Best or only detector for finding stud earings?

[Pointman]

Friend of mine went out last week looking for a large stud earring for someone. He had his T2 and Explorer SE and he couldn't get a reading on the second earring. He told the homeowner that if anyone could find it, it would be his buddy (me). Of course I am flattered and I contact the owner of the earring. Went out today with me Deus and Compradre. Well guess, what, I couldn't get a reading know matter how I set the Deus up. The Comprare wouldn't do a thing as well.

I am fairly adept at the settings so I know that wasn't the problem, but the Deus would barely sense it and the earring would have to be oriented just a certain way and it would have to be right up against the coil. If I had the CTX today I would have tried to depend on the Audio Threshold and would have listened for the breaks, but I am unsure if the CTX would have even found it. The Garrett AT Propointer would not sense it either.

Surprisingly the owner's AT Pro would somewhat sense it if it was placed within an inch of the coil, but what surprised me over the Deus was that it would give a bouncy, but actual reading on the VID (27-41). I would say the Deus was 10% working and the AT Pro was easily 50% picking up on the stud.

My question is this, has anyone found/used a detector that would actually pick up on stud earrings well and how did it do? How far will it pick up on depth and would it give a VID?

BTW, I did find the earring, but it was an "eyeball" find. It would have been the most expensive thing I found by sight alone ($6,000 for the pair).

 

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[Tom_in_CA]

Wow, that must be a pretty small earing stud if all those machines you listed couldn't find it. It's a given that a CTX or Explorer SE aren't going to get it though, since those are coin/relic machines, which simply won't find tinsel thin items, nuggets, etc...

If the earing stud is a dainty-whispy as you say, you may have to resort of a nugget machine. But be prepared that every single staple, birdshot, straight-pin, fleck, etc.... will "ring the bells of notre dame". doh!

 

[Pointman]

Wow, that must be a pretty small earing stud if all those machines you listed couldn't find it. It's a given that a CTX or Explorer SE aren't going to get it though, since those are coin/relic machines, which simply won't find tinsel thin items, nuggets, etc...

If the earing stud is a dainty-whispy as you say, you may have to resort of a nugget machine. But be prepared that every single staple, birdshot, straight-pin, fleck, etc.... will "ring the bells of notre dame". doh!

The earring was large, 3/4 of a carat, but still the mount and pin part is small. I was wondering if I need to add a dedicated nugget machine to my collection in case I run into a situation like this again. I've dug BB size pieces of aluminum and even BBs with the Deus at depth, so it surprised me that it wouldn't pick up on the earring. I think it is simple because the metal part of the earring is so thin.

 

[Terry Soloman]

Did anybody have a Tesoro Compadre, Cibola, Vaquero - for you to test? A Vaquero would read it for sure as a recent drop, and probably the Compadre as well.

 

[Pointman]

Did anybody have a Tesoro Compadre, Cibola, Vaquero - for you to test? A Vaquero would read it for sure as a recent drop, and probably the Compadre as well.

I had my Compradre with 8" coil and it wouldn't find it. Even when I put it up against the coil with no discrimination and waved it back and forth.

 

[TommyB]

I've found a bunch in dry sand at the beach with my Whites Dual Surf PI machine. Some very small. But have to listen for the 'whispers'.
Not sure how it would work on land.

 

[cudamark]

If it was a gold or platinum earring, a dedicated gold machine, like a Fisher Gold Bug is your best bet at finding it. I use my White's Goldmaster VSat when I need to find a stud earring. Most nugget machines should be able to do it. My only pin pointer that will detect one is my old TinyTec, and it almost has to touch the earring before it sounds off.

 

[Pointman]

If it was a gold or platinum earring, a dedicated gold machine, like a Fisher Gold Bug is your best bet at finding it. I use my White's Goldmaster VSat when I need to find a stud earring. Most nugget machines should be able to do it. My only pin pointer that will detect one is my old TinyTec, and it almost has to touch the earring before it sounds off.

This was my feelings. I have a Vista Gold machine that I want to sell, but didn't think it would be a problem picking up the stud with my Deus, so I didn't bother to bring it. The Deus is pretty sensitive and I still couldn't find the earring even with it set at max frequency.

 

[beerguy]

Found separately with my CTX.

 

[GA_Boy]

Now I must test some of my wife's earrings. I'm sure my GBII will air test 4"-5" on even the smallest.
Stay tuned for tomorrows results.
Marvin

 

[Terry Soloman]

 

[CaptEsteban]

I am surprised the Compadre would not pick it up. I have one & have found several small silver & gold stud earrings.

 

[Oddjob]

Thats interesting, I have found several studded with my 3030; but if I would have lost a 6K ear ring then I would have certainly pulled out the 7000, over kill but just to be on the safe side.

 

[freepistol]

I am surprised the Compadre would not pick it up. I have one & have found several small silver & gold stud earrings.

Do you have the 8" coil, Capt., like PointMan?

 

[jeff of pa]

My sovereign with the W.O.T. coil has picked up Studs in lake mud.
Depth I don't remember.

I think my Explorer SE would also considering how tiny some of my Finds are , But on Fresh
test items I don't know.

air tests & items not given a chance to Mate with the Ground around them
are not accurate imo

 

[cudamark]

It sure would have been nice if they had done this comparison video on a better day. The audio was terrible! Interesting results though.

 

[CaptEsteban]

Do you have the 8" coil, Capt., like PointMan?

Mine is an older one with 7" coil, but I know other people who have found small gold items with 8" coils. Items were not very deep, maybe under 3".

 

[perry2]

I'll bet an old Gold Bug would pick it up // mine will pick up a #9 shot at 2" Perry

 

[CaptEsteban]

This is a small , thin piece of a 10K charm at the end of the stick. My Compadre picks this up at a depth of about 2" . Air tests at about 2 1/2".

 

[Deft Tones]

That's odd. Deus in 18khz has been showing me there are many staples around 3 inches by the shelters at the park...like thin T-50, single staples.


The V3i ran in srereo mixed mode pro single freq. 22khz would not miss a recent drop like that, although our ears may... even with a 12"x15" sef coil. In fact, that might be my first choice if I were in a rush.

I'd be checking my Deus against small burried balls of foil similar to the size you expect to find. Something isn't right IMHO.