On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Larry Williams wrote:

> The one I bought consists of a magnet on a pointer. Move the thing
> around, find a nail, stud found!

Unfortunately if someone like me nailed up the drywall, you may have just
found one edge of said stud.  Fortunately I don't build houses for a
living.  I prefer the cpacitive/inductive/whatever type that finds the
edges and the middle of the stud.

Dale

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