Hi

I see Maplins have a range of detectors. Anyone seen these?

Cheers

MG

"MG"  wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I see Maplins have a range of detectors. Anyone seen these?
>
> Cheers
>
> MG

I've got the LCD motion detector model - it works fine.
The trouble is, where I went (old coal mining & railway land), it could
detect the stuff under the earth ok but I couldn't dig up the rock hard
ground, I think I need a small pickaxe.
Regards   Mike.

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 23:31:10 -0000, Mike Cawood, HND BIT
  
was popularly supposed to have said:

> I've got the LCD motion detector model - it works fine.
> The trouble is, where I went (old coal mining & railway land), it could
> detect the stuff under the earth ok but I couldn't dig up the rock hard
> ground, I think I need a small pickaxe.

In that case, see if you can scrounge up an old-type Army entrenching
spade, the sort with the wooden handle. The modern ones are useless
flimsy things, bend soon as look at 'em, but the older wooden ones were
classic British engineering and built to last.

You can fix the folding blade in three positions; folded, pick/mattock
and shovel form. The shovel form isn't half bad; sharpen the edge and
you can cut into turf beautifully (makes it easier to put back) and the
mattock form is pretty good on gravel, too.

-- 
Dan Holdsworth PhD                   dan1701usenet@ntlworld.com
By caffeine alone I set my mind in motion, By the beans of Java
do thoughts acquire speed,  hands acquire shaking,  the shaking
becomes a warning, By caffeine alone do I set my mind in motion

"Dan Holdsworth"  wrote in message
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> On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 23:31:10 -0000, Mike Cawood, HND BIT
>  
> was popularly supposed to have said:
>
> > I've got the LCD motion detector model - it works fine.
> > The trouble is, where I went (old coal mining & railway land), it
could
> > detect the stuff under the earth ok but I couldn't dig up the rock
hard
> > ground, I think I need a small pickaxe.
>
> In that case, see if you can scrounge up an old-type Army entrenching
> spade, the sort with the wooden handle. The modern ones are useless
> flimsy things, bend soon as look at 'em, but the older wooden ones
were
> classic British engineering and built to last.
>
> You can fix the folding blade in three positions; folded, pick/mattock
> and shovel form. The shovel form isn't half bad; sharpen the edge and
> you can cut into turf beautifully (makes it easier to put back) and
the
> mattock form is pretty good on gravel, too.
>
> -- 
> Dan Holdsworth PhD                   dan1701usenet@ntlworld.com
> By caffeine alone I set my mind in motion, By the beans of Java
> do thoughts acquire speed,  hands acquire shaking,  the shaking
> becomes a warning, By caffeine alone do I set my mind in motion

I've got a decent digging trowel with a footrest that I got from a metal
detector shop, but this site where I go, the ground is so compressed
that it's almost rock hard. I found a multi purpose pick axe on ebay but
it was a modern one and looked to be rather weak so I didn't buy it.
Regards   Mike.

On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 13:07:27 -0000, Mike Cawood, HND BIT
  
was popularly supposed to have said:

> I've got a decent digging trowel with a footrest that I got from a metal
> detector shop, but this site where I go, the ground is so compressed
> that it's almost rock hard. I found a multi purpose pick axe on ebay but
> it was a modern one and looked to be rather weak so I didn't buy it.

Go for the older type of stuff, secondhand even. Brand new army kit
these days is pretty useless; see the SA-80 for a good example.

-- 
Dan Holdsworth PhD                   dan1701usenet@ntlworld.com
By caffeine alone I set my mind in motion, By the beans of Java
do thoughts acquire speed,  hands acquire shaking,  the shaking
becomes a warning, By caffeine alone do I set my mind in motion

"Dan Holdsworth"  wrote in message
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> Go for the older type of stuff, secondhand even. Brand new army kit
> these days is pretty useless; see the SA-80 for a good example.
>
> -- 
> Dan Holdsworth PhD                   dan1701usenet@ntlworld.com
> By caffeine alone I set my mind in motion, By the beans of Java
> do thoughts acquire speed,  hands acquire shaking,  the shaking
> becomes a warning, By caffeine alone do I set my mind in motion

After Easter it'll be car boot sale time so I'll look for something
there, we have quite big car boot sales near here in the Spring/Summer.
Regards   Mike.

"MG"  wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I see Maplins have a range of detectors. Anyone seen these?
>
> Cheers
>
> MG

They are all made in China, but the construction quality is adequate
having regard to the price.
I go for the Motion Detector type.
Regards   Mike.