Treasure_Hunter said:Shortstack said:Treasure_Hunter said:Cell phones? That is like comparing the space shuttle to a plastic toy, how many people do you know who walk keeping their feet parallel to the ground and an inch off the surface....
Your thinking is too narrow; too, boxed in. Those shoe mounted detectors can be used for surreptitiously checking for relics and caches in places that are not friendly to normal metal detecting. I know of places along the Natchez Trace that contain small caches hidden a couple of hundred years ago by travellers where regular detecting can get you big time fines.
Have you ever actually watched the majority of metal detector users on the beaches and school yards? Hell, just walking using small steps would almost cover the same ground that those wild swingers do. But, again, the shoe mounted detector would be another "specialized" machine. If you don't think specialized detectors have their uses; then, throw away your pinpointers.
First off if you caught using that "specialized machine" as you put it in areas detectors are outlawed, not only can you be arrested, heavily fined and the shoe detectors confiscated, but your vehicle and any detectors and equipment found in it can also be confiscated. That is a huge price to pay to try to sneak in with what is basically a rip off toy...........There are specialzed detectors, I have 2 myself, my Fisher 1235x with the freq shifter for competition hunts, and my Detectorpro Uniprobe pinpointer which can detect up to 6 inches that I also use for hunting under metal bleachers, and playground equipment where there is too much metal structures to swing a regular detector..........I do not consider those shoes to be "specialized machines" those are kid's toys and the arrest, lawyer costs, potential fines and loss of equipment and vehicle of more then $10,000 is a heavy price to pay for trying to sneak in with a toy detector..........It is like robbing a Salvation Army Santa bucket, is the $40 dollars in change worth going to prision.........
Yes I have seen people swing their detector in an arc like it is a sickle and they are cutting wheat, although I would not say the majority swing them like that, the ones swinging them like a sickle are finding very little..............
Just my opinion is all.
BIG61AL said:you can put all the sugar you want on this piece of crap but you would still have a piece of crap and anyone who uses this is still a moron with access to way too much sugar!
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Shortstack said:BIG61AL said:you can put all the sugar you want on this piece of crap but you would still have a piece of crap and anyone who uses this is still a moron with access to way too much sugar!
I can remember when the little Japanese 3-transistor pocket radio was considered JUNK, but a few years later, and the Japanese were producing some of the top of the line audio gear. Yep, a lot of folks thought those little $5 radios were pieces of crap all sugared up.
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underdogger said:You know some stoner bought a pair of those just to find his stash and pipe
