Opinions---- What MD is the BEST coinshooter??????

[gregl01]

Hey folks, just looking for opinions(we all have them!!!) on the BEST coinshooter. What MD has the best depth, most accurate on coins, and ease of pinpointing. Alright, lets hear you thoughts!!!!
Thanks,
Greg

 

[Digginman]

I've owned several detectors from cheapos to great ones. For average clad type, coin shooting, my TreasureAce 250 just gobbles coins up. You will get alot of opinions, but this is my choice.

DM

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

In my experience it is usually the one in the hands of the guy next to me. Occasionally the one the guy used the day before at the spot where I am currently.

Pay you money and take your chances like the rest of us. There are so many variations in the soil, weather and user's temperement and willingness to futz with the equipment that there is no single "best", only the best at that time in that place under those conditions. Clad or oldies? Copper, gold or silver? In trash or deep? Is a good coin day for you one where you got lots of coins along with lots of trash or one where you just cherry picked the higher denominations and dug no bottle-caps and pull-tabs at all? If you want units that do it all well and consistantly check the flagship detectors for each manufacturer.

I'm loving my F-75 on coins so far. Only had it a week and today was Dime-Day at the park during lunch hour.

 

[Jeffro]

I use a fisher cz-5 quicksilver and I have no complaints. It goes deep, is pretty accurate on ID, has a fast response time, and pinpointing is VERY accurate.

 

[Ant]

I was always told to watch out for the man who owns one gun, because he just might know how to use it. The same thing applies to metal detectors.

Another words, purchase a mid level detector and then use and learn it. That’s how to find lots of coins, plus location, I repeat, location. I don't believe there’s one best detector for all situations. You’d have to own more than a few to select from depending on conditions, the best tool to do the job, turf, beach, demo, homestead, etc.

 

[Michigan Badger]

The best I've found so far is the Tejon (surprised?).

Reasons:

1. Extremely smooth running in low or high trash areas.
2. Very good depth 8-9 inches on a freshly buried clad dime.
3. Super easy to ground balance and learn (mastered within 10 hours).
4. The discrimination is as good or better than other brands. If you want you can dig almost zero iron but the machine will always give a nice solid signal on all coins. Even coins laying 3 inches from giant pieces of iron will sound off in discrimination mode. It will detect a dime and ignore a 6 inch rusty square nail on top of it (between the coil and coin).
5. Discrimination depth is excellent but with the all-metal mode you'll get 1-3 inches more depth (depends on soil) on coin sized targets and much more on larger objects.
6. There is no meter to cause one to miss good targets.
7. The Tejon is ultra light weight and a pure joy to use. It feels like part of your arm while hunting.
8. It's not affected by extreme weather changes and water doesn't bother it one bit.
9. It's super reliable and built to last.
10. You have a good coil selection from which to choose but the very best coil is the one that comes on the detector.
11. Target separation is supreme.
12. It works just as well with recharegables as it does with alkalines.
13. It comes with a lifetime warrenttee and Tesoro is well known for their generosity even when a machine is bought used.
14. All Tesoros bring high prices when sold used. I've seen used Cibolas on ebay bring almost as much as new.

I could keep listing but suffice it to say that the Tesoro Tejon is the best coin/jewelry/relic machine made today for the average hobby treasure hunter. It's a no-nonsense detector.

Negative features:

1. You can't dive with it.
2. It won't find treasure where there's none to be found.

Badger

 

[MEinWV]

I have had several really good units. 2D, 5000D, freedom ace, 1280X, CZ5. They have all been great on coins.

There are way to many great coinshooting machines out there to even venture a guess.

Good luck!...........HH

 

[gregl01]

I'm glad to see the variety!!!! I realize that no one machine can excel in all situations I currently own a ACE250 and a Tesoro Cibola but wonder if there's a better machine for strictly coinshooting. All your posts are interesting and thanks Badger, I knew you'd be braggin' on that new Tejon
Thanks all
Greg

 

[erikk]

The minelab explorer is pretty hard to beat and there is a large variety of coils available for it. Found at over 12 inches with an EX2 & Sun Ray 12 in coil Sunday

 

[hollowpointred]

i am partial to the minelab explorer se, but it is not real easy to learn and it is heavy and unbalanced. every other catagory it excels in though.

 

[Blackjack77]

i like My 2500- -imaging is a real plus. Is it better than others??
Its as good as the person using it!!!
HH

 

[ELVISFAN]

DFX DFX DFX DFX OVER 12 INCHES IN DEPTH.

 

[DFX-SE Gregg]

DFX DFX DFX DFX OVER 12 INCHES IN DEPTH.

I agree with this answer!

 

[SC_hunter]

The best I've found so far is the Tejon (surprised?).

Reasons:

1. Extremely smooth running in low or high trash areas.
2. Very good depth 8-9 inches on a freshly buried clad dime.
3. Super easy to ground balance and learn (mastered within 10 hours).
4. The discrimination is as good or better than other brands. If you want you can dig almost zero iron but the machine will always give a nice solid signal on all coins. Even coins laying 3 inches from giant pieces of iron will sound off in discrimination mode. It will detect a dime and ignore a 6 inch rusty square nail on top of it (between the coil and coin).
5. Discrimination depth is excellent but with the all-metal mode you'll get 1-3 inches more depth (depends on soil) on coin sized targets and much more on larger objects.
6. There is no meter to cause one to miss good targets.
7. The Tejon is ultra light weight and a pure joy to use. It feels like part of your arm while hunting.
8. It's not affected by extreme weather changes and water doesn't bother it one bit.
9. It's super reliable and built to last.
10. You have a good coil selection from which to choose but the very best coil is the one that comes on the detector.
11. Target separation is supreme.
12. It works just as well with recharegables as it does with alkalines.
13. It comes with a lifetime warrenttee and Tesoro is well known for their generosity even when a machine is bought used.
14. All Tesoros bring high prices when sold used. I've seen used Cibolas on ebay bring almost as much as new.

I could keep listing but suffice it to say that the Tesoro Tejon is the best coin/jewelry/relic machine made today for the average hobby treasure hunter. It's a no-nonsense detector.

Negative features:

1. You can't dive with it.
2. It won't find treasure where there's none to be found.

Badger

The only one I don't agree with is number 14...My buddy just sold his...had it for about a year and used it abt 10 times...Sold for 350...almost half price from when it was new. Guess what he bought..lol An Ace 250...HH

 

[Michigan Badger]

The only one I don't agree with is number 14...My buddy just sold his...had it for about a year and used it abt 10 times...Sold for 350...almost half price from when it was new. Guess what he bought..lol An Ace 250...HH

I guess I should have written almost always bring a high price

Low bid on ebay? This happens. Had it happen to me more than once. That buyer got a super deal.

He sold his Tejon to buy an ACE 250?

Badger

 

[Monty]

If you have strictly coin shooting in mind I would think the lightest unit would be less tiring because you will be doing a lot of digging. Tesoro comes to mind right off hand, but the little ACE is not bad for the money. Monty

 

[tmpubs]

Greg-

I use my old Whites VSat for everything. Once you get good enough with any specific
detector, you'll be happy with your finds. I can usually tell trash from coins or gold, but
still dig everything! Never know!

-Scotty

 

[gregl01]

Thanks guys, I do really love my Tesoro Cibola, but I sometimes wish it had some type of notch disc where I could keep nickels and gold but lose those darn tabs!!! Maybe Tesoro could build a simple target ID machine using the Cibolas ED180 circuitry( hint- hint) Come on Giffords!!!!!
Thanks all again!!!!!!!!!!!
Greg