Bounty Hunter
Wednesday, I received my new Bounty Hunter Land Star in the mail. When I
finally got home, the wife had dinner ready. After eating and talking
with her for a while, I decided it was time to try out the new metal detector.
With book in hand and the Land Star turned on, I started out across the yard.
I immediately had a beep, as the Land Star was in the "all metal" mode. The
depth meter said three inches and the metal indicator pointed to pull tab.
Having read about TH'ing for a long time, I started to dig carefully. The
ground was very hard because of a lack of rain in the area. shortly, I spied
the piece of metal, sure enough, it was a pull tab. I then measured the depth,
to check the machine's depth accuracy, it was right on. "Great" I thought,
now let's check some more. After about ten minutes, I had six holes dug and
recovered one pull tab, two screw caps and some junk. Every time the Land Star
beeped there was metal. By now, it was almost dark and time to go into the
house. Thursday, I was not able to get out because of prior commitments.
After supper Friday, I again took the Land Star into the yard, using
the all metal mode. After digging several more holes and finding junk, my
yard must have been a junk yard, I decided to try the "DISC" mode. I dug
a couple more holes turning up a piece of copper pipe, lead wheel weight
and a piece of unidentifiable junk. I then changed the mode to "Auto
Notch" the first beep I got was a high tone, at last, I looked at the depth
meter, eight inches. I then had to decide if I trusted the Land
Star to indicate properly the object and depth. I decided this was a
fact finding effort and therefore I must dig. After several minutes, because
the ground is really hard here, at the bottom of the hole is a smooth round
object. It is a penny, dated 1972. I measured the hole almost exactly
eight inches. I'm done for the day, I am convinced the Land Star is
accurate and can be trusted. So the penny wasn't a great find, still I
was elated because my first 'real' metal detector is great.
Larrie C. Smith
Larrie_C_Smith@fmso.navy.mil
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