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onionpond · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 1:37 pm Post subject: Gold Digger

So I was thinking of buying a Metal Detector, to bring along on some of my Geocache hikes. Does anybody have experience with one? Any advice would be accepted with a smile. Thanks in advance.
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LucidOndine · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 1:55 pm Post subject:

I have contemplated getting ahold of one to find Lair of the Three Headed Woman... but I can't justify the expense quite yet.
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GeoPierce · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 2:01 pm Post subject:

KC0GRN · Past MnGCA Board Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Posts: 1424

After seeing one in action used to find a cache, I've been very interested in aquiring one myself. Call it cheating if you want, I call it a creative solution to a problem.

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GPSr · Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:50 pm Post subject:

I've been to a couple caches where I thought this may be easier if I had a metal detector. Then I remembered the small wand type like they use at the airport. Compact, lightweight, easy to carry with down the trail. Nah, then I'd have to get a man-purse to keep it in. Embarassed

Marsha and Silent Bob · Past MnGCA President Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 6261

You just need to bring along the patented ACRS (aka Arcticabn Cache Retrieval System)

It's low cost, usually free or $1 (the cost of a single beer at Applebee's after 9pm!), it drives itself and it finds caches that are made of plastic too!

That's what I use to bolster my stats. You should try it too -- when I'm not using it heh.
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loneeagle_24 · Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 6:48 am Post subject:

When I bought my full sized metal detector a couple of years ago it came with a free wand type metal detector. I was cleaning out my old truck and located the smaller one in amongst all of the junk. I haven't used it in about a year. It still had the battery in it. I turned it on just to see if it would work. It turned on and is in working condition. I may just have to start carrying it with me. At least put it in the vehicle anyway. That way if I need to use it it will be there. It isn't very heavy. The only bad thing about mine is that it uses a 9 volt battery. I don't normally carry those with me. Maybe I'll have to start carrying one with. Something more to put in my cache bag.
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