R AND R
Jr. Member
- Joined
- Jan 25, 2009
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- 89
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- Location
- Menominee, MI
- Detector(s) used
- Tesoro-Sidewinder,Stingray 2, Bandito Classic, 1265X w/ Hot Head 12, BHID 9.5 coil and Garrett ACE 2fiddy!
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This machine is NOT a toy! Anybody that does not believe it, I will take out and give em a green whoopin! I spent Sat afternoon(4hr) and most of Sunday(6hr) getting to know the machine.
Things I've noticed,
1. At too high gain the ID lies, esp when using the 4 inch coil. foil blobs would ID as coins or pulltabs. Fixed it by lowering the gain.
2. 98% of the time if the machine says it's "crap" - bad signal,short,one way or "ghost" targets it was a speck of nothing, hence CRAP.
3. Sensitivity settings are critical, too high it sounds like a machine gun, pop,pop,pop,pop.......turn it down. One notch won't kill you.
4. Coins on the surface sound way diff. The closest I can describe it is - the drum intro on a striptease, boom,ba-boom,ba-boom (ding sound)
5. The Green and Yellow is a people magnet.
6. Seems like the silver coin was a softer "belltone" than a clad? Not 100% as I was in turn-the-dirt mode.
7. If you don't have the 4 inch coil get it. You can get into those areas where the 6x9 is going nutz!
8. Hunt in Jewelry mode, Just listen for the flat nickle tone or ding, seems like the machine chokes less than in coin mode.
9. All the targets that changed id all over the scale were foil blobs.
10. Used both the coils and for trashy areas the 4 inch is the way to go, You'll do way better with it. Also it fits between roots- see the eagle pin.
11. Best ID for the $$$ I've ever used. You can be lazy and still pull good stuff.
A 10k ring, Silver dime 23 merc, several wheats, several nickles, a 5 dollar bill! Earring, Broach lot's o cool stuff. I alos think I found a train coin, smashed. I may want to get the "big" coil I was hunting an open school yard that had been hunted, pulling a few targets from the 7 inch range w/ 6x9 coil.
I saved all the crap too, look at all the coins! Woot! Now if I can just find more spots to hunt!
GO Garrett !!!!!!!!
Things I've noticed,
1. At too high gain the ID lies, esp when using the 4 inch coil. foil blobs would ID as coins or pulltabs. Fixed it by lowering the gain.
2. 98% of the time if the machine says it's "crap" - bad signal,short,one way or "ghost" targets it was a speck of nothing, hence CRAP.
3. Sensitivity settings are critical, too high it sounds like a machine gun, pop,pop,pop,pop.......turn it down. One notch won't kill you.
4. Coins on the surface sound way diff. The closest I can describe it is - the drum intro on a striptease, boom,ba-boom,ba-boom (ding sound)
5. The Green and Yellow is a people magnet.
6. Seems like the silver coin was a softer "belltone" than a clad? Not 100% as I was in turn-the-dirt mode.
7. If you don't have the 4 inch coil get it. You can get into those areas where the 6x9 is going nutz!
8. Hunt in Jewelry mode, Just listen for the flat nickle tone or ding, seems like the machine chokes less than in coin mode.
9. All the targets that changed id all over the scale were foil blobs.
10. Used both the coils and for trashy areas the 4 inch is the way to go, You'll do way better with it. Also it fits between roots- see the eagle pin.
11. Best ID for the $$$ I've ever used. You can be lazy and still pull good stuff.
A 10k ring, Silver dime 23 merc, several wheats, several nickles, a 5 dollar bill! Earring, Broach lot's o cool stuff. I alos think I found a train coin, smashed. I may want to get the "big" coil I was hunting an open school yard that had been hunted, pulling a few targets from the 7 inch range w/ 6x9 coil.
I saved all the crap too, look at all the coins! Woot! Now if I can just find more spots to hunt!
GO Garrett !!!!!!!!
I am planning on getting an ace 250 soon so, it is nice to see posts like this. Thanks,
Darn it! 
