One thing I noticed while you were detecting was your swinging the metal detector with the coil high in the air if you want to get deeper older signals try to keep it flat to the ground
get the weather cover. and the V12 coil. i found the coil on ebay. used. leave the sensitivity all the way up. ask minelab to email you the user manual (pdf) save it on your phone. my 340 goes every were with me.
I did some research as Im just getting into detecting.Solely because I could'nt find my surveying stakes.I did'nt want junk,so the vanquish series kept popping up.I bought the 340,hopefully it will last.Lots of old homesteading areas around here.Northeast Ontario.
I think the issue with your bounty hunters is likely capacitors in the power supply drying out- Should be eminently fixable if you want to go down that route.
That would cause the coil to make false hits? I'd definitely be willing to solder on some new capacitors if I could confirm this was the issue. That aside, as a consumer, I feel that the bounty hunter should have lasted much longer without requiring repair.
@@OldSoulMillennial That would be my general intuition. Most of what goes wrong with any electronics is usually; 1- Connectors 2- Capacitors 3- Carbon Film resistors Happy to help with the diagnosis if you'd like :-)
One thing I noticed while you were detecting was your swinging the metal detector with the coil high in the air if you want to get deeper older signals try to keep it flat to the ground
get the weather cover. and the V12 coil. i found the coil on ebay. used. leave the sensitivity all the way up. ask minelab to email you the user manual (pdf) save it on your phone. my 340 goes every were with me.
Nothing beats this detector in the price class it even competes whit 500-1000$ detectors
Except no pinpoint
I bought a cheap $20 pinpoint on amazon. Does the job. I just wish this unit came with a rain shield, or was water resistant.
I did some research as Im just getting into detecting.Solely because I could'nt find my surveying stakes.I did'nt want junk,so the vanquish series kept popping up.I bought the 340,hopefully it will last.Lots of old homesteading areas around here.Northeast Ontario.
Just got one from ebay for $150 cant wait till it arrives...dope video
I think the issue with your bounty hunters is likely capacitors in the power supply drying out- Should be eminently fixable if you want to go down that route.
That would cause the coil to make false hits? I'd definitely be willing to solder on some new capacitors if I could confirm this was the issue.
That aside, as a consumer, I feel that the bounty hunter should have lasted much longer without requiring repair.
@@OldSoulMillennial That would be my general intuition. Most of what goes wrong with any electronics is usually;
1- Connectors
2- Capacitors
3- Carbon Film resistors
Happy to help with the diagnosis if you'd like :-)
forgot to say i got my 340 off craigslist. $60.
Great price, I haven't used Craigslist in a long time