Darshevo
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- Joined
- Jun 16, 2010
- Messages
- 129
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- 7
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- Location
- Spokane, Wa
- Detector(s) used
- Tesoro Silver uMax, Fisher CZ-6a
What a great day! I have been looking for a detector for awhile. I have 2 but they are both from the mid 70's and either have issues or I am just not smart enough to work them 
When I woke up this morn there was a Tesoro uMax Silver on Craigslist for $150 with a tag showing it had basically just come back from service with a fresh calibration. After reading a bunch of reviews here I gave the guy a call. Of course there was no answer (darn the luck!) I left him a voice mail and my girlfriend and I set out for a day of garage sale-ing. About 1/2 way though the morning I saw my first ever (at least since I have been paying attention) metal detector at a garage sale. It was a Fisher CZ-6a Quicksilver. $100 later and I had a detector! I couldn't wait to get home to play with it, but dutifully continued out family garage sale outing. Maybe an hour later the guy with the Tesoro called me to let me know he still had it and was at home. We shot up there and picked it up too so now mama and I both have one.
Since I have been chomping at the bit to play with the uMax (and it looks much easier to use right out of the box) I set out on a metal detecting adventure in my back yard (house was built in 1946)
I know that to many this is all trash, but to me there is no greater treasure than the 'junk' I dug up 5 feet from my own back door. I am so hooked! The whistle was a great find as was the .03 cents we found (all early 80s, my girl friends 7 year old daughter wouldn't relinquish the one she dug even for a picture!) I am pretty sure the nail pictured is also a hand wrought, which also ended up in the keeper pile.
When I woke up this morn there was a Tesoro uMax Silver on Craigslist for $150 with a tag showing it had basically just come back from service with a fresh calibration. After reading a bunch of reviews here I gave the guy a call. Of course there was no answer (darn the luck!) I left him a voice mail and my girlfriend and I set out for a day of garage sale-ing. About 1/2 way though the morning I saw my first ever (at least since I have been paying attention) metal detector at a garage sale. It was a Fisher CZ-6a Quicksilver. $100 later and I had a detector! I couldn't wait to get home to play with it, but dutifully continued out family garage sale outing. Maybe an hour later the guy with the Tesoro called me to let me know he still had it and was at home. We shot up there and picked it up too so now mama and I both have one. Since I have been chomping at the bit to play with the uMax (and it looks much easier to use right out of the box) I set out on a metal detecting adventure in my back yard (house was built in 1946)
I know that to many this is all trash, but to me there is no greater treasure than the 'junk' I dug up 5 feet from my own back door. I am so hooked! The whistle was a great find as was the .03 cents we found (all early 80s, my girl friends 7 year old daughter wouldn't relinquish the one she dug even for a picture!) I am pretty sure the nail pictured is also a hand wrought, which also ended up in the keeper pile.
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