atomicscott
Bronze Member
- Aug 18, 2011
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- Detector(s) used
- Current: Nokta Makro Simplex+, Teknetics Patriot, Fisher Gold Bug (original), GP Pinpointer (Garrett Clone) Lesche. Owned: Omega 8000, Minelab X-Terra 505, Fisher F2, Tesoro Vaquero, & Compadre, Whit
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I use the same criteria: Finds. I post my finds here, and although I havent found anything earth shattering, I have found much more goodies in trashy torn down homesites using all metal, zero disc, multi tones, than using disc and a single tone. I can hunt both ways with my detector, and IMO it is nearly impossible to hunt sites with 10 targets per swing using a single tone. I find more (you can see my finds posts) with my current detector. I had to try DIFFERENT detectors to know this, so I took a chance like everyone must if they want to experience the capabilities of another brand. I would not know how much I like my current detector other than by trying it myself and FINDING things. Note, no brand names were used in the above statement.I have no doubt multi tones with real low disc or all metal is an advantage. The problem is most of the areas I have been hunting are sooooooo trashy it would hard to make heads or tails out of all the music. Not saying it cant be done and isn't done, but I imagine you would have to really slow it down to try and get a good sounding high tone hit. There is a lot of junk out there that would have the right conductivity to give a high tone hit. In some situations where trash is extreme, notching or high disc is the only reasonable option. Do you miss some coins? No doubt, I am sure I have.
If multi tones are what has given you great success, it would be hard to justify switching to a single tone. I understand that. Conversely though, I have had great success with the Tesoro single tone and can tell most trash from a coin. Some exceptions are bottlecaps with the sides bent in. For me I will stick with what has bought me success, and that is Tesoro.
There are guys that do well and have had success with all makes. It can be hard to mess with what is successful for you, and really why would you. Some people will go through several detectors to find the one that suits them well. When they find it, it's a keeper. For me that has been Tesoro, for others it's something different. So be it!