long ago detector returning to the hobby, need advice about NiMh batteries

[MacTraveler]

hello folks. my name is ken samson. i'm a full time RV traveler as well as a bookseller. i'm returning to the hobby after a 25 year absence. back then, i grew frustrated with the detector i was using [compass coin magnum, which i discovered this week my dad kept in his closet for me all these years, and still works fine.] because i am nearly totally deaf and could not at that time find a suitable headset to use. now, with the vibra-phone vibrating unit i recently learned about, i can do away with the headsets entirely and depend on that which i have always depended on in life: vibrations.

i've ordered a bounty hunter sharp shooter II from amazon during a recent $199 special, and am waiting for it to arrive. in the meantime, i'm gathering the other equipment i need for the hobby. i planned to buy some recharable NiMh 9v batteries to run the detctor and the vibra-phone, but upon reading the manual from bounty hunter for the SSII, i see they say to use ONLY alikoid batteries, nothing else.......

my question is this: why?? i don't want to be spending hundreds of dollars a year for disposables. has anyone used the NiMh recharables in their BH SSII model? any thoughts/advice?

ken

[MacTraveler]

one other thing - i'd love to get my hands on a manual for this coin magnum. my dad cannot find the one that came with the unit bought in the late 70s, and i'd like to try to see if i can utilize the CCM as a back-up.... or at least try it out and see what a $450 unit from ages ago can do in comparion to the $199 unit i got off Amazon...... i suspect with all the tuning requirements and knobs, switches and dials on CCM, i'll still be though!

ken

[deathwind1]

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[Detectoroligist]

Hey Ken,
Not sure why you can't use NiMh in your detector but here is what I know about them.

+They are lighter than Nicads, They come in higher Mah,
-Can not be charged as fast a Nicads, use lower amps or they overheat
-They do not short, they open so if one cell goes bad you loose all voltage.
-They must be fully discharged to a safe level regulary or they will hold a memory.

Can you use Nicads?

Hope this helps, Stan