Anybody have experience with the Ground Hawk detector?

[bayoukid]

If you know anything about the Ground Hawk please share.
A guy on another forum has one for sale.
The factory went broke a while back. It was made in Tennessee.
Thanks --kid

 

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[bayoukid]

Well I did it---I bought the Ground Hawk!

Maybe I did a nut thing but I offered the Ground Hawk owner a sum that was way below what he wanted and he accepted it.
So, now I'm broke but have a Ground Hawk on its way to me (starting Monday anyways).
I guess I mostly bought it out of curiousity. There's no middle of the road on that machine. It's either loved or hated.
I got messages from guys who claim it's the best coin machine they've ever owned. Then there were those less impressed.
They still have new ones their old dealers are selling for $500 each. And yes, they're still selling for that. Seems the Ground Hawk does have a following.
Oh well, at the price I paid (very small) I can eat it if I have to.
I'll keep ya posted. --kid

http://www.relichuntersupply.com/GroundHawkMetalDetectors.html

P.S. Thanks for the replies

 

[bayoukid]

Great post, thanks

 

[bayoukid]

I guess the Ground Hawk is a popular machine here.

I remember my crazy grandmother buying 'Night Hawk' TV dinners when I was a kid, but hopefully your metal detector will be better than those were.

Hey are you lost?

Just kidding.

Just wondered why you posted. Seems this is the thread to avoid

My main machines run along the lines of the Tejon, Fisher F70, and Minelab XS. I just bought this now obsolete American made machine to keep as a collectors item (soon nothing will be made here except babies).

I did get a pretty good response on the other forums and many were a great help.

The Ground Hawk is really a very interesting machine. Sometime if you're really bored do some research on it.

Oh too, thanks for the tip on the TV dinners

--kid

 

[bayoukid]

Well since there are 90+ views I'll take it some are interested. So I'll

post today's findings in my soil.

Comparing the Ground Hawk to the Tesoro Tejon.

Depth: nearly the same on coin sized targets. A fresh buried clad quarter at 8 inches was a good solid signal on the Tejon and GH but the Tejon's signal was slightly louder. I therefore would say the Tejon is maybe 1/2 inch deeper on coins but also the Tejon's coil is larger than the coil on the Ground Hawk. So with equal coils maybe they're the same? Another thing to note is the GH has those sweet mellow vintage sounds on deep coins while the Tejon has beeps. Long time buried coins in undisturbed soil would probably detect deeper with both machines.

Discrimination: the Ground Hawk is supreior to the Tejon. The GH can discriminate out a silver dollar sized rusty washer and yet give a solid clear signal on a nickle and gold chain. The Tesoro Tejon can't duplicate this.

Balance and general quality: the Tejon is superior to the GH. The GH feels just like those famous vintage Fisher machines some still use. It's a little top heavy but the weight seems only a little heavier than the Tejon.

Warrenty and coil options: no contest--Tesoro all the way.

Extra notes:

If I could have only one machine and had to chose bewteen these two it would be the Tejon.

I see the Ground Hawk as a great backup machine for coin/relic hunters. I'd love to try the GH at some old park loaded with trash. I'd hunt in all-metal mode and pull the trigger back to check the target in discrimination mode. This seems to work best.

Ever notice that a target gets better or worse the more times you swing the coil over it? The target almost seems to charge with energy with each swing of the coil. Well, hunting in all-metal with the GH seems to charge the target and when you check it in discrimination mode it appears one gets a much more accurate discrimination reading.

Here's what I'd suggest: Hunt a new site with a faster machine and mark the hot spots. Then return with the Ground Hawk and while hunting slowly (like with the Explorer), hunt in all-metal mode using the discrimination trigger on each target.

I could see where this machine could pull targets out of very trashy sites where others might mask out.

That's it fer now.

--kid