I've been thinking about getting a real MD for years. I own a 1960's vintage British Mine Detector kit model 4C which I sucessfully used to find a set of lost keys for my daughter's friend at the local beach many years ago. That outing pretty much covered off my investment. I never really found anything else of value with it.
Today, I drove about an hour from home to visit the only dealer I could find anywhere close to me. He didn;t have much in stock and I had the opportunity to research what he did have and make my decision. ( I could have ordered from away, but decided not to )
He had Garrett ACE 250's, a Tesoro Vaquero, Fisher Gold Bug II et al. I opted for the Vaquero based on some of the on-line reviews I read.(and the price suited me)
As soon as I could this evening, I high-tailed it over to the local beach (mentioned above). I was not all that interested in searching the beach proper as it is very early in the season. What really interested me is that before the beach was discovered as a leisure destination, it was a fishing community which was abandonded back in the '40's. All that is left is rock foundation walls, few of which are identifiable as such unless you know that they are there.
The first thing I noticed was that after exploring well up from the water for a while then moving closer to the beach, the Vaquero really went haywire in the wet sand (saltwater). I don't yet know if I will be able to get it work there.
It only took me a few minutes to get the hang of the "discriminator" function and that was when I found two Quarters, a dime, and one penny. The oldest was 1970, the newest, 1986. Not from the era of the old village but they were between 4 and 6" in the soil. I really had to dig for them. It was a great learning experience.
I'm going to have a lot of fun this summer! YAY!
Kevin
Today, I drove about an hour from home to visit the only dealer I could find anywhere close to me. He didn;t have much in stock and I had the opportunity to research what he did have and make my decision. ( I could have ordered from away, but decided not to )
He had Garrett ACE 250's, a Tesoro Vaquero, Fisher Gold Bug II et al. I opted for the Vaquero based on some of the on-line reviews I read.(and the price suited me)
As soon as I could this evening, I high-tailed it over to the local beach (mentioned above). I was not all that interested in searching the beach proper as it is very early in the season. What really interested me is that before the beach was discovered as a leisure destination, it was a fishing community which was abandonded back in the '40's. All that is left is rock foundation walls, few of which are identifiable as such unless you know that they are there.
The first thing I noticed was that after exploring well up from the water for a while then moving closer to the beach, the Vaquero really went haywire in the wet sand (saltwater). I don't yet know if I will be able to get it work there.
It only took me a few minutes to get the hang of the "discriminator" function and that was when I found two Quarters, a dime, and one penny. The oldest was 1970, the newest, 1986. Not from the era of the old village but they were between 4 and 6" in the soil. I really had to dig for them. It was a great learning experience.
I'm going to have a lot of fun this summer! YAY!
Kevin
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