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Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3VNLNK7239K4T Tuning the Lumber Wizard and Little Wizard is easy. If tuned properly both detectors will help locate metal easily. Lumber Wizard III
This was a great gift for my dad. One of his favorite hobbies is duck hunting, and this keeps us from biting the bullet, literally.
I purchased this item from a main sportsmen store to check for steel/shot in wild game. This leaves a lot of meat unchecked unless you slice 1/4" pieces. It does find metal but only 1/4" deep. Any deeper and it won't find steel shot. It probably has to due to the size of metal or maybe the density of meat. Seems to work for other people working w/ wood seaching for larger pieces of metal.
I got this because I saw it used to find bird shot before you cook your bird so that you do not bite into lead.one review I read said that it was not sensitive at all, and now that I have one I figured out what they were doing wrong.you have to set the "fine tuning" with a screw driver as the instructions say to do, if you do that it can detect a very small metal object from 2 inches away.great detector, low priced, and reasonably easy to use.if you have one, then you can tell if your christmas presents have metal in them.
It does a great job of locating nails and nail fragments in 2X6 lumber. Secondly, the sensitivity control (a dial switch) is on the side of the wand, and it's easy to mistakenly re-adjust it while engaged in normal use. I didn't really want to spend a hundred dollars on a metal detector, so I was glad to see this modestly priced version. I knew I'd have to use some kind of metal locator, or risk the blades on my saw, planer, etc. I've been very pleased with the performance of this item. I ordered the product and requested normal shipping. So you have to make a fair number of passes if you're scanning wide boards. First, the head on the detector is only about three inches wide.
Still, the product works well, and is much less expensive than similar products. I had to lift boards up when I scanned past the metal sawhorses I had placed the wood on. After taking apart an old deck, I wanted to re-use the lumber. That could be a real problem if you inadvertently turned the sensitivity too low and missed some embedded metal. It penetrates well. There are two minor flaws to the product worth mentioning. Finally, the delivery was very quick. Two days later it was at my doorstep.
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