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Old 23-07-2007, 02:17 PM
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Hi Jarrod,

It is a myth that Metal detectors can detect metals several feet down. At best, a very good metal detector can detect at 12" at most. And sideways is even worse. Anything more than a few inches outside the coil diameter will be completely missed.

Also, they find it hard to detect objects that are vertical in the ground. Horizontal objects will bounce back a better signal.
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