Bounty Hunter Pioneer EX
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Highly Recommend this Starter Detector
Jason in Virginia -
I grew up using my dad's Whites Di Pro 6000 so I how to operate a higher end machine. However, when I recently was planning a beach trip, I wanted a cheap detector of my own so I bought a Pioneer EX from Walmart for $99. It's a good machine. I found 10 coins and a junk ring in my backyard just trying it out. Since, I've found coins everywhere I've searched. My best find is a sterling silver crucifix and chain found on VA beach last summer. Recently, I found 92 cents (clad) in Delaware on the beach and at a small park in just a couple of hours. Some coins were 3 or 4 inches deep. The best thing about the detector is the simplicity of using the discrimination and the depth and it works equally well in wet or dry sand (many cheaper detectors go nuts in wet salty sand). I dig pop tops and foil but usually disciminate iron, it's so simple you can't screw it up.
The downside is it's hard to pinpoint and there's no headphone jack. With practice, pinpointing gets easier or if your on the beach, you can just dig a big hole :) I put a piece of duct tape over the speaker to quiet it down a little.
You can find treasure with this cheap detector and may even pay for it with your finds. That's harder to do with a $800 Whites.
Overall: Excellent bang for the buck!
Jan 31, 2008
4 people found this review helpful.
Pinpointing etc
Beej in GA -I find that, with practice, anybody can improve their skills. I also find that, when I'm trying to pinpoint, I will take a probe and just stick it into the ground till I hit whatever I am hunting for.. I never dig big holes..
Oct 13, 2007
1 visitor found this review helpful.
Very good detector
Barry in Folly Beach, SC -4 different types of metals indicated and 3 different depths. Almost 100% of the time when I went over a coin, it was a coin. I also figured out from the indications it gave when the target was alum foil, pull tab and bottle cap. My first time to Folly Beach, SC I found 2 quarters, 2 dimes and 4 pennies. When it indicates a coin only its almost always a coin. When it indicates two or three different metals its alum foil, pull tab or bottle cap. Well worth the money.
Jul 29, 2007
4 people found this review helpful.
Good Beginner Metal Detector
?????? in Pennsylvania -This is my first metal detector. I just bought it almost a year ago and it's pretty good. I found a few clad coins and rail road spikes in the woods. The only 2 things I did not like is the pinpionting and the discrimination. To find the target you haft to dig a big hole in width to find where the treasure is. The discrimination is annoying. when you want to cut out a signal all it dose is not make the noise when you hit the target. Other than those problems It's a good beginner metal detector!
May 30, 2007
5 people found this review helpful.
Pioneer Ex works pretty good
Case in Muscatine, IA USA -
In the last month or so I've found close to five dollars in change not including two wheat cents, but it's pretty hard to pinpoint the signal and most of the time the coins are pennies.
Apr 09, 2007
2 people found this review helpful.
So far, pretty good
Martin in bellevue, ne -I used a lost wedding ring as an excuse to buy a metal detector. I couldn't justify spending more on the detector thatn a replacement band, so I went the cheap route with the Pioneer EX. I found the ring in the yard pretty quickly and spent the next few hours getting addicted to metal detecting. I'd agree with other posts that it is a good entry level, but it is hard to pinpoint the signal. You have to decide if it is worth putting a huge hole in the yard. My biggest complaint is that the arm is too short. I'm 5'10" and i have to walk hunched over to get it close to the ground.
All in all, I think for my purposes, it was a good purchase.
Oct 04, 2006
11 people found this review helpful.
2 months and 455 coins !
Jim in De Soto , Mo. -I decided I needed to get back in to metal detecting in order to get outdoors more ( 49 and need to lose the spare tire :-).
I went down to the local walmart , and had in mind to spend 100 bucks, and sure enough, they had the BH Pioneer EX .. Wasnt long before I had cleaned out the yard, then my neighbors yard, then all the schools and parks in 25 mile radius.
In less than 2 months of weekend detecting, have found 2 silver rings , 1942 walking liberty half , some silver quarters , and over 55 dollars in clad coins..
The 4 discrimating modes and the three levels of sensitivity are ideal for simplicity. 6 inch depth is common on most finds, and when a coin beep occurs, 95 % of the time, yep, its a coin. Highly recommend this detector for those who want to get their feet wet yet have a very tight budget to work with.
Sep 29, 2006
21 people found this review helpful.