I have been using a Silver uMax for over 5 years now and love it. As some of you know, I have found about everything with that Silver over the years. I recently decided to move up the ladder and buy a new Vaquero after all the great feedback I've been reading. Today I took the Vaquero out for its maiden voyage. I hit a ball field, and sand play area at a local school to try to get used to the different signals. Attached are my big finds. Nothing banner yet.
Today I mainly detected with the SENS set at about 9, and DISC set above iron just to get a feel for it.
My experience with the machine so far has been:
PROS-
*This machine goes deep and I had no problem digging coins at 8".
*Ground balance wasn't too bad once I tried it a few times. (This was my biggest fear)
*Great in dry sand. I found even the tiniest pieces of metal in dry sand.
CONS-
*The tones still sound the same to me whether it a coin, tin can, or anything else. My Silver uMax was very distinct and I could pretty much tell what the target was going to be.
This is a biggie for me. Can you other Vaquero users figure out say a coin from tin? Button from coin? etc
*My pinpointing needs work. I didn't find it as easy to pinpoint as the Silver uMax, and really had a tough time when I tried to pinpoint by pressing the "pinpoint" button. I use the same 9x8 coil on my Silver uMax too.
I know I'm still a rookie on this new Vaquero and things will only get better, but any input would be great.
Thanks,
MM
Today I mainly detected with the SENS set at about 9, and DISC set above iron just to get a feel for it.
My experience with the machine so far has been:
PROS-
*This machine goes deep and I had no problem digging coins at 8".
*Ground balance wasn't too bad once I tried it a few times. (This was my biggest fear)
*Great in dry sand. I found even the tiniest pieces of metal in dry sand.
CONS-
*The tones still sound the same to me whether it a coin, tin can, or anything else. My Silver uMax was very distinct and I could pretty much tell what the target was going to be.
This is a biggie for me. Can you other Vaquero users figure out say a coin from tin? Button from coin? etc
*My pinpointing needs work. I didn't find it as easy to pinpoint as the Silver uMax, and really had a tough time when I tried to pinpoint by pressing the "pinpoint" button. I use the same 9x8 coil on my Silver uMax too.
I know I'm still a rookie on this new Vaquero and things will only get better, but any input would be great.
Thanks,
MM