Best metal detector for Civil War relic hunting.

[RustyRelics]

This is going to ruffle some feathers... Which metal detector under $800 is the best for detecting Civil War sites? House sites, creeks, rivers, fields, woods, etc. I've been thinking about the AT MAX or PRO, Or the Equinox.

 

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[smokeythecat]

XP Deus if you can get a used one. It smokes the competition.

 

[RustyRelics]

XP Deus if you can get a used one. It smokes the competition.

I would agree with you, but I about passed out when I saw the price tag.

 

[docweiser]

If it can wait till next March....just sayin!

 

[Terry Soloman]

Used Tesoro Tejon with 11" coil.

 

[smokeythecat]

Tejon is a good choice.

 

[RustyRelics]

If it can wait till next March....just sayin!

DIV?

 

[RustyRelics]

My grandma struck a deal with me. If I can raise $350, she'll raise the other half of the money, so I can buy a new detector. I would walk through the fields, and find surface bullets, while everyone around me was on a digging bonanza.

I know the Equinox is great for some of those organised relic hunts, and I watch Aquachigger use that AT machine all the time. Matt from Gone Diggin' likes the Dues, but I can't afford that. I didn't even know Tesoro was still in business.

 

[smokeythecat]

Tesoro is not in business. It is hard to break one of their machines. For the DIV digs, most sites have had 200-300 people visit them repeatedly during the years, so most folks now use a pulse induction machine at those digs. Some sites have been hit by the masses more than 5 times each. Trouble with a PI machine is that you get to dig all the iron. Wastes a lot of time and effort.

 

[RustyRelics]

Tesoro is not in business. It is hard to break one of their machines. For the DIV digs, most sites have had 200-300 people visit them repeatedly during the years, so most folks now use a pulse induction machine at those digs. Some sites have been hit by the masses more than 5 times each. Trouble with a PI machine is that you get to dig all the iron. Wastes a lot of time and effort.

I got the nickname "Rusty" for a reason. I dug every iron signal I could in hopes of finding a bucket of frags.

 

[Terry Soloman]

As you progress, you'll want to move to a pulse induction machine, like a Minelab SD, GP, GPX, or GPZ machine. These are THE machines of relic hunting.

 

[RustyRelics]

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