| Review by Hawgnutz | posted 637 days ago | 237 views | 0 times favorited | 3 comments |  |
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- Wizard Distribution 24902 Little Wizard II Metal Detector
- Brand: Wizard Distribution | Category: Other
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This metal detector is reasonably priced at under $20, but you get what you pay for. When I tested this on a known area with metal under the wood (my workbench has screws attaching face to top), the detector failed to detect a #10 screw just under the wood’s surface! This is totally unacceptable. My jointer, planer. or bandsaw blades are too expensive to chance on this unreliable detector.
A magnetic stud finder is much more reliable than this! Save your money for the Lumber Wizard, which I got it on sale this Christmas season for $50. That is money well spent. This Little Wizard is NOT!
God Bless,
Hawg
-- Saving barnwood from the scrapyards
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MsDebbieP
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posted 637 days ago
we bought one of these with xmas money (or I should say “I” bought one of these…. haven’t used it yet except to pass it over the drywall screws in the wall .)
Dang… will have to remember your critique when we go to use it.
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Hawgnutz
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posted 636 days ago
Debbie, watch for a sale at Rockler for the Lumber Wizard! It works much, much betetr and I got mine on sale for $49, plus free shipping!
God Bless,
Hawg
-- Saving barnwood from the scrapyards
BillCo
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posted 617 days ago
Yes, I agree with Mr. HawgNutz. I have the Little Wizard – bought it 4 years ago from Lee Valley – and it is sub-optimal at best. While it finds most metal items, the ‘beep’ feature is intermittent and the sensitivity adjustment is not reliable. I recommend against the product.
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