in your opinion what is the best ferret finder.

[pegstaff 9]

i am looking to buy a new ferret finder and i want to know what you think is the best one. i have a mk1 but i am thinkin about buying a mk3.

[00taz11 39]

i prefer the mk1 rather than messin about with buttons on the mk3

[ian21 0]

i use the mk3

[stubby 175]

i am looking to buy a new ferret finder

. i have a mk1 but i am thinkin about buying a mk3.

 

answered that yourself really, by using the word "new", you'll only get a new mk3, everything else, mk1/mk2 will be second hand

 

and if you already have a mk1, is it broken?

if not, save you money and keep using it, if its on its way out, get a mk3, no matter what anyone else's personal prefrence is, with a mk3 you'll get a gurantee anything else and you pay ya money and take a chance

[The one 8,484]

Ive got mk ones and mk3's but i still keep using the mk ones i cant seem to get on with the mk3 yet need to keep trying

[stealthy1 3,964]

MK3m for me all the way, my mate lad is only 9 and he can use one, does'nt know how to use a spade though

[Guest lavyheed]

I mentioned this in another thread. I recently switched to the Mk3 when my old Mk1 died on me. Once you remember the search and locate button needs switching ,it's a brilliant bit of kit.

 

I always swore i would stick with the mk1 but now i am glad i made the change

[RIFLExxxSCOPE 0]

i am looking to buy a new ferret finder and i want to know what you think is the best one. i have a mk1 but i am thinkin about buying a mk3.

MK3 without doubt best ferret finder on the market I have one plus 2 collars (bought on ebay )

[gnipper 6,497]

mk3 for me, I had the mk1 for years and couldn't get used to the mk3 so kept using the mk1 but I eventually forced myself to get the hang of it and when I did I sold the mk1.

[John-B 4]

still getting to grips with the mk3

[Moe 108]

been using mark 1 and 3 today only my third time with the mark3 couldnt get a solid mark with the 3 box my mate got sick of me pissing about turned on his mark 1 box got the mark straight away dug down got rabbit like everthing need to practice to get it right

[top terrierman 90]

was out today and my pal was useing the mk3 he got new a few days ago.at frist i was going to f**k it over the ditch but after a while he got used to it and it was bang on twice i did notice 1 thing the depth on the box is not as deep as it says like 4 foot might only be 3 but he thinks the batterys on the coller were turned on all night so that wouldnt have helped.

[Fat-Ferret 857]

was out today and my pal was useing the mk3 he got new a few days ago.at frist i was going to f**k it over the ditch but after a while he got used to it and it was bang on twice i did notice 1 thing the depth on the box is not as deep as it says like 4 foot might only be 3 but he thinks the batterys on the coller were turned on all night so that wouldnt have helped.

 

 

I have used 2 different MK3's and on both it was always 1ft closer, like you said, So if it says 3ft, I dig very carefully after 1ft.

Edited September 20, 2009 by Fat-Ferret

[stubby 175]

I think the reason alot of people get confussed with the mk3, is they simply try using it too soon when ferreting, if the ferret is moving, you'll get lights flashing and bleeps all over the place, the locator Is best left in your pocket, untill you havent seen the ferret/s at any holes for a good twenty minutes or longer,

 

if a ferret has killed under, or got a rabbit/s in a dead end and is not moving, the mk3 is then so simply to use, anyone still not to sure, search utube for deben mk3, theres some good video of how to use it....

[rosspti 2]

I agree with Stubby on that point. If you're working a ground set and the ferrets are working away as they should be - then the locator will be giving all sorts of readings as the ferrets move here and there like subterranean whippets. By the time one beep comes out of the Locator, the ferret could be 2 foot further on! However, if you are working a hedge then the locator is great for keeping an eye on which direction your ferret is heading in, etc.

 

The reason for the differences in depth readings compared to the actual depth seem to be due to all sorts of real-life variations in battery strength, soil and stone density, etc. However if you find a reading that says 4 foot, don't just dig a 4 foot hole. Dig down a foot or two and check again, and carry on like that. Also don't forget that the reading is the distance to the collar, not to the tunnel. If the ferret is at the bottom of a deep tunnel then it may be 3 foot until you break through, then another foot down to the collar.

 

And very importantly the lights/readings on the Locator are at fixed intervals - whereas the ferret could be in between. So a reading of 4 foot could be anything between 3'6" and 4'6" in theory.

 

So if a ferret it 3'6" deep and sitting at the bottom of a tunnel that is 1 foot high then the finder might read 4 foot, wheras when you start digging you will break through after 2'6" of digging.

 

Hope my diagrams are useful!