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That $600 ground-penetrating radar rental was a complete bust
I rented a GPR unit for a weekend to scan my backyard near Gettysburg, thinking I'd find old Civil War relics. The machine kept giving false positives (tree roots, old pipes, you name it) and I spent 8 hours digging holes for nothing. The rental shop charged me $600 plus a $200 damage deposit I barely got back. Has anyone else had better luck with those cheaper metal detectors instead?
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the_dakota4d ago
Cheaper detectors just find bottle caps and rusty nails instead.
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tara7004d ago
That 8 hours of digging really stings... but I'm wondering what kind of GPR unit you rented... was it one of those cheap consumer models or an older rental unit? @the_dakota's right about cheap detectors, but I've seen people on other forums swear by certain mid-range detectors that filter out bottle caps and nails way better than the low-end ones. The problem is everyone has a different story about what works, so it's hard to trust any single review. Did the rental place at least tell you what exact model you were using? I ask because some of those older GPR units are practically useless unless you have a geology degree to interpret the readouts.
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