Rusted_Iron
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- May 25, 2006
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"Head to Head Comparison" yields a special find!
I decided to take my Tesoro Tejon and my Minelab Explorer XS out to my favorite old "hunted-out" fairgrounds for a little 'head to head comparison' shootout. Nothing all that scientific, I just set up both machines the way I usually hunt them:
Tejon - Sens on 10, Threshold down low, Disc 1 set to "Foil", Disc 2 set to "Tabs", Ground balance a little positive, stock coil
Exp XS - Sens on 24 (Manual), Gain 7, Sounds "Ferrous", Iron Mask -14, stock coil
Anyway, I always read about these guys doing head to head comparisons where for some reason they always find more good old coins than I find in a month...
So I figured, hey maybe I'll get lucky, if I go out and fool those buried coins into thinking I"m not really looking for them, just doing a harmless "experiment", the coins will let down their guard and stop hiding so much! Well it worked! Sort of! (I got one definite keeper, but not a handful)... It also helps this was in an area of the old fairgrounds I hadn't yet got to w/ a detector
For reference, the area HAD been hit hard w/ 1980's and early 90's detectors.
Depth was 7 inches, and both detectors indicated a solid "GOOD" signal....
I decided to take my Tesoro Tejon and my Minelab Explorer XS out to my favorite old "hunted-out" fairgrounds for a little 'head to head comparison' shootout. Nothing all that scientific, I just set up both machines the way I usually hunt them:
Tejon - Sens on 10, Threshold down low, Disc 1 set to "Foil", Disc 2 set to "Tabs", Ground balance a little positive, stock coil
Exp XS - Sens on 24 (Manual), Gain 7, Sounds "Ferrous", Iron Mask -14, stock coil
Anyway, I always read about these guys doing head to head comparisons where for some reason they always find more good old coins than I find in a month...
So I figured, hey maybe I'll get lucky, if I go out and fool those buried coins into thinking I"m not really looking for them, just doing a harmless "experiment", the coins will let down their guard and stop hiding so much! Well it worked! Sort of! (I got one definite keeper, but not a handful)... It also helps this was in an area of the old fairgrounds I hadn't yet got to w/ a detector
For reference, the area HAD been hit hard w/ 1980's and early 90's detectors.
Depth was 7 inches, and both detectors indicated a solid "GOOD" signal....
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Real nice Coin there, RI! Too bad about the "Black Eye!"
Me wants it ! LOL nice find Rusted_Iron ! 
