Sharp Shooter II
Street Price $350 - Beginner, relic
Number of Reviews: 11
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Like it - not sure to upgrade or not
raven in iowa -
I got my detector for Christmas and started as a beginner this spring. My sharpshooter has really got me hooked. I've been out about 12 times (usually a couple hours at a time). I've found about 75 quarters, 50 dimes, 100 pennies, 3 nickels, 3 sterling rings, an old gold watch and a sterling bracelet. I'm still learning how to use the various features - right now I just turn both knobs to center and go.... I just learned how the All Metal works - wow that was a revelation. I went to a ball park and was finding quarters just beneath the surface every 20 feet - requiring hardly any digging at all. When I get a consistent high pitch both directions it's pretty much guaranteed a quarter, but I have dug up several shredded cans thinking it was silver. The rings both showed as quarters. The bracelet was showing .50-1.00, so I figured it was good. I'm disappointed that i'm not finding many nickels and or gold, but after reading some of these posts, I think my discrimination knob may be set too high. The pinpoint works really well -I can usually probe a 3 inch circle and tap my target. So now that I'm completely into the hobby, I'm wondering if I should look for a better machine, or just learn this one better. I'd definitely recommend the sharpshooter 2 to anyone.
Jun 07, 2009
23 Yes
2 No
SHARP SHOOTER 11, GREAT VALUE & FUN!
Tim in Australia in Nsw South Wales, Australia -Being only new to this hobby, I started with an affordable Bounty Hunter Quick Draw 11. I found this detector idea to learn on and it paid for itself in a short time with lots of coin finds. I have recently bought a B.H. Sharp Shooter 11 and after initially having to work out the ground track function, I've also found this detector to be great. The three tone function allows you to recognise most junk and after finding many coins and some rings already, I find I can't wait to get back out there!
Aug 29, 2008
16 Yes
2 No
Its OK I suppose
Anthony in United Kingdom -Purchased this machine about a 2 years ago and found loads of coins. Way to many false signals though, not impressed with the depth, the target id system is a waste of time, it is ALWAYS WRONG, it shows silver for pull tabs and foil???
Overall this machine is OK, it does find the stuff but as long as you put in the time, spend a little more and get a good machine like a whites or minelab if you are quite experienced, if beginner, this is a really good starting machine. But if you want to make some money, its underwater metal detecting all the way to find the gold you have to be lucky. To find anything of value on land and you have to have a top of the range detector.
Apr 24, 2008
7 Yes
11 No
Hate the bounty hunter
Will in Colorado -
I would absoutly go with the Tesoro Silver uMax the different tones and display and pinpoint can make you waste A LOT of time digging bad targets and leaving good targets.
Here is an example of what I am talking about. I bought a top of the line Bounty Hunter which I thought worked great for 300 dollars. It had target ID, Tone ID, and pinpoint. I was finding lots of coins and TONS AND TONS AND TONS of trash, I was finding about 5 dollars a month which I thought was great. But that wasn't even close to enough for betteries.
So I sold the detector and and bought a cheap price MADE IN CHINA detector for 55 bucks on ebay. It was mono-tone, no pinpoint, and no display. After 2 days getting used to it, my finds almost immediately increased to 3-5 dollars PER DAY. This payed for batteries and my lunch.
If I had even went with the lowest model or out-of-date detectors from Tesoro, I am possative that spending 100 - 150 dollars for a one tone, no Target ID detector would have netted me more coins and caused me less frustration and confusion than my chattery, annoying top of the line Bounty Hunter.
Oct 23, 2007
15 Yes
12 No
A very sharp shooter!
Anthony in Kalgoorlie west Australia( gold country) -I have a bounty hunter ss2 and am very happy with its performance. I have been i "detector-holic" since 1978. and found over 1000 nuggets and $15,000-$20,000 in coins! (estimate) most of my early gold hunting was done with an old bounty hunter 840 VLF/tr and it used to clean up after Garrett groundhogs/deepseekers in the very mineralised west Australian ground. The 840 managed to give me 32oz in one day including a 10oz piece at 11" down!. I have owned about 25 detectors (I have 6 at the moment 2 bh's, 3 minelabs, 1 tesoro. ) And worked in a detector shop in the 80's trying to teach people how to ground balance hire detectors, fisher whites and Garrett's etc, I used to tell people to try the bounty hunters. Alas Garrett was king and most people back then were Garrett mad here in west Australia (in fact most thought that it was a Garrett or nothing!!) we used to find a lot of gold because of this love affair. the new bounty hunters seem to be the same in that people overlook them. My sharp shooter 2 is a top unit and finds lots of good coins at respectable depths, and i often pick it up instead of my Sovereign gt (witch hasn't shown the much cheaper BH up at all!, and weighs Heap's more to boot!) a bit hard to pin point for us old school detector boys, but nothing is as easy as an old VLF/tr automatic for pinpointing. Target id is pretty good too. At the price the Bounty hunter ss II is top value and i"ll be keeping mine. One only complaint, bounty hunter should have added an automatic circuit to keep threshold in all metal mode, but if you keep hitting the ground track button it still gets the goodies!
May 31, 2007
33 Yes
1 No
Better than lower model Tesoros!!!
William Leverett in Colorado Springs. in Anytown, AT 55555 -I belong to the tesoro forum but do not actually own a Tesoro detector. Up to this point, I have only been detecting with Bounty Hunter.
