Bounty Hunter Tracker IV Metal Detector

Well, as the title states, I had lost my wedding band at a job site. I was not too confident I would find it, since the job site was in rough, New Hampshire terrain. Sand, Granite boulders, goats, chickens, electrical wire, and anything else you can imagine was around the 2 acres. And to top it off, It is end of Autumn here so the leaves are 2 feet deep in some places. I was very sad about losing my ring.

I ordered the Bounty Hunter Tracker IV and had it shipped one day via fedex. It arrived on time and I assembled it easily. Installed 2-9V batteries and I was all set to test it out. I used a gold necklace I have to zero in on what gold would sound like if detected. It gives a low tone. I set the tracker to "tone" and the sensitivity to 75%, the discriminate knob to 75%, and started searching.

I located the ring within an hour of using it. Using the tone setting allows the unit to disregard trash metals. I was impressed how the unit worked well over live electrical conductors in a trench. No interference whatsoever. I thought surely it would cause the unit to give false beeps, or none at all. The unit performed flawlessly.

Now I have this great meal detector to look for treasure in my yard. My yard had a lot of "beeps" so I imagine in time it will look like a gopher farm around my place :)

Very handy piece of equipment!!

As a high end but low cost metal detector I give this thing five stars. My daughter gave me this as birthday present several weeks ago and I enjoyed using it since then. It is very ease of use, and it DOES find what you are searching for (rings, coins, etc). I wanted to make one point:

Of course, this detector has the discrimination function which tells the difference between the various metals. It certainly helps you to avoid digging junk like pull tabs which are everywhere. It does work pretty good. To me, I suggest using "All Metal" mode. I found good stuff under this mode but couldn't under "Discriminatation" mode. I am pretty new to treasure hunting, so it is just suggestion based on my experience.

I was suprised how well the Metal Detector works. My Grandson and I have had lots of fun searching for treasure. It can be adjusted to discrimate between nails (iron) and coins. It takes a little practice to become accurate when digging. Over all - good value for the money. I'm going to purchase the gold search coil and have some more fun.

I purchased this for my dad. He had an old one for over twenty years and it finally broke. He's 6' 7" and he has a chronic tennis elbow. He found the arm peice comfortable and it doesn' bother his elbow. It's balanced well and he's been using it frequently with no complaints.

For a beginner, this is the detector I would recommend. It's easy to use,
lightweight, and economical (just in case it ends up in the closet!) so any family member can use it. I bought an audio adapter from Radio Shack for a couple of bucks so I could use my mp3 ear buds. I've actually found some change at the parks and play grounds with it and it was easy!