Mo Diggins
Jr. Member
- May 24, 2017
- 31
- 30
- Detector(s) used
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His Garrett AT Pro and Tesoro Mojave,
Her Garrett ACE 300 with 5" x 8" DD coil,
and two Garrett Pro-Pointer ATs
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
The ground is still wet, but the ATP is back up to normal 86 GB (dropped to 84 after rain). Mojave battery test gives a long, obnoxiously loud tone, so thatās good.
The Mojave works without any noise at all on Low GBāpumping it up and down and scanning all over the yard. Iāve left it on Low since.
The depth of lifting the coil over coins on the ground, under the thatch in the front yard, was the same as the air test in the house (not surprised).
The depth pretty much equals the sensitivity setting. At the preset of 4, itās about 4ā on all the coins, maybe a bit more on the quarter. At five, it gets up to about 5ā. Going up into the max range I expect it might get to 6ā in a quieter EMI environment. I know others have done better, but this is what mine does.
I have coins standing vertically over a joist between every other board on my deck, in line with the nails. With Disc set just below Foil, the Mojave got the coins and not the nails, but it had a tough time doing so. I had to crank the sensitivity up and keep the coil real close.
Although my wifeās Garrett ACE 300 is also a $250 MAP detector, it has a $130 5ā x 8ā DD coil on it. So I donāt think itās fair to compare it to the Mojave unless I put the never used 7ā x 10ā concentric back on it (with the DD, the ACE is almost an inch deeper and doesnāt have as much trouble with the deck board test). Iād like to see what the Mojave would do with the 7ā WideScan.
The Mojave works without any noise at all on Low GBāpumping it up and down and scanning all over the yard. Iāve left it on Low since.
The depth of lifting the coil over coins on the ground, under the thatch in the front yard, was the same as the air test in the house (not surprised).
The depth pretty much equals the sensitivity setting. At the preset of 4, itās about 4ā on all the coins, maybe a bit more on the quarter. At five, it gets up to about 5ā. Going up into the max range I expect it might get to 6ā in a quieter EMI environment. I know others have done better, but this is what mine does.
I have coins standing vertically over a joist between every other board on my deck, in line with the nails. With Disc set just below Foil, the Mojave got the coins and not the nails, but it had a tough time doing so. I had to crank the sensitivity up and keep the coil real close.
Although my wifeās Garrett ACE 300 is also a $250 MAP detector, it has a $130 5ā x 8ā DD coil on it. So I donāt think itās fair to compare it to the Mojave unless I put the never used 7ā x 10ā concentric back on it (with the DD, the ACE is almost an inch deeper and doesnāt have as much trouble with the deck board test). Iād like to see what the Mojave would do with the 7ā WideScan.
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