Terryden Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Anchorage ak beginner. Just purchased. any good for gold prospecting? Thoughts? Feedback? much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Welcome to the forum! Well, it is an entry level detector so I would not expect too much. In theory any detector can find gold nuggets, but the reality is you are competing with a lot of people swinging far more powerful detectors. The area you are in does not have a lot of large nugget gold, and so you would typically want something hotter on tiny objects than this 6.6 kHz machine is going to be. The good news is I just saw these at Costco myself so I know you got a smoking deal. What you have really got is a good general purpose coin and jewelry detector. It does have a manual ground balance option, which is kind of a marker for a unit that is a “step up” from a basic factory preset detector. Should be decent for typical park detecting or walking a beach. Bottom line is Bounty Hunter has some good value deals when the price is right. Bounty Hunter Discovery 3300 Owner's Manual Newer Thread On The Subject Here 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delnorter Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Get out and practice Terryden. There’s a lot of fun and maybe treasure to come your way Thank you again Steve. This is a prime example of your sincere and unbiased opinion to all who ask for help. My detectors are pretty old technology and of modest capabilities also, but thanks to you and the members of this forum I get the best out of them. Mike 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richardb Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Will this detector be effective for finding steel boundary markers around my property? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 On 4/6/2019 at 1:21 PM, Richardb said: Will this detector be effective for finding steel boundary markers around my property? Only if they are less than a few inches deep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal_Cobra Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 I would not be surprised if this isn't based on a Fisher or Teknetics model as some of the Bounty Hunters are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldpick Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Looks to be based off the Fisher F4, very similar. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Just spotted a pallet full at Costco again, this time for only $99.99. That really is a smoking deal for a four tone ground balancing metal detector. Newer Thread On The Subject Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridge Runner Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 The great thing about a low cost detector like this is everybody and his brother will buy one. Then go out without help and unknowing use it one time then put in storage. After about a year or so it will come out and find it in a garage sale. Then you can pick them up for 5 to 15 dollars. I got one that worked great for 3 dollars because the battery cover was gone. You would be surprised how many detectors show up in a garage sale. The dream of finding a big treasure is why they buy . After the buy they find it turns into work and all they have to show is trash. I have yet to resale one but gave them away who’s kid wanted give coin hunting a try . Chuck 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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