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    First Texas customer service

    Late last year I sent a message to FT asking about getting my Pioneer 505 fixed. I did not get a reply. Monday of this week I again sent an email and this time they said that if I cannot provide proof of purchase, they would have to charge me $20-$40 to fix the non-functioning battery charge...
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    Searching archives $ nugget shooting in Alaska

    I tried to use the "SEARCH" function to search the BH forum for "VLF" and got no results. I want to know what Very Low Frequency means in the family of BH machines. Most likely the "Bounty Hunter VLF" model of Very Low Frequency machines would indeed be Very Low Frequency. How about the BH Gold...
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    Customer service at First Texas

    About two weeks ago I sent an email to First Texas (FT) asking them for a Return Authorization Number (RAN) for my Pioneer 505. I have not gotten a reply. Those of you who have returned defective BH units to First Texas, have you asked for and received a RAN from FT? Thanks, Mark Elite 2200...
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    Waterproof PP

    I have a Harbor Freight pin pointer and don't believe the probe portion can be immersed in dihydrogenmonoxide without it being damaged. Are any of the more expensive PPs waterproof? The probe portion anyway? Mark Elite 2200 Pioneer 505 Harbor Freight PP
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    Bounty Hunter repair service

    I have a Pioneer 505 that has a defective battery charge level indicator. Do I need to contact BH prior to sending in the unit to get an authorization number? Should I send in the shaft along with the electronics? Thanks, Mark
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    Indian Head nickel

    Well, I found a 1937 Indian head nickel.... IN MY CHANGE! I search all over kingdom come using my BH machine and find little in the way of old coins and then get an Indian head nickel in change somewhere. Go figure. Mark
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    Pull tab magnet?:shrug:

    I started re roofing my house yesterday by stripping off the old 3-tab membrane. Guess what I found between layers of roofing? Not one pull tab, but TWO. Even when I'm not treasure hunting those infernal things haunt my life. Mark
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    Rod Jammit all to heck:rant:

    I have been complaining about not ever finding a wheaty, right? Today in my car I came across a small plastic bottle in which I had stashed several dirty coins I had found metal detecting somewhere and took the coins inside to wash them. Guess what? One of them was a 1951 penny and I don't even...
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    Wireless headphones

    I usually don't use headphones because I don't like fighting the freaking wire. Yesterday I bought a pair of Harbor Freight wireless headphones, item # 66121 for $5.99. The transmitter portion is large but most likely is 99% air inside. What I want to do is open the transmitter, remove the guts...
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    waterproof machines

    I have watched videos of people using waterproof metal detectors and want to know which is the least expensive unit. I'm not talking about machines with waterproof search coils, but units that can be totally submerged without being damaged. There are creeks and rivers I would like to search but...
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    Snobbery

    I was recently on another forum and was told that because I use a Bounty Hunter metal detector that I was basically stupid and didn't know anything. The subject BTW had nothing to do with metal detecting. Isn't that just as ridiculous as saying that you would not utilize a doctor who drove a...
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    Chicken Entrails

    Some claim to be able to read information from chicken entrails. I'm wondering of any of you can help me glean some meaning from my finds today. I went to a park that was built in the late 1960s or early 1970s I believe. I found numerous ring type pull tabs as well as 31 coins. About 42% of the...
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    California city?

    What's the name of the city in northern California? Eureka I think it is. It means "I found it!" Well, Eureka. I found my first wheat penny. Hold on everyone, for the world may be about to end.:biggrin: I found it in the Sunnyside elementary school playground in Portland, Oregon. That...
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    International metal detecting

    I live in the Pacific Northwest, an area that wasn't inhabited by metal-using folks until perhaps 150 years ago. That means that there are not as many lost metallic goodies to be found as in areas that have been "settled" longer. I want to know if there are any lists of countries that permit or...
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    :rant: VERY INTERESTING

    I took a zinc penny, a copper penny, a clad dime a nickel and a clad quarter and tested them each to see what effect their orientation to the swinging coil would have on the target indication. I first tested each lying flat and the Elite 2200 nailed each perfectly with no falsing, swinging in...
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    Best PP 4 the $

    I have a Harbor Freight pinpointer but the switch has recently started to be flaky which is not conducive to finding goodies. I am thinking about getting another rather than investing the time and $ to fix it. What pinpointer is best for the money in the $50 price range? What pinpointer is...
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    I just don't get it!

    I find lots of coins but only two have been pre-1961. My guess is that here in the Pacific NW, it rains so much that the older coins are too deep to detect... well so deep that I pass them by. I get "deep" signals but they are never consistent in all directions. The manual that came with the...
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    HOLY COW!!!!!

    I just saw the Big 5 sporting goods flier and they are selling the Elite 2200 which has a "Reg" price of $249.99 for $139.99 with a $20 in-store rebate. The final price is $119.99. That is perhaps the greatest deal in the history of retail metal detectors. The sale is a Father's Day sale so...
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    All over the place

    I have a 2004 Canadian penny that is attracted to a magnet. I know that Canadian pennies were at one time copper and then in the 1980 or 1990s debased the allow to something less expensive like perhaps zinc like the USA did. Do any of you know if the contents is steel or nickel? My guess is...
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    Trying to understand

    I have read that when a person "Xs" the target and only gets a good indication going one way but not the other that the target is "junk." Why is it that "junk" demonstrates the phenomena of different sounds in different directions but that is not the case with coins and jewelry? Mark
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