Workers Of Wood

A couple years back, I took A plunge and bought a Wizzard metal detector. Though spendy, it's a good investment against damage to blades of hand and power tools.



That aside, I have a love-hate relationship with the WIZZARD detector. EVERY time I go to use it, I have to go to the tool box, get a small screw driver, then calibrate it. Once calibrated, it works very well.



Because of the inconvenience, my WIZZARD detector does not get used as much as it could, or should.



About fifty-five years ago, I used to go out on a lot of metal detecting adventures. It was a great pastime. Some friends took me out and we did a bit using their detectors a year or so ago. Thinking about property stakes got me thinking about detecting again, so I took the plunge and bought a mid line detector. I figure that mid line would do as well as the high end Whites detectors we used in the sixties.



From the experience a year ago, and from a bit of reading of forums, I decided to invest in some things that would assist in my quest for riches [that experience tells me would pay in nickels, dimes and nails or can tabs]. One of the investments was, a Garret pin pointing detector. It cost about the same as the WIZZARD does today. However, it comes on at the push of a button, is a fraction the size, and doesn't need calibrating, though it can be calibrated at the touch of that same button.



I went out in the shop and test drove the pin pointer. It does everything the WIZZARD does, but without the hassle, and at a fraction of the size.



Both units cost around $145.00. If you buy it through the metal detector site, Big Boys Hobbies, you don't have to add shipping or tax.



SIDE NOTE: Big Boys Hobbies is a small, family owned place. When buying, make an account or your purchase will not show up on the account made after the purchase.



I guess that means the Garret will get stored over the table saw, where the WIZZARD is, and the WIZZARD will go up for sale on Amazon.

Kelly, I never used one in the shop, but back in the 60's we set up a Belsaw Saw Mill on our property to saw some fir trees up for lumber. It had a 48" blade and would saw up to 24" wide cuts. We used one there, surprising how many fence staples and wire you can find buried in those old trees. Even a bullet or two. Some of those can mess up a blade fast, the teeth in the saw blade were removable if we happened to hit something hard.
Good to see you here, Kelly, haven't heard from you for awhile.
Herb

Herb Stoops wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:38 pm Kelly, I never used one in the shop, but back in the 60's we set up a Belsaw Saw Mill on our property to saw some fir trees up for lumber. It had a 48" blade and would saw up to 24" wide cuts. We used one there, surprising how many fence staples and wire you can find buried in those old trees.
Herb

I got asked to take some trees down on a gravel road in Winfield, BC about 30 years ago by the highways so that they could widen the road. It was tricky going, fiber optic phone cable on one side and power line on the other. A lot of this area is old fruit orchards. I was cutting down a 24-26" Ponderosa pine and I got almost to the heart and my saw quit cutting. The teeth had obviously hit something. Filed and moved up a couple of inches and got the tree down on the 2nd try. I had hit a strand of barbed wire 4 to 6" long and about 4" from the heart on the first try. Someone had nailed their fencing to the tree at least 60 yrs earlier and the tree grew around it.

I got two of these in a box of odds and ends at the auction I frequent. One is new still in original packaging. It seems to work well enough. The switch is a roller type. Turn it on and keep spinning until it starts squawking and turn back a bit. That sets it to max sensitivity.