lobokai Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Hey All, My favorite haunt is a group of closed claims in the hills along a lava bed nearby. Also hit schools, fairground, parks, camping spots, trails and dirt roads along the claims. Detectors: Bounty Hunter Land Ranger (original, not the Pro) Quickdraw ll (same vintage) Pointers: F-Pulse (love this thing) Home brew pointer made from a lumber scanning wand with a beefed up coil on ferrite core Coils: Standard 8" BH coil 4" BH coil 10" BH coil (New) CORS Fortune (NEL Sharpshooter) 9.5" x 5.5" DD coil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieinMaine Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Welcome from Maine! My detecting journey started in your state back in 1999. The Tracker IV was my first machine, then the quick Draw 2. I went from there to many different machines. I always kept some Bounty Hunter units in my arsenal because of the discrimination skills they have. George Payne established some decent circuitry on those grounds. Others have followed. I have at least a dozen Bounty Huter machines today. They are solid when it comes to picking out the good stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCR Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Welcome from East Texas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobokai Posted March 11 Author Share Posted March 11 Hi Jamie, Thanks for the reply. Land Ranger w/ CORS Fortune DD coil is my go-to for gold or older sites where I want to be sure not to miss deeper stuff (i.e casch, old coins), but the Quick Draw 2 is my favorite for scanning trashy camp sites, parks and schools. Thinking about getting a CORS Shrew for the QD2, I think it might be a great match to narrow the zone and pick out some older coins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalReg Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 My memories of Bounty Hunter MD'ers go back to the 1970's! Great machines! Welcome to the Forum! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobokai Posted March 11 Author Share Posted March 11 2 hours ago, JCR said: Welcome from East Texas. Thanks JCR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobokai Posted March 11 Author Share Posted March 11 1 hour ago, CalReg said: My memories of Bounty Hunter MD'ers go back to the 1970's! Great machines! Welcome to the Forum! Thanks. Yup BH made serious detecting affordable enough that even I could afford one or two or three. Best hobby ever, life is good. Luck to ya! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geotech Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Where abouts in Washington? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobokai Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 At the crossroads of the Columbia River Gorge and the Cascade Range ... Carson, WA I see you're in Republic, bet it's beautiful there, and no doubt, a great place to swing a coil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geotech Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Apparently Republic is the gold capital of Washington State. 8 million ounces and still going. But few places for prospecting, it's all deep hard rock stuff. Almost ended up in White Salmon, gorgeous area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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