Dual field disappointment!

[lost items recovery]

Took my surf master dual field back and got a sand shark with an 8" coil picks up small gold in bench test.the same gold earing my dual field wouldn't pick up. Hunting in VCO mode couldn't be happier! Doesn't miss a thing! Looks kind of 1980's but smokes all the three other machines I've owned! People are going to think I'm nuts but what good is a machine that can pick up gold rings super deep that misses gold earings and small gold chains at the surface? Hunted along side my buddies sand shark for months while he brings home small jewelry and bigger while I brought home coins and once and a while a ring if I happened to be over one. I sure as hell found iron super deep but missed small gold without a doubt. Tested his 1.8 gram 14k loop earing he found and my surf master dual field didn't even know it was there!
When discussing this incident with my dealer all they could tell me was "earing's are tough"!
Well if I'm paying $800 for a machine it better not miss any gold not even an earing or chain! Left to wonder what other small gold I've missed the past few months! Being the awesome dealer they are they allowed me to bring the machine back against store policy and exchange it for the sand shark, plus sweetened the deal a little. Bigger coil deeper targets but not sensitive to small jewelry! Small coil better small jewelry plus picks up rings and what have you. Mainly Drawn towards the tesoro S.S. for the VCO mode and love it as it draws you in to the target. You can keep your lime green and canary yellow over priced machine's im home with a pi machine with an extra ability in my opinion.

 

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[Idigack]

i bought a df about a year ago and found just one gold ring,,,just too busy digging little pieces of iron...i was warned when i bought it...so shame on me...i love my excal and my excal loves me...we are engaged you know...my excal wears a diamond plat ring i found...lol....hh

 

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[Hag730]

"When it blows my ears off it is almost always a bottle cap."

Purchased my SS last spring and got a little discouraged over the summer when I couldnt seem to find any small gold. I've only been using the machine for about 8 months now.....but will tell you not to get discouraged when it blows your ears off....these 3 rings blew my ears off. ......and put $1000.00 in my pocket. The diamond ring was deeper and barely whispered....also a nice chunk of change.

 

[donkarlos]

Here are a few tiny SS finds from today - the ring was found brushing a couple of inches off a whisper, as Crispin suggests. Not sure of the stone.

 

[lost items recovery]

Nice finds. Good to see what sand sharks are picking up!

 

[DewGuru]

Congrats on your SS purchase! Sure you'll love yours as much as I do mine.

 

[bigscoop]

Congrats on your SS purchase! Sure you'll love yours as much as I do mine.

Dew! Good to see you back. Been a while since I've seen you posting.

 

[onthespot]

I love my SS, although I have not found much Gold (1-10kt white gold ring). I have dug 2 Platinum rings. Ive only been out about 35 times in the 8 months I've had it. It has more than paid for it's self. I've picked up around $700US in coins, $100 in the last 3 days. With the 3 keeper rings, I'm close to $1,000.

 

[donkarlos]

Wow, that's a lot of coins - from the water?

 

[onthespot]

Yes from the water. Here in Okinawa we have ¥500 yen coins $5.75us. I find 2 or 3 every outing, my best day I picked up 11 of them.

 

[lost items recovery]

Thank you for the info and good luck hunting!