-Keith
Tenderfoot
I would like advice on upgrading to a new detector.
What detector I have and how I use it: I currently have a White's Classic II and only have been detecting for a few months. So far I have detected mostly on private property...
1) my house, built in 1985 - previously woodland surrounded by a farm
2) around a business in the downtown region of a small town since it was founded in ~1850
3) some land around a mansion built ~1820 and continuously occupied since then. Not around the actual house, but on some of the original lands ~100 yrds from the house. Only can get to this place a few times a year.
I hope to get permission to detect where an high school stood from ~1910 to 1970.
I have also done a little hunting in an older city park, which I'm sure has been extensively detected over the years.
What I've found so far:
1) a hand full of clad, most of these are in the grass's roots on an inch or two deeper.
2) a 1943 quarter (from spot #2, where the grass had been cleared away for a new walkway).
3) a small decayed leather change pursue with 7 coins ranging from 1930 to 1950 (from spot 3).
Observation on