kac Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 Setting discrimination really high will eliminate gold as that falls in the aluminum range. Benefit of a vdi machine is you can watch numbers rather than make multiple passes to cherry pick. If a concentric coil is too large then it is difficult to separate out targets. Concentric coils however do an excellent job of not hiding good targets in iron infested areas. I use my concentric in areas that have a lot of steel bottle caps to pick through as the bottle caps are just below the nickel range so not eliminating most med and large rings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven1 Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 WE missed a lot of gold back in the 70's, we set the disc. high. So we could weed thru the trash looking for silver coins, leaving the gold for others. Big mistake!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogodog Posted August 15, 2021 Author Share Posted August 15, 2021 Like Sven1 said the pro's back in the day pretty much murdered the parks. I generally run my Tesoros disc high too. I'm really only after silver around old home sites that have a lot of iron. The few parks I hunt with the exception of one yield very few silvers. If you have the resolve to not hit a signal for some time, you will end up with the the silver. Some days are very quiet and uneventful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmaryt Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 On 8/12/2021 at 8:03 PM, dogodog said: I just purchased a NIB Silver umax today. I started to use my Compadre about 3 weeks ago to cover some hunted out HaHa ground that I've been pounding with the 800. I've become aware that the 800 has a little problem masking out silver targets in areas with a lot of nails. I know some of you will tell me I'm using the wrong settings ect, ect. But after trying all the so called great settings from other users I still came up short and feeling like I missed some good targets. So for shits and giggles I pulled out the lowly 5 3/4'' Compadre and hit a few spots. Well now I saw a dramatic silver increase in some of my nail infested areas. There's a lot to be said for setting your Disc near max and just hunting the BEEP = Silver. A light bulb went off and I almost forgot how great Tesoro machines were at discrimination. So a few days ago I got the bug to find a Silver umax, for better depth. Lucky for me a member gave me a tip on a new one. As soon as I get it I will give it a good run. I think sometimes old school detectors will give the new ones a run for the money. I hope all tesoro fans take their machines for a walk once in a while, You might just have a good time. tesoro single tone detectors with 6",or 7" concentric coils on board are "beasts " in iron as you have determined with the compadre. if set properly, will "grab" silver in nails. I have the "Mojave" with the 7" precision coil and use it to hunt "curb strips" with it's 180 disc. can pick out goodies in iron all day long.compadre also has the 180 disc. beware the hunter who uses one detector, and knows it well. (h.h.!) j.t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnysalami1957 Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Sold My E800 and Simplex to save up for a Deus II. Took out my old Whites Treasure Pro, set to high trash with sens all the way up and found these in the backyard! Sometimes simple is a good thing. Dead quiet except for these dimes and memorial pennies. Got a 1950 Quarter the other day and another Merc too. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmaryt Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 believe it or notyou don't always "need" to go deep to find good stuff! tesoros will "grab" silver all day long with disc. set high! outrageous in iron,and to cherry pick with! get one that balances out the ground and have at it! the 180 disc. and small concentric will do the rest! still a ton of stuff in the "junk!" go low and slow! (h.h.!) j.t. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnysalami1957 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 13 hours ago, jmaryt said: believe it or notyou don't always "need" to go deep to find good stuff! tesoros will "grab" silver all day long with disc. set high! outrageous in iron,and to cherry pick with! get one that balances out the ground and have at it! the 180 disc. and small concentric will do the rest! still a ton of stuff in the "junk!" go low and slow! (h.h.!) j.t. These were 2" down in Tennessee red clay. Everyone is obsessed with depth. Buy a backhoe! The larger the coin the slower it will sink due to its surface area. In face they can rise on occasion. I regret selling my Silver Saber Umax. And my Bandito. I still have a Compadre which I use often for curb strips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB_Amateur Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Johnnysalami1957 said: The larger the coin the slower it will sink due to its surface area. In face they can rise on occasion. I don't think 'sinking' describes the reason coins are at a certain depth, at least in most cases. In my locations, excepting for human intervention (e.g. backfilling), IMO the depth is dominated by decaying organic matter ground cover. FWIW, I notice no difference on depth between old USA dimes, cents, and 5-cent 'nickels'. I've found so few silver quarters and as yet no silver halves (only a couple clad halves) that I have insufficient experience finding those long ago lost coins to provide evidence. Back on the recent topin in this thread, a detector's separation ability is a key consideration in many (if not most) dry land sites with old coins since those are invariably accompanied by trash. I think that is where a Tesoro (with the proper coil choice) can have an advantage over many more recently made detectors. "The right tool for the job..." 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmaryt Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 On 4/5/2022 at 11:21 AM, Johnnysalami1957 said: These were 2" down in Tennessee red clay. Everyone is obsessed with depth. Buy a backhoe! The larger the coin the slower it will sink due to its surface area. In face they can rise on occasion. I regret selling my Silver Saber Umax. And my Bandito. I still have a Compadre which I use often for curb strips. yeah! I use my "Mojave" for the strips too! great little sniper! both compadre and Mojave use the 180 disc. (h.h.!) j.t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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