Ricardo_NY1
Bronze Member
Perhaps this helps someone out someday. I've had my BH 1100 for a few weeks and have logged several hours with it. I paid $50 plus $16 in S&H on EBay. Assembles easy and the learning curve on its operation is a matter of reading the manual and doing a little testing with some metal items. My goal was to find some coins. Using the discrimination setting so that it only detects Silver/Copper helped out alot. So far I've been able to find quite a few clad coins and one Silver 1940 Quarter. I've been told that using this discrimination level might affect depth, however in air tests, things seem the same. I have learned that once this detector picks up on a coin, it is very handy to switch to all metal in order to "X" the target easier. In Silver/Copper Discrimination, this unit is very dead on with coins. It rarely lies, and the unit gives you enough clues if the object is a can or other large metal/garbage. You will either get beeps over a wider than usual area or the depth readings will indicate it is near the surface. X'ing an object with this detector so far for me has been easy and I've recovered 99% of what I was after without any probe or pinpointer. I can't comment on the other discrimination modes or how it does on other metals/items besides coins because coins is all I've been after. I will outline a list of positives and negatives about this detector. And in short, here is my summary...if you are strapped for cash and absolutely need a detector, this unit could be the one. The only real downside to this unit is that in a question of hours, or once you're on a roll finding things, you're going to start wanting something better. "If I'm having this success with a $50 detector, I wonder what could happen with a better one" is what has been ringing in my head since I started using this thing.
+ Low, low price.
+ Easy and simple to learn.
+ Success potential without investing in something that you may or may not like.
+ Works well in finding coins.
- Not so great depth. Air tests with quarters on all metal mode with sensitivity on high
cause signals at only 5" maximum. It does detect larger objects deeper though.
- Depth indicator is not very exact. Almost always shows 6" +.
- Because of its quick learning curve, and more than likely success for those who make a real effort to find things, will quickly have you wanting more detector.
+ Low, low price.
+ Easy and simple to learn.
+ Success potential without investing in something that you may or may not like.
+ Works well in finding coins.
- Not so great depth. Air tests with quarters on all metal mode with sensitivity on high
cause signals at only 5" maximum. It does detect larger objects deeper though.
- Depth indicator is not very exact. Almost always shows 6" +.
- Because of its quick learning curve, and more than likely success for those who make a real effort to find things, will quickly have you wanting more detector.
