https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/21/565746002/u-k-water-companies-sometimes-use-dowsing-rods-to-find-pipes
From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 9:57 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT metal detectors About 3’. The water guy found it just fine. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 29, 2020, at 7:07 PM, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com <mailto:part15...@gmail.com> > wrote: How deep was the end? My experience with metal detectors has been that they can't do more than a foot of soil. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 9/29/2020 6:03 PM, Andrew Haninger wrote: >From watching detecting and treasure hunting videos on YouTube, Garrett is >pretty popular, but they are pricey for what I saw. For sure they have entry >level models, but I'm betting they don't do all of the fancy discrimination >and have removable coils and such. Though it shouldn't have surprised me, I noticed the wands at the county courthouse were by Garrett when I was there (doing my civic duty). I suppose costs are different when it's a business expense vs curiosity in the hobby. Andy On Tue, Sep 29, 2020, 17:51 <ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> > wrote: Had a drill rod break today. The guys did not know where the end was because the sonde went to sleep on them. Had the local water guy go over with his metal detector and help them find it. I am going to ask him what kind he has. Anyone here use them? Any opinions? -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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