Looking for a new MD for silver coins

Ogre1190

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Mar 31, 2015
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MineLab E-Trac, MineLab Safari, MineLab Explorer XS,
White's 5000 D, White's 6DB, White's 5000 D GEB
Sunray X-1 for the ML's, Garrett PP for the White's and a Backhoe
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Minelab E-Trac is pretty good...and you can get some nice deals here from Members.
 

cudamark

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Mar 16, 2011
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XP Deus 2, Equinox 800/900, Fisher Impulse AQ, E-Trac, 3 Excal 1000's, White's TM808, VibraProbe, 15" NEL Attack, Mi6, Steath 920ix and 720i scoops, TRX, etc....
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All the Minelab FBS machines are excellent for silver, as are many other brands and models. Where would you be hunting for them? Sometimes the search area would dictate which machine would be best. You might also look into the new Equinox machines. They have a lot of nice features and are pretty state of the art being waterproof and bluetooth wireless.
 

TerryC

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Jun 26, 2008
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Ace 250 (2), Ace 300, Gold Bug 2, Tesoro Cortes, Garrett Sea Hunter, Whites TDI SL SE, Fisher Impulse 8, Minelab Monster 1000, Minelab CTX3030, Falcon MD20, Garrett Pro-pointer, Calvin Bunker digger.
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I have found that the BEST silver machine always seems to be the machine I know BEST. ╦╦Ç
 

Peyton Manning

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Dec 19, 2012
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I think any machine will find silver, copper and aluminum
gold, gold is the hard one
 

TerryC

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Jun 26, 2008
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Yarnell, AZ
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Ace 250 (2), Ace 300, Gold Bug 2, Tesoro Cortes, Garrett Sea Hunter, Whites TDI SL SE, Fisher Impulse 8, Minelab Monster 1000, Minelab CTX3030, Falcon MD20, Garrett Pro-pointer, Calvin Bunker digger.
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Yes, gold is the hard one.... I will revise my above post to say best GENERAL machine.... gold specific or salt beach specific aside. ╦╦Ç
 

Terry Soloman

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Nokta Makro Legend// Pulsedive// Minelab GPZ 7000// Vanquish 540// Minelab Pro Find 35// Dune Kraken Sandscoop// Grave Digger Tools Tombstone shovel & Sidekick digger// Bunk's Hermit Pick
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Metal Detecting
The new Minelab Equinox 600 is a sliver machine. $660.00 Check it out! Minelab Equinox 600
 

AurumHunter024

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May 10, 2018
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ML Equinox 800
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Being one of the most conductive metals on earth, I’d think that just about any machine would pop on Ag!
Somebody please enlighten me if otherwise.

Ag makes my Equinox really sing!
 

TerryC

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Jun 26, 2008
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10,996
Yarnell, AZ
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Ace 250 (2), Ace 300, Gold Bug 2, Tesoro Cortes, Garrett Sea Hunter, Whites TDI SL SE, Fisher Impulse 8, Minelab Monster 1000, Minelab CTX3030, Falcon MD20, Garrett Pro-pointer, Calvin Bunker digger.
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Being one of the most conductive metals on earth, I’d think that just about any machine would pop on Ag!
Somebody please enlighten me if otherwise.

Ag makes my Equinox really sing!
Sure, any machine will do but..... case in point..... The Gold Bug 2. It will certainly "pop" on silver coins. But rusty nails, white metal, tin foil, and others will get thrown into the mix. I don't particularly favor displays but when "cherry picking" specific metals, the machines with displays have their purpose. I have three display machines. I am favoring the Cortez right now. I would not think of looking for coins with my GB2 unless prepared to spend a lot of time digging trash with the coins. ╦╦Ç
 

Normsel

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Sep 10, 2012
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E-Trac
Equinox 800
Equinox 600
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I like the Equinox because of it being easy to learn out of the box. If there is gold in your area then maybe the Equinox 800 but the Equinox 600 will work just as well it just don't have a specific gold setting
 

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