Is there such a thing as a good Stud Finder?

[sacherjj]

I bought one of the fancier Zircon finders and it works pretty well. Actually, it works great with normal drywall, still pretty good with double sheets of drywall, and acceptable for plaster. The zircon I got has the stud finder, deep dtud finder, metal finder and AC finder. Ithink $35 at the BORG.

I use the same model, 3 mode Zircon. It has AC detect, which is nice. I tap the wall to make sure I initialize it on a hollow spot and it does studs accurately in drywall, and pretty decent in plaster with deep scan. I also like the metal scan for tracing wire runs. Seems to work decent with any romex power line. Mixing between AC detect and metal, I can generally trace the run.