I thought that the Tesoro brand got substancially more depth until I asked about their top of the line detectors and their 400-700 dollar plus machines get just a tad more depth as my Sharp Shooter II. (it is generally 2-3 more inches but in my mind this alot of depth to gain.)
So far I have found the machine to be very easy to use. Don't expect to find good stuff you first day out either. I hunted with this machine for weeks before I found my first gold ring but then my finds really started increasing. Since I found the gold ring a 3 weeks ago I have found another gold ring with diamonds appraised at 3000 dollars, a silver Standing Liberty quarter worth 2,100 dollars, about 500 dollars in other "newer" silver coins, and about 20 bucks in clad (quarters and dimes minted after 1964 and pennies minted after 1982) change that I have accumulated since the purchase of the detector, a Marine's class ring which I returned to the owner, and a small handfull of wheats.
I am amazed at the depth this detector gets on small and coin sized items. It detects a 1 mm gold chain at about 2-2 1/2 inches with the stock coil, A woman's gold ring at about 6-7 seven inches (depending on size), a man's ring at eight inches, class rings at nine inches, a nickel with a solid tone at 6 inches Low-medium tones at 7 inches, and semi-repeatable low-medium tones at 7 1/2-8 inches, a silver quarter is detected at 7-8 inches, pennies and dimes at 7 inches, silver rings at 6-8 inches depending on the size, and a thin platinum ring at 7 inches.
Some tips that I have learned when using this metal detector is than set the sensativity at 12:00-2:00 when working in high traffic or Elecro magnetic areas and at the 3:00-5:00 positions when working at other areas.
Set the disc to only reject a big nail (set the disc a bit higher than eleminating the nail because iron oxidizes in the ground after long periods of time and takes disc to eliminated.)
If you are working an old area and there is a lot of trash DO NOT disc it out as you will miss buffalo nickels.
If when operating in disc mode you get a good signal of a dime or a quarter and it is very faint in pinpoint, dig it. These are going to be coins in the 6-8 inch range that give weak signals.
This detector has a VERY fast recovery speed meaning that if you go in one pass and recieve two signals and two in another, you have two targets and they must be isolated in the pointpoint mode.
How you operate the pinpoint is by lifting the coil about 12-16 inches off the ground and pressing "ALL METAL". Then lower the coil and press ground trac. If you move over the target and do not recieve a responce you have ground balanced over a piece of metal and will need to ground balance in a different location. Note that while in pin point mode the detector make start buzzing and if it comes back repeatedly after pressing all metal again and again, you have a set of low batteries and will need to change them or you will not get sufficiant depth.
If you have a coin-sized object in pinpoint, it will set off the detector when it is just inside of the small loop; if it is a large junk target then the sound will start at the edges of the coil and you will hear a heavy sounding "doing" or "boing" at the center of the target pass. This heavy doing will occur when the coil is passed over a large piece iron like a bolt or over a popcan.
I believe that Tesoro detectors are the best on the planet and some of the deepest, but for the price, a Bounty Hunter Cannot be beat.
Here is one last tip, if you look on ebay, you will a bunch of tracker fours and 0-1 Sharp shooters. That is because the tracker four stincks. If you see a sharp shooter II here, don'y buy it, there is something wrong. I would buy brandnew in the safe side. Here is a link that sells the whole line of Bounty Hunter Detectors: http://www.kellycodetectors.com/bountyhunter/sharpshooterbuy.htm This website includes a number of accessories with the detector purchase, such as a coin finds pouch, carry bag, headphones, digging knife (I have one and they are very sturdy but do not abuse it or it will wear out quickly and do not pry with it), finders log, a free detecting magazine, and a magazine subscription. This is a very good deal and wish I had bought from here instead as I got not of these great free these accessories.
Apr 08, 2007
46 Yes
3 No
NOT TOO MUCH DISC!!!!
William Leverett in Colorado Springs, USA -Looking at the Sharp Shotter II manual on the BH website, I found out that if you use too much discrimination (DISC over ten o'clock" you might be "NOTCHING OUT" wedding bands and larger gold rings wich are extremely valuble; especially if your DISC is all the way to the right. Just thought that this might help so people on here.
Oct 19, 2006
16 Yes
0 No
Good Value
jim in 46356 -I've had my sharpshooter 2 for a few months now and I am pleased with the performance. I feel as if I am really learning this detecter very well and I am able to read targets better the more I use it. I have found a few dollars in coins and 1 piece of jewelry with it. I bought this detector new and have also purchased the 4 inch coil to search the really trashy sites and this seems to reduce junk readings in those beer drinking areas. I didn't really know what to buy when I got this one, but I feel that it is all that I will ever need and I plan on using it fairly often...It works for me! After watching some videos of people using high dollar detectors and not really doing anything different than I was and finding about the same amout of items I was, I was forever sold. Someone will have to show me how their detector is better than my sharpshooter 2.
Feb 13, 2006
21 Yes
2 No
good deal for the $
bluesman in kansas city -Just picked one up used at a local pawn shop. This seems to be a good beginners unit with enough features to satisfy the more experienced treasure seeker.
Jan 20, 2006
3 Yes
3 No
Good choice
jeffrey in illinois -I got mine about 4 months ago and have been very pleased. Good buy for the money, even tells you with pretty good accuracy what it is it is detecting. Great discrimination mode too. Yes the three tones are very helpfull too. Great depth.
Apr 25, 2005
22 Yes
1 No
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