Will a stud finder find lost fld pts?

[Bldtrailer]

Well it's that time of year when my 3D target freezes and pulls the insert and field points off my     )  Has anyone ever tried to use a stud finder to locate the steel field point in a 3d?

[Stump73]

Sorry but any stud finder ive ever used didnt work. Every time I remove it from the tool box it points at me. Just cant figure it out.

[Slimpikins]

I have used a metal detector. It was a cheap one and I was better off guessing which hole the arrow went in and going from there. Either way, I recovered my woodsman.

I see what you did there shed hunter.... lol

[KSdan]

Originally posted by shed hunter:
Sorry but any stud finder ive ever used didnt work. Every time I remove it from the tool box it points at me. Just cant figure it out.

That is hilarious!!

[ChuckC]

Dan, I can fix that,  If I stand next to you it will point at me instead !      

CHuckC

[Hermon]

I don't think a stud finder would work from what I know of how they work.

[ChuckC]

If the point is close enough to the surface it just may work.  I am guessing that most stud finders just have one magnetic end and that responds iron or steel.  Aluminum or brass inserts and brass points may screw things up a bit.
ChuckC

[Slickhead]

Nope

Electronic stud finders changed all that. They give you an amazingly accurate view into the wall and show you exactly where each stud is. In a way, these stud finders are like a touch switch on a touch-sensitive lamp. They are using changes in capacitance to sense where the stud is.

When the plate inside the stud finder is over wall board, it will sense one dielectric constant (sort of like an insulating value); but when it is over a stud, the dielectric constant is different. It works on a capacitance differential generated by density difference. The circuit in the stud finder can sense the change and reports it on its display. The second patent below shows you exactly how to build this sort of stud finder.

The latest technology in stud finders uses a very small radar system to detect the stud.

[Bldtrailer]

Steal field point 225

[Jerry Gille]

Boy did you lose me there Slickhead.  

[elkken]

I think Slickhead has been talking to Friend a bit too much ...    

[ChuckC]

Thanks Slick.  I am guessing however, that BT was talking about the old style finder that would sense the metal head.

Actually, I always wondered how the new fangled finders worked.

Thanks Again
ChuckC

[wtpops]

Originally posted by Slickhead:
Nope

Electronic stud finders changed all that. They give you an amazingly accurate view into the wall and show you exactly where each stud is. In a way, these stud finders are like a touch switch on a touch-sensitive lamp. They are using changes in capacitance to sense where the stud is.

When the plate inside the stud finder is over wall board, it will sense one dielectric constant (sort of like an insulating value); but when it is over a stud, the dielectric constant is different. It works on a capacitance differential generated by density difference. The circuit in the stud finder can sense the change and reports it on its display. The second patent below shows you exactly how to build this sort of stud finder.

The latest technology in stud finders uses a very small radar system to detect the stud.

So the answer is no    

[Wudstix]

Originally posted by shed hunter:
Sorry but any stud finder ive ever used didnt work. Every time I remove it from the tool box it points at me. Just cant figure it out.

That should not work, it must be broken!!!