Thu, 5 February 2009  First I talk about the factors that determine how deep a metal detector can go, then I discuss those mysterious "long-distance locators" ("find gold 70 feet deep!"). Check out my book: http://treasuremanual.com. Comments[2] |
Dan, dan, dan, tsk tsk. How can you say they're just "glorified dowsing rods"? To the contrary, they're totally scientific and electronic, *just* like a metal detector. Afterall, they have a battery, an "RC timing circuit", "digital oscillators", "power tubes with mineral crystals" and wonderful sounding things like "radioctive stimulants". With $20 words like those, I can only surmise that it's fully scientific and has nothing to do with dowsing.
Afterall, how can you argue with the guys posing in those magazine ads next to their jars of silver and gold coins they found? You can't argue with success, right?
Sure it doesn't work for everyone. Sure not everyone will find that gold 3 football fields away, or 70 ft. deep. But neither too will anyone picking up a metal detector be able to match the finds of that SAME detector in the hands of a pro, right? In other words, the lack of success in the hands of some buyers, simply means they weren't experienced enough, not that the machine wasn't working.
So please, recant of your false information
Afterall, how can you argue with the guys posing in those magazine ads next to their jars of silver and gold coins they found? You can't argue with success, right?
Sure it doesn't work for everyone. Sure not everyone will find that gold 3 football fields away, or 70 ft. deep. But neither too will anyone picking up a metal detector be able to match the finds of that SAME detector in the hands of a pro, right? In other words, the lack of success in the hands of some buyers, simply means they weren't experienced enough, not that the machine wasn't working.
So please, recant of your false information
posted by: Tom_in_CA on Thu, 2/5 02:40 PM EST
Thanks, Tom, now I feel ashamed of myself. I guess I had too many of those radioactive stimulants; how else could I say those things?
Actually, have you ever seen the photo that circulated a few years ago of the innards of one of those things?
They are sealed shut ("no user-servicable parts inside"), but a guy who bought one broke it open. Inside was a birds-nest of random wires, a circuit board from an old transistor radio, and a small light bulb. The battery was connected (through a switch) only to the light bulb, not anything else. So when you turned the "machine" on, the light bulb lit. Period. And this was one of those $1,100 units.
Actually, have you ever seen the photo that circulated a few years ago of the innards of one of those things?
They are sealed shut ("no user-servicable parts inside"), but a guy who bought one broke it open. Inside was a birds-nest of random wires, a circuit board from an old transistor radio, and a small light bulb. The battery was connected (through a switch) only to the light bulb, not anything else. So when you turned the "machine" on, the light bulb lit. Period. And this was one of those $1,100 units.
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