100% Metal Free Boots

[desertdigger]

Hey Everyone,

I'm looking for 100% metal free boots for prospecting. Anyone know of a store or web site that has these for sale?

Thanks.

[chaderly]

I have heard that these are good boots but I have not personally used them. They have a composite safety toe so I am assuming that they would prevent snake bites to the toes.

http://www.lapolicegear.com/codetabo.html

[nuggethunting]

Hello Digger,

These are the ones I've been using for about 10 years now. They are very lightweight and durable. I can get them for you, or you can order them directly from my Distributor, Doc's Detecting. If you get them from him, just let him know you seen them here on the forums. They are great prospecting boots with "No Metal."

Sizes run from 7 - 15. Price is $79.95 plus Shipping/Handling.

Take care,

Rob Allison

[nvchris]

It took me 6 years to trash my Bate's prospecting. One of the thing I really like about them there waterproof.

Forget about "composite toe" they will kill your feet hiking in hill's.

Another thing allot of the non metallic safety boots made for electricians can have small metal parts.

nvchris

[adam]

Currently I am wearing Bates counter terrorism series. They are a hardcore metal free boot. I always wear an 11 but with these should have ordered a half size smaller....But a good boot anyway!.

http://www.lapolicegear.com/bam99deasbo.html

[Nuggetslayer]

These are the boots that I have very comfortable and I got a brandnew pair on E-Bay for $37.00 can't beat that deal. They are snake proof and water proof and no metal to sound off your detector.

snake boots click link

[Steve Herschbach]

Hi,

Is it just me? All these years I've just worn whatever kind of footwear that suited me and have never had a problem with detecting my own feet.

Steve Herschbach

[adam]

Yup ! Its just you Steve

I had a pair of boots with just two little metal vent holes , and the 14 mono would hear them all the time, even an 11 mono would if close enough. It is an absolute pleasure to use a true metal free boot.

[Nuggetslayer]

Steve your right unless you got steel toe boots shouldn't matter unless you got a big coil going. I wear my boots during snake season. Rest of the time I wear what ever I have on at the time. Don't know many people who detect at there feet my coil is at least 2' from my feet hell if they find a detector to pick up a shoe eyelet at 2' I want one.

[AZNuggetBob]

Nuggetslayer ONE boot eye loop is not as detectable with a large mono but a whole shoe full is a different story. right now I wear bates boots no metal large lug sole and they dont slip. wearing "tennis's" shoes may fly in Alaska or Cali in the summer time but they dont here S. AZ. year round. I see a lot of people out hunting wearing tennis here but it wont take long to regret it with all the cactus and choya balls. I do like your snake boots. if your runnin factory mono coils you may also want to try a new 350mm x 230mm coiltek goldstalker mono coil, I think their a lot more sensitive on small gold. . AzNuggetBob

[29prospector]

AzNuggetBob,

I'm with you on footwear. I'm in Cali and there is no way I'm hunting in tennis shoes. Bates have been the best for me. With my back fused from L1-S1, they give me no trouble but a lot comfort.

OL'29er

[whats4supper]

A guy can purchase Bates footwear at Big 5, Bass outlet stores, Cabelas, and any place that sells police wear. Online at Cabelas has some good pricing. Thorogood shoes are another name used for clearance and markdown sales of Bates.

[whats4supper]

Galls.com has Bates and other brands of metal free boots; some insulated as well. prices run between $70-$120. other handy gear as well

[Steve Herschbach]

AzNuggetBob,

Tennis shoes in Alaska? Now that's funny!

I wear LOWA heavy duty hiking boots. Steel eyelets and all. I guess after 35 years of detecting that keeping my coil away from my boots is second nature.

Steve Herschbach

[AZNuggetBob]

Steve Your obviously not running large mono coils. If Im wearing metal eyelet boots I can hear every step and its really annoying to have to back up and check false signals .AzNuggetBob

[Nuggetslayer]

Have you tried to extend your shaft longer?

[AZNuggetBob]

Nuggetslayer Here are a couple photos of a custom handle that I built a few years ago. After years of having to deal with what the factories had to offer, and with the new larger mono coils I decided to build my own. The handle and shaft are all carbon fiber and 12" inches (longer) than a factory handle, even the hardware is nylon. arm cup is nylon coupled with a Coiltek fiberglass coil shaft at the bottom. The coil wire extension is also a Coiltek for hip mounting of the control box (necessary) They use special shielded coil wire. All of this combined to get these large coils out away from my body and any metal. it makes it much easier to ground balance and stop false signals. you cant see it but when I took this photo there is a Coiltek U.F.O. spider coil mounted on it. I don't wear boots with metal anymore and haven't for years. AzNuggetBob

BTW I believe you can get most of these Coiltek accessories if you want to build your own from Doc's detecting supply or Rob Allison's NuggetHunting.com.

[sport.pilot]

Hello Digger,

These are the ones I've been using for about 10 years now. They are very lightweight and durable. I can get them for you, or you can order them directly from my Distributor, Doc's Detecting. If you get them from him, just let him know you seen them here on the forums. They are great prospecting boots with "No Metal."

Sizes run from 7 - 15. Price is $79.95 plus Shipping/Handling.

Take care,

Rob Allison

Hi Rob,

Do you know if you can have zippers put in the side of those boots so you do not have to retie them each time you put them on and take them off?

[Geezeron]

Hi Rob,

Do you know if you can have zippers put in the side of those boots so you do not have to retie them each time you put them on and take them off?

I have a pair of Bates boots that look like that, and they have zippers on the facing sides. They were advertised as having no metal, but the zipper pull is metallic.

IIRC, they are police tactical boots. Apparently, the zipper pulls are too small to set off an airport metal detector, but I've "heard" them a few times on my GP3000 with the 16" NF coil.

EDIT: I still have to retie them each time I wear them. The zipper does not allow enough freedom to get the boot on or off, but I don't have to unlace them, just loosen the laces.