Tony (Michigan)
Full Member
- May 17, 2017
- 198
- 98
- Detector(s) used
- Explorer, E-trac, Muskateer, Tesoro, Deus, White's, Detech, DMC IIb, and others
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Hope she finds me the goodies.
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I promise she will find more of everything.
Even the changing in the color of the dirt......my dirt is that bad, in disc mode, the detector goes off. In all metal, you can hear the ground balance needing to be reset....
I didn't know Arkansas dirt was that bad. Do you use other detectors?
Tonight I took the Vaquero out just for a very short hunt in my iron nail-laden yard.Congrats find lots of stuff...You made a good choice in getting the Vaquero.
Happy Hunting,
Bill G
Tonight I took the Vaquero out just for a very short hunt in my iron nail-laden yard.
Here is a picture of the nail I found:
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I had disc up to accept clad and silver coins. This target was pretty much accepted.
After I dug it out it was rejected. Most likely the iron halo around it was setting off the detector. It was about 6 inches down.
I went over the hole and plug after pulling it out but there was nothing.
I wish I knew a good way to avoid digging these. Anyone know of any trick?
If you're using the 11x8 Widescan, there's not much you can do except to run disc higher..or switch to a concentric coil. The iron will give a shorter duration, scratchier signal, then start with popping and clicking, as you go higher with the discrimination...'till it's gone. By then, nickels and small gold may be disc'ed out as well.
Best way to avoid small iron though? Ask your Bandido that question..
Pretty sure your Bandido would have passed over that nail while still sounding off on a nickel under the coil, at the same time. I think the Vaquero will always have a little harder time rejecting the iron than the Bandido has with it, no matter which coil you use..but concentrics sure do help there. Bandidos are "the stuff" in iron.
The coil that seems to work best on the Vaquero for disc'ing out metals where they're marked on the faceplate (on my Vaqueros, anyway), is the 5.75 concentric. I think it's a "must have" coil, for any land Tesoro.
The 11x8 Widescan (if you have that one) is nice for coverage, light weight, well made and sensitive.. but it's not the best in trash, especially when you want to disc out iron.
Vaq is 4 pin Delta, Bandido is 5 pin Epsilon.....
Different windings too if you think about changing connectors as both types use four wires.
Do 5 pin Tesoro detectors usually do better in iron nail trash?
Yes
I'll defer to the experts, but as I see it, the 5 pin Tesoro's are lower power, and lower frequency and tend to be ED120 in their DISC range of adjustment.
The Vaquero is ED180 (debates continue about this), higher frequency, and uses the H.O.T. circuitry that gives it higher transmit power.
Do 5 pin Tesoro detectors usually do better in iron nail trash?
Is the Bandido II µMax ED120? I just bought one from Monte. The check is in the mail, anyway. :-)
I can't believe how teeny the control box is on my new Vaquero! Sure is a lot different from my huge Minelabs.Sure is. Congratulations, BTW.
You probably won't find it to work any better in trash than your original Bandido does, but the μmax is easier to swing.
Yes to y it's ed120.
Also the way it's spread, you are able to differentiate dimes quarters and silver. You can disc out a dime and still beep on quarters and silver. You can disc out quarters and dimes and still hit silver. Copper pennies are in there somewhere too.
But it allows for what I call "super cherry picking" lol.
Great unit and if it's from Monte it'll be a good u it as far as functionality.
Congrats on the B2mm!!!
The disc is a little different as it's numbers instead of words, but in a way can make it easier to learn.