Smudge
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- Joined
- Jul 9, 2010
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- Location
- Central Florida
- Detector(s) used
- A Propointer tied to a stick
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Hello Everybody.
I've been detecting for about three months now after a long absence from the hobby (about 15 years).
After spending a few hours getting to understand my new Compadre last week, today I decided to go for the parks and do a little serious coin shooting. I also had with me a Garrett Pro Pointer, which cost almost as much as the Compadre (
), but it sure has made retrieving targets a bunch easier!
So I got up early headed for a park that I know doesn't get detected often. I had been there a few months before with a Minelab 305, so I decided to see if any new coins had been dropped. Little did I know what I was in for.
Folks, my Compadre tore that park up like a Rottweiler. It not only found a lot of new coins, but a lot of old coins that came from good depths. I was covering the same area that I did with the 305 a few months ago, so either I wasn't swinging the coil in the right places or this Compadre is giving the Minelab a serious run for its money.
This has been, without question, my best coin finding day ever! 50, count 'em, 50 clad coins in a 4 hour period! Oh, I dug some junk too. You can see the bucket shot below. I always like to include that just to show all the other newbies than into every bucket a little junk must fall.
All the targets came in at 6 inches or less, pretty much the range most coins are found, except for you serious MDer's with those really deep machines that find the really old stuff. As for me, I was having a blast with what I had.
There is one oblong copper disc that I can't quite figure out. It may have been a souvenir penny token that got rubbed flat. I don't know.
Funny how I had to go to an inland park to find my first sinker!
So I just wanted you folks to know that I've played with some pricey metal detectors these past few months, but this little Compadre has given me the most fun, and the best returns, of any of them so far.
If anyone is thinking about getting one, I highly, highly recommend it.
Hope you folks had a great weekend hunting too! See ya next week.
I've been detecting for about three months now after a long absence from the hobby (about 15 years).
After spending a few hours getting to understand my new Compadre last week, today I decided to go for the parks and do a little serious coin shooting. I also had with me a Garrett Pro Pointer, which cost almost as much as the Compadre (
), but it sure has made retrieving targets a bunch easier!So I got up early headed for a park that I know doesn't get detected often. I had been there a few months before with a Minelab 305, so I decided to see if any new coins had been dropped. Little did I know what I was in for.
Folks, my Compadre tore that park up like a Rottweiler. It not only found a lot of new coins, but a lot of old coins that came from good depths. I was covering the same area that I did with the 305 a few months ago, so either I wasn't swinging the coil in the right places or this Compadre is giving the Minelab a serious run for its money.
This has been, without question, my best coin finding day ever! 50, count 'em, 50 clad coins in a 4 hour period! Oh, I dug some junk too. You can see the bucket shot below. I always like to include that just to show all the other newbies than into every bucket a little junk must fall.
All the targets came in at 6 inches or less, pretty much the range most coins are found, except for you serious MDer's with those really deep machines that find the really old stuff. As for me, I was having a blast with what I had.
There is one oblong copper disc that I can't quite figure out. It may have been a souvenir penny token that got rubbed flat. I don't know.
Funny how I had to go to an inland park to find my first sinker!
So I just wanted you folks to know that I've played with some pricey metal detectors these past few months, but this little Compadre has given me the most fun, and the best returns, of any of them so far.
If anyone is thinking about getting one, I highly, highly recommend it.
Hope you folks had a great weekend hunting too! See ya next week.
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Great finds!!!!! dont know why but i love finding keys 
