I don't know about any of you fellas but there's nothing i hate more than making that first cut with either a new or well sharpened chain only to hit some form of metal object if your lucky it might only be some fine wire but if your not and you've taken large chunks out of your chains teeth ,well it can be costly to your chains life considering the price of some of the larger chains and frustrating ,not a good start to an enjoyable days milling .After doing this a few times on trees that were near farms or urban areas i decided that for the value of a few extra pounds id buy a metal scanner and save on the price of new chains in the long run so i got one like door security would use and its worked great since i got it and added extra life to the more costly larger chains..
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I have a detector that has similar internals to yours (all made by the same factory in china apparently) but is (according too the specifications) a little more sensitive. I bought it for use with my thicknesses and it can pick up a paper staple at 1/8" deep in the wood and a 2" nail at 2".
The two times I have forgotten to bring it with me I have hit something. I have an "interesting" tree in the milling yard awaiting milling that has fencing wire in it - I will definitely need it for that one.
billstuewe
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I have one of those too and it works great on lumber but on logs i needed something to go deeper so I bought a Fisher 1212x metal detector for about $50 more than I paid for the scanner and it will pick up a 2" nail about 6" deep and a large spike type object up to about 12" deep. It woks pretty good and also gives less false alerts than the scanner.
Id still prefer the odd false alert than a badly damaged chain that fisher detector sounds good is it small enough to be carried handily and bob you said there about wire any time am heading out milling now if i have to fell the tree first i cut higher than normal if its in any sort of a row with other trees or bushes cause sure as anything at some stage some farmer or land owner will have tacked a wire fence along the row,if your lucky you ll see the scars on the bark and can cut between them but sometimes it doesn't matter what you do the stuffs everywhere through it good luck with your bit of milling
Id still prefer the odd false alert than a badly damaged chain that fisher detector sounds good is it small enough to be carried handily and bob you said there about wire any time am heading out milling now if i have to fell the tree first i cut higher than normal if its in any sort of a row with other trees or bushes cause sure as anything at some stage some farmer or land owner will have tacked a wire fence along the row,if your lucky you ll see the scars on the bark and can cut between them but sometimes it doesn't matter what you do the stuffs everywhere through it good luck with your bit of milling
eddie--please put commas,periods. or dashes-------- in between your thoughts--makes hard to read--as we dont know where one thought ends--thanks
I'm going to have to buy one
This has been the worst year for nails. Seven encounters, nearly all on firewood. All on different logs. One of them must have been driven during the Civil War. It was a cut nail way deep in the wood. One log I milled I somehow missed a nail, on a 6/4 board...only to T-bone it while edging the board with a Skill Saw.
It's gotten old.
The Fisher is a good unit? Any sponsors selling it?
This has been the worst year for nails. Seven encounters, nearly all on firewood. All on different logs. One of them must have been driven during the Civil War. It was a cut nail way deep in the wood. One log I milled I somehow missed a nail, on a 6/4 board...only to T-bone it while edging the board with a Skill Saw.
It's gotten old.
The Fisher is a good unit? Any sponsors selling it?
gr8scott72
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I think he's been hanging out with tomtree. lol
billstuewe
ArboristSite Operative
I have been very happy with the Fisher 1212x. so far I have not hit anything in a log that I checked with it. It has found them all---so far----
And, yes, it is light weight and I can also use it to find buried pirate treasure too.
Lots of that stuff still out there you know---. I even read about a guy out near Sacramento hitting a metal box in a tree and it had a bit of gold dust in it. A guy in Penn. hit a Civil war musket that a tree had grown around. Some interesting stories out there--good hunting--
And, yes, it is light weight and I can also use it to find buried pirate treasure too.
Lots of that stuff still out there you know---. I even read about a guy out near Sacramento hitting a metal box in a tree and it had a bit of gold dust in it. A guy in Penn. hit a Civil war musket that a tree had grown around. Some interesting stories out there--good hunting--
