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General Forestry => Sawmills and Milling => Topic started by: Andy White on May 13, 2013, 03:11:48 PM

Title: New Tool for Tramp Metal
Post by: Andy White on May 13, 2013, 03:11:48 PM

UPS just dropped off my new toy! Hopefully this will help with my recent tramp metal locating binge. It is a Bounty Hunter Nail Finder. I just hid an 8d nail under 4- 1" oak boards, and it picked it up every pass. The mfgr. claims it will read to 8" in wood. We will see.        Andy

Title: Re: New Tool for Tramp Metal
Post by: Jim_Rogers on May 13, 2013, 05:25:52 PM

If you want to test it, but down eight 1" boards and put a nail under them, see if it will pick the nail up?

Jim Rogers.

Title: Re: New Tool for Tramp Metal
Post by: millwright on May 13, 2013, 07:58:01 PM

It should go that deep, I have a Garret 250 that  will easily go thru 8-10 inches.