geocaching and metal detecting

[reneescaches]

Are there many people that geocache and also do metal detecting?

[+Gitchee-Gummee]

We do. But not combined. Live near Michigan Copper Country, and use the detector for finding, GPSr for marking.

 

Have not really seen the necessity of combining geocaching & detecting. Maybe with the start of this thread, we can learn something new!

[+Rose Red]

We use a metal detector to locate NGS benchmarks that are buried under dirt, etc. We used it once to located a "buried" geocache after an extended search.

[+mr007s]

I do both. Helps with Bench Marks and metal Bisons hung in bushes.

[+bittsen]

I have a friend who lost his keys, possibly while geocaching. I'm trying to talk him into getting a metal detector to find them. Of course if he gets the metal detector, I would just have to borrow it for something. ~L

 

I know there have been a few caches that would have been easier to find if I had a metal detector with me.

[+Akedos]

Funny you should post this, when I first started caching (not long ago) I thought that taking out a metal detector would be a good way to find caches quickly out in the wilderness once you got close. Though it would take some sport out of it. I also resolved to use as little metal in my caches as possible too, lol.

[grub54891]

I do both just not at the same time

[+swizzle]

On my fifth visit to find one cache I used my detector. The overhead cover had my gps leading me in a 100 foot circle and back again. Once I found it I realized the clue wasn't any help and the cache was border line illegal as far as the burying caches guidelines goes. Swiz

[+NeecesandNephews]

Have one but it is not really a professional grade unit. I used it after discovering a cache that was scattered around, thinking it might have been animals that scattered it, not muggles, and hoping to find a couple Geocoins that went missing. Found a Hot Wheels car and a ringlike trinket, but no coins.

[Jimnick]

Hi

 

I own several metal detectors. Amongst them, three units that can easily back-packed.

 

Metal detecting is my main hobby, combined with photography.

 

Still have to get in motion to start geocaching (as soon as I solve my Etrex H 's interface cable problem).

 

I suppose a detector can help to find some of the buried caches, but I still have to find out.

 

J.

[+leatherman]

I have a Whites Classic III. I haven't been as active since I returned from Guam in 1987. Funny detecting on Guam was much more productive than here in Washington. When I was there Guam had only been populated for about 18 years, yet I found many old silver coins. More than here in Washington that has logging camps and railroads dating back two hundred years.

[+brslk]

I have always wanted to purchase a metal detector but not so much to use while geocaching.

 

The idea of looking for stuff that others aren't interests me... hmm.. wait a minute!

 

Anyone know of any good metal detecting sites / forums I could check out?

 

(sorry for going a bit off topic)

[+Trav'lin Two]

I have always wanted to purchase a metal detector but not so much to use while geocaching.

 

The idea of looking for stuff that others aren't interests me... hmm.. wait a minute!

 

Anyone know of any good metal detecting sites / forums I could check out?

 

(sorry for going a bit off topic)

 

Metal Detecting

 

Another One

 

One More

 

The Last

 

There are more but these should get you started.

[+brslk]

I have always wanted to purchase a metal detector but not so much to use while geocaching.

 

The idea of looking for stuff that others aren't interests me... hmm.. wait a minute!

 

Anyone know of any good metal detecting sites / forums I could check out?

 

(sorry for going a bit off topic)

 

Metal Detecting

 

Another One

 

One More

 

The Last

 

There are more but these should get you started.

 

Thank you Sir or Madam... that was what I was looking for.

[reneescaches]

I have always wanted to purchase a metal detector but not so much to use while geocaching.

 

The idea of looking for stuff that others aren't interests me... hmm.. wait a minute!

 

Anyone know of any good metal detecting sites / forums I could check out?

 

(sorry for going a bit off topic)

 

 

Yes, kellyco.com is an excellent site.

[knowschad]

I suppose a detector can help to find some of the buried caches, but I still have to find out.

J.

There aren't supposed to be any buried caches.

[+Trav'lin Two]

I suppose a detector can help to find some of the buried caches, but I still have to find out.

J.

There aren't supposed to be any buried caches.

 

Better inform some of the CO's who caches we have found

[Andronicus]

We use a metal detector to locate NGS benchmarks that are buried under dirt, etc. We used it once to located a "buried" geocache after an extended search.

How 'good' of a metal detector do you need for buried benchmarks? Will a cheap security style one off e-Bay do?

[+power69]

We use a metal detector to locate NGS benchmarks that are buried under dirt, etc. We used it once to located a "buried" geocache after an extended search.

How 'good' of a metal detector do you need for buried benchmarks? Will a cheap security style one off e-Bay do?

depends on how deeply buried they are.

[+DonB]

Are there many people that geocache and also do metal detecting?

Years ago before geocaching that and photography was my main hobby. I still have three detectors but haven't used them in years.

[+power69]

Are there many people that geocache and also do metal detecting?

Years ago before geocaching that and photography was my main hobby. I still have three detectors but haven't used them in years.

I tried using one of those airport security wands for finding a 99999999999999 rocks "clue: under a rock" hides and it didn't work. those wands only work like 1.5 inches away from metal.

[Andronicus]

Anyone tried building their own metal detector. I have found a couple of how tos on line, and wondered if these work reasonably well. For benchmarks, you are looking for a large chunk of metal. Shouldn't need a super detector for that. They may be burried upto what?...1.5 feet?

[Chuck E. Mong]

I've beening doing metal detecting and photography for a while. I just recently started geocaching and bring all the junk with me (gotta stop doing that - the long hikes are killing me). The metal detector is just an old Radio Shack model. It has discrimination but I don't use that feature much because I want to find anything. At one of the places where I indulge in these hobbies a friend had found the breech of a flintlock gun. Rusty sure but what a thing to find. I've also been looking for a geodetic marker that's been reported as destroyed but near two that I've already found. The detector will pick up bottle caps to a depth of about 5-6 inches and the markers I'm looking for shouldn't be that deep and are made of brass or bronze. If I haven't heard anything from the detector for a while looking I toss down a coin just to make sure it's still working. I have used it geocaching when I couldn't find a cache but didn't have any luck with that (won't pick up plastic Lock & Locks ). Pretty soon I'll be heading out in the canoe to some of these spots so I'll have plenty of room for everything including a black and white video camera good to a depth of 60 feet (90 really but it only comes with 60 feet of cable). I hook that up to the input of a Sony video cam and feel like Jacques Cousteau. Of course there would have to be something really nice down there before I throw on the mask and fins.....

[+tonkajen]

I used one with a group of people to find a cache that was placed prior to a 24 inch snowstorm. The first trip with it brought frustration and the second, I fired it up on the trail and shuffled towards the group when it went off. Found within a couple minutes of arrival.

[+mountainman38]

I suppose a detector can help to find some of the buried caches, but I still have to find out.

J.

There aren't supposed to be any buried caches.

 

I sure coulda used a metal locator today. After hiking up a mountain for two hours, I spent another hour digging in the snow for a cache that hasn't been found, despite being there for three years.

 

No luck.

[+wycacher]

Deciding whether to go detecting or caching is my biggest problem on the weekends! Garmin GPSMap60CX for Caching and Tesoro DeLeon for detecting!