Vincent

Hi again Knife...I just checked Kellyco, and the machine the Pro has is a Makro Racer--one of those models with the huge coil...Regards, Vincent

Hi Oldknifemaker...here's my experience...I'm now doing some detecting for an archaeologist who is contracting on private land. Specifically, he is searching for very early Spanish colonial evidence (metal). The archaeologist has been using a high end machine with a huge coil (biggest I've ever seen) successfully. He tells me that he uses a low ground setting. I'm using my Tesoro (7" coil) on high setting, because at low setting I'm digging every hot rock on the field and find it impossible to distinguish targets from rocks (the Pro tells me that volcanic surface rocks are to blame). But at low, I am really zeroing in on colonial metal--individual chain armor rings no larger than a smallish trout fishhook, at 5". I'm thinking that our machines are simply wired/tuned differently at the factory. This Mohave is such a pleasure to use--the sound-only allows me to keep my eyes on the ground and where I'm going (it's a huge field). Now here's a funny story for you: a native American I know wants me to teach him detecting with the Mohave so he could detect on the reservation!

Hello Steve...thanks for the information...I'd always considered a fixed ground circuit to be better than a manual adjust, and the high/low is one of the reasons I went for the Mohave...as for gold: no plan to prospect, even though there are sites nearby--but try finding an unfenced patch anywhere in the gold areas...some weekend coin shooting would be fine, and some off-road scanning near the old Camino Real will do it for me...Regards, Vincent

...I've got a Tesoro Mohave coming in (after using the Minelab 305 last year, and the Tesoro SilverMax a few years back)(oh, and also a Teknetics EuroTec--arrggg)...the Mohave has a Ground Condition switch, and I'm curious about mineralization in southwest high desert (specifically central NM)--is it generally high or low mineralization, though I realize there's quite a varied geology in NM? PS: chose the Mohave from Tesoro's lineup because I figured a new machine equals new and better circuitry, and ditto the Epsilon 7" coil. What say?