Explore One Metal Detector

Features Detects objects buried up to 6 inches below the surface. Water resistant base lets user search puddles and other moist areas. Height is adjustable. *LED lights make it easier to search in low-light situations. *Batteries not included Description Everybody loves a treasure hunt, and the Explore One Metal Detector is easy-to-use and will have your junior explorer sweeping for hidden valuables in no time. Different tones will identify various precious metals buried up to 6 inches, and LED lights allow for low light or nighttime searching. A metal detector contains a coil of wire (wrapped around the circular head at the end of the handle) known as the transmitter coil. When electricity flows through the coil, a magnetic field is created all around it. As you sweep the detector over the ground, you make the magnetic field move around too. If you move the detector over a metal object, the moving magnetic field affects the atoms inside the metal. In fact, it changes the way the ele