BH discovery 3300

[Merf]

I took the new 3300 to a local grade school that I had prviously hunted with my old Whites 66TR goldmaster and found 9 coins in about 2 hours.
It has been well hunted so I am satisfied. The oldest was a 1944 penny.
This morning I used a plugger and burried a quarter, a dime and a penny at various depths in the back yard. The soil is very dry.
I could locate the quarter at 5 inches and sometimes at 6 inches.
The penny and dime I could find at 5 inches. I am wondering how soil conditions and soil moisture effect the depth the machine will locate at.
Any advice is appreciated. Good hunting, Merf

[TonyinCT]

Wet ground is always a plus. It "excites" the objects in the ground and makes the detector "see" them better. You are getting readings that are typical for this detector.

[Stainless Steel Rat]

I have been using my 3300 for almost 2 months and every silver coin I found was in wet soil when it was raining or after a few days of rain. In my area we havn't had any rain in almost a week and the deepest target I have dug this week was a wheatie at 5 inches.

[Merf]

Yes, How do we do that?

[carolinachief]

Free,

Did you ever post the thread on how to get the 10 inch coins? I haven't seen it if you did. Would like to know that trick myself.

Kelvin

[bigjohn]

when i was playin with miss john's 3300 i noticed when you turn it on sen. was preset to med. you can crank it up if the ground will let you.

[montyburns]

I just bought one for $108.00 out the door at Radio Shack. The clerk told me they weren't releasing them to the stores until around Christmas time but he could order one for me. I don't need another detector! This makes 5! It was such a good deal I couldn't pass it up though! I have read too much good stuff about this particular model. I guess I'll give it to one of my granddaughters as a gift if one of them shows an interest in metal detecting. Or I might just like it so much I keep it myself? I have an ACE 250 and I am interested in how the two compare. I will try to run some kind of comparison test and write it up later on. Montyburns

[JoAnne]

I have a Bounty Hunter Tracker IV and am thinking of trading up to an Ace 250 so will be interested in your comparison. Please keep us posted. JoAnne

[HooseNutz]

Originally Posted by Free2Dtect

Any of the Bounty Hunter folks want to know how to get 10 inch coins?

Please tell us, I am dying to KNOW

[montyburns]

Jo, I have an ACE 250 and I love it! It is a coin hound. It does not have a way to manually ground balance so it doesn't work well around saltwater. I recommend you go to Radio Shack and get one of their behind the head stereo headphones with a volume control ($15.99). The ACE 250 does not have a volume control and unless you have it on your headphones it will blow your ears off! I found a silver ring with my ACE this morning! MB