I got the Pioneer 505 as one of the "cheepies" from Kellyco when I bought the Infinium.
I got it so the two girls who have started hunting with me, using their dad's Whites, will each have their own machine.
I got the 505 because some of the other cheap units got various bad reviews, mainly being flimsy and easily broken.
The 505 is definately cheap plastic. The batteries are held in foam cutouts!!!
The coils look like they have built-in skid plates. A heavier material seems to have been added to the bottom for protection. Is this correct?
This morning I checked my collection of trash and treasure. I have some rusty iron, gold rings, (2 I didn't realize were gold until they indicate same as a gold ring), various pieces of aluminum, some combined metals (pc of aluminum conduit with copper wires), some zinc, a hot rock, silver coins, some Canadian coins, some brass and costume jewelry.
This el cheapo detector was right on it's identification about the same as the GTI 2500.
Testing in air with the 8 in. coil, in the all metal Disc. setting, Sensitivity 100 per cent.
It detected in air from 4 in. to 12 in. on most objects. The smaller stuff had to be closer. The owner's manual says the depth indicator is only correct for coins, but it was right on a goodly portion of the other stuff. It also says to check coins flat, but all the silver coins identified correctly, no matter which way I held them. Some stuff made low tones at the coil edges, with higher tones in the center of the coil.
It identified various sizes of nails as iron, no matter which way the nails were held, with no bouncing.
I tried to check it in the All Metal non-motion mode, but I will have to take it outside. It detected a mashed, oxidized Coke can at 3 feet, and picked up other metal objects, digging trowel, my pick, a set of keys, at 2 to 3 feet, so I got to find a place outside with no metal. It handily finds the nails in the floor.
Where are these things made? I can't find any markings on the detector or the coils.
I'm learning how to conduct better tests. And will build a test plot, soon as I can find a neutral piece of ground with no metal.
Oh, and the plastic knob that tightens the plastic shafts, tightens the shafts, and makes a solid shaft.
I wager I will have to buy another one, the girls are going to fight over this one.
Musketeer
I got it so the two girls who have started hunting with me, using their dad's Whites, will each have their own machine.
I got the 505 because some of the other cheap units got various bad reviews, mainly being flimsy and easily broken.
The 505 is definately cheap plastic. The batteries are held in foam cutouts!!!
The coils look like they have built-in skid plates. A heavier material seems to have been added to the bottom for protection. Is this correct?
This morning I checked my collection of trash and treasure. I have some rusty iron, gold rings, (2 I didn't realize were gold until they indicate same as a gold ring), various pieces of aluminum, some combined metals (pc of aluminum conduit with copper wires), some zinc, a hot rock, silver coins, some Canadian coins, some brass and costume jewelry.
This el cheapo detector was right on it's identification about the same as the GTI 2500.
Testing in air with the 8 in. coil, in the all metal Disc. setting, Sensitivity 100 per cent.
It detected in air from 4 in. to 12 in. on most objects. The smaller stuff had to be closer. The owner's manual says the depth indicator is only correct for coins, but it was right on a goodly portion of the other stuff. It also says to check coins flat, but all the silver coins identified correctly, no matter which way I held them. Some stuff made low tones at the coil edges, with higher tones in the center of the coil.
It identified various sizes of nails as iron, no matter which way the nails were held, with no bouncing.
I tried to check it in the All Metal non-motion mode, but I will have to take it outside. It detected a mashed, oxidized Coke can at 3 feet, and picked up other metal objects, digging trowel, my pick, a set of keys, at 2 to 3 feet, so I got to find a place outside with no metal. It handily finds the nails in the floor.
Where are these things made? I can't find any markings on the detector or the coils.
I'm learning how to conduct better tests. And will build a test plot, soon as I can find a neutral piece of ground with no metal.
Oh, and the plastic knob that tightens the plastic shafts, tightens the shafts, and makes a solid shaft.
I wager I will have to buy another one, the girls are going to fight over this one.
Musketeer
Nothing bad to say about bounty hunter here either