Summary of Contents for Bounty Hunter Discovery 3300 Page 1 Discovery 3300 is a professional metal detector. While the most difficult aspects of metal detecting have been automated, sophisticated electronic device which requires an understanding of some basic features and metal detecting concepts.
[attachment 364766 Beach021419.jpg] Spent 2 ½ hrs on the beach with the Bounty Hunter Discovery 3300 and have to share my experience. I started the day expecting to hunt the water for 5 hrs with my CTX 3030, but after 2 hrs the headphones died and rather than sacrifice the remaining $9 of meter money decided to fetch my back-up detector, the Discovery 3300, from my truck. In regards to background, I have spent many years on the beach and in the water metal detecting both the east and west coasts of Florida with multiple detectors. I often post my better finds on TreasureNet and on FindMall. Bought the Discovery 3300 at COSCO for $99.99 – just could not pass up a great deal and just added inexpensive headphones from Amazon for about $20. First of all, as expected, the 3300 acted like any other single VLF machine in salt water and over wet sand - it gave falsing involving both low (rejected) and high (accepted) tones; which would hinder most salt water and wet sand hunting. However, on dry sand the Discovery 3300 really shined. I decided to grid a large section of beach in front of a popular Gulf front restaurant which included multiple pathways to the water. Given the 3300’s small coil size (7”), I swept quite rapidly but kept the coil to the ground and took baby steps as I slowly progressed. On a regular basis (about every 2-3 minutes), the 3300 would come across a rejected or accepted target and I’d make a mental note (most serious flaw of the experiment) of the detector’s ID and actual target ID. I dig all targets, good or bad, on the beach. I spent about 2 ½ hrs hunting and the results are shown below. Overall, I found 27 coins; over 10 coins/hr. Also found about 15 pieces of aluminum scrap and pull tabs which the 3300 correctly IDed. [attachment 364767 3300Finds021419.jpg] Targets were recovered from near the surface to about 9” deep (corroded cent). As shown in the pic, most of the coins had obviously been in the sand for a long time given the degree of corrosion. The 3300’s ID system was excellent; it correctly identified 25 of 27 coin denominations correctly, from zinc cents to 25 cent pieces. Importantly, the 3300 found and correctly IDed nickels – I always said that it you can find nickels you can find gold. Further, small aluminum disks, about 3mm in size (bottom center in pic), inhabit the hunted beach and the 3300 detected and correctly IDed them as well. The beach gave me a great opportunity to see what this detector could do in dry sand and it did very well. Ten coins per hr is better than my average (7-9/hr) over the years with the CTX 3030 and with the Excal. More importantly, I had a great time metal detecting with the 3300 and, after all, isn’t that what it is all about? Happy Hunting
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The best investment I could have made. Soon I added a 4in and a10.5 in coil. Over the years between I have found 9 gold rings, many goldearrings, sterling silver tl. Just under 4oz. Many silver coins, thousandsin current coin. Bullets, war buttons. Once you truly learn this machineyou won't be disappointed.
Max Depth: 7 inches on US quarter
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Durability Ease of Use Would you recommend this to a new user? Yes, absolutely! Mark from NY 138 Great little machine.I bought this machine after my AT PRO died about 3 months ago and was tooexpensive to fix. I liked the idea of the four tones, pin point and targetID, the zap sounded interesting and all those features for a reasonableprice.I also had a Tracker IV so could swap coils especially thesniper. First hunt was good though I couldn't get the hang of the pinpointer or ground balance so just used the auto ground balance. I now lovethe ground balance and find I can tell the depth of the target with it asit sounds strangled when the target is deep. It took a bit of working outon the wet sand but I found that if I used one bar of discrimination onlyit worked fine. It has found silver where both the Tracker andPRO had been before and the $2 coins are mounting up. I don't use the zapmuch but is because I am one of those that wonders what he is missing. Battery life is reasonable with headphones. Depth seemsgood. Cons... Battery compartment lid is fussy to fit back on anda bit light but I have yet to find a battery door I do like. It is notwater proof. I am using this to get enough coin so I can get a diving orwaterproof machine. Not a learners machine but easy to get the hang of ifyou have a little experience under your belt.
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Durability Ease of Use Would you recommend this to a new user? Yes, absolutely! Roger from Tasmania Australia 102 Ground balance on bh3300Once I set the ground balance knob it always goes back down, I tried tapingit in place and it is bothersome, thats a downfall for this detector.
Max Depth: 7 inches on US quarter
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Durability Ease of Use Would you recommend this to a new user? I have no clue... John Barrale from Hazelwood Mo 84 ![]() Great Detector for any priceI have four other detectors along with the Bounty hunter 3300. I findmyself using it more than any other detector. It is easy to swing and has aextremely accurate discrimination mode. The Ground balance work well and isquite easy to use when you get use to it. Battery life is good and the thedisplay is easy to read. If I could only have one detector that cost under$500 this would be the one, and when you can find the 3300 for under $250it becomes the best machine value on the market.
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FJ Rogers from Rocky Mountains Logan, Utah 10610 BOUNTY HUNTER 3300 VS GARRETT ACE 250I have a bounty hunter 3300 and a garrett ace 250.The bounty hunter 3300 is way better and the garrett ace 250 don't evencome close to the bounty hunter, the garrett is for sale because it is notbeing used because it gives me a headache every time i use it.
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Jay from Michigan,usa 409 Great detectorThis is a great detector for the money, it picks up almost anything eventhe smallest bits of metal that you can barely see, I have had troublesorting objects from the soil because of their small size. I find it to beaccurate and have had no false readings yet. All in all very happy withthis device.
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Joe from Up North, U.K. 432 What a great detector !After useing a Garrett Ace 250 I bought the Discovery 3300. ( New model inall black 2010 )After just a few hours with the Discovery 3300 I sold the Garrett. TheDiscovery has so much more to offer (Ground balance, VDI numbers). The stability even with full sensitivity was perfect in the woods. Coins atup to 10 inches can be found. The depth meter on the screen tells rightaway how deep to dig on coins. Some really deep coins (+8 inches) show upas iron, but the depth meter told me to 'dig that deep target'. It is sooo lightweight and fun to swing all day. The pinpoint mode is sticky and can be used as a search non motion mode.Just retune by pressing the pinpoint buttom every minute.
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John Major from Dallas 634 Bounty Hunter 3300I bought one of these 4 years ago. To date, I have found over $400 worth ofcoins, not to mention jewlery...including some gold jewlery.
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Jeff from Maryland 263 Super Star For The Money!This detector has been super for the money. I bought it new from RadioShack to see how I would like detecting. The descrimination, pin-pointingand target identification are all very good. It does eat batteries if youdon't use head-phones and the depth reading tends to be off by a little butoverall it is a nice detector. So far, with it I have found an 1854 largecent, an 1897 barber dime (in great shape), a 38th infantry civil warbutton, a revolutionary war artillary button, an 1866 shield nickel, an1867 shield nickel, an 1868 indian cent, an 1886 indian cent, an 1890indian cent, an 1893 indian cent, (2) 1907 indian cents, an 1894 V Nickel,a 1920-D Mercury Dime, a 1962 dime, many wheat cents, musket balls,several'good for tokens', 14 rings, several bracelets and several thousand cladand common coins. This has been over 5 years of searching with thisdetector. The results that I have had with this detector have been betterthan the results I have had with more expensive machines. If you want agreat machine to start out detecting, this one is a good choice.Discovery 3300 Metal Detector By Bounty Hunter
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James from Ohio 953 Nice features but lacking some in performance...![]() I was excited about getting a new machine with so many features for solittle coin! Quickly found some shortcomings that prompted me to sell: Depth - Mediocre, used it side-by-side with an old Garrett Freedom Ace Plus(not a depth demon by any stretch) in the bark-chips... the FA+, an averageat best depth machine, hit harder on every target. Missed alot of test-plot targets that most of my other 11 machines hit justfine. Target Separation: Poor. Testing with a nickel among nails and adime/pulltabs showed inferior target separation to pretty much every othermachine I tested it against... The Garretts beat it in aluminum junk and myTesoros smoked it in iron. This was the main reason I decided not to keep it. I can live with averagedepth, but I GOTS to have decent target separation. I don't want to beusing a machine and worrying about what I've left behind! (When I testedthe 3300 for target separation against other machines, I compared themachines with similar-sized coils). Also, I found the TID numbers to bounce around too much... difficult to geta solid lock-in on targets. Felt like I was wasting alot of time onthis. Good-looking machine, decent balance/ergonomics, just not for me. Discovery 3300 Bounty Hunter Metal Detector
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Skillet from Texas 4530 Bounty Hunter Discovery 3300 Vs Garrett At ProComments are closed.
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