two)
now me, i like to go magnet fishing
in the river ...[text shortened]...
became nigh on to as famous as nessie
most kids around here no longer believe my tales of intrigue
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@mchill saidWhy don’t you buy a new model and search for the old one, in the closet. I assume it, the old one, had metal parts.🤔👍
Similar story here. My father bought the cheapest model he could find. I was 14 at the time (1971) We went on many trips looking for something valuable. I would have much preferred to play basketball with my friends, but when my dad said "you're going too" getting in the car was NOT optional! We successfully dug up a discarded wrench from the WW2 era, a number of ball bearings ...[text shortened]... d doing all the digging himself, the metal detector vanished into a closet, never to appear again. 😲
@Great-Big-Stees saidI'd rather binge watch the Queens Gambit than waste money on a metal detector. Anya Taylor Joy is so much more appealing! 🙂
Why don’t you buy a new model and search for the old one, in the closet. I assume it, the old one, had metal parts.🤔👍
@Ponderable saidThey could've used you in Japan:
While I studied chemistry I workd sometimes for a company which looked for unexploded muntions where they wanted to built things.
The digging was okay, and we made a bit of money selling the scrap metal.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/02/travel/wwii-bomb-miyazaki-airport-japan-scli-intl/index.html
@vivify saidThank God nobody was injured.
They could've used you in Japan:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/02/travel/wwii-bomb-miyazaki-airport-japan-scli-intl/index.html
They most probably had their airfield scanned. i acn't imagine what went wrong there.
@Ponderable saidThere is now a real possibility that bombs lay in wait around other cities in Japan that could explode at any time.
Thank God nobody was injured.
They most probably had their airfield scanned. i acn't imagine what went wrong there.
With no way to know how many still remain or where, that thought has to be terrifying.
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@Ponderable saidThat's what I thought, you'd like to think they had a few metal detectors at the very least. Saying that yeah recently found a ww2 bomb in northern Ireland in a housing estate, Crazy world.
Thank God nobody was injured.
They most probably had their airfield scanned. i acn't imagine what went wrong there.
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I used to have one. Never found anything but I have recently been looking at getting a top of the line detector because I now live in a very old part of the country.
Common metal detectors don't scan that far down. Most of them can't even reach 2 feet down.
A WW2 bomb hitting wet dirt and not detonating could go deeper than a common metal detectors ability.
I'm sure military grade detectors exist but I dunno.
@thedogandthecello said10 m deep 50 kg bomb no problem for the ones we used back in the late 80's. But we found much more scrap metal than bombs 😉
I used to have one. Never found anything but I have recently been looking at getting a top of the line detector because I now live in a very old part of the country.
Common metal detectors don't scan that far down. Most of them can't even reach 2 feet down.
A WW2 bomb hitting wet dirt and not detonating could go deeper than a common metal detectors ability.
I'm sure military grade detectors exist but I dunno.
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@Ponderable
Late 80's?
Where? And that's definitely military grade if it can scan 30 feet below the surface. Probably huge and not some handheld cheapo like the ones at the store.
Ground Penetrating Radar isn't the same as metal detectors I assume. Not sure.
@thedogandthecello
Germany, US Air base (Storck Barracks) in Illesheim.
Yes the devices were high quality and not what you buy from the nexct supermarket.
However sensing magnetic fileds is quite sensitive. So if you have a massive iron object finding it even deeply burried is no witchcarft. finding a silver earclip on the ground is more difficult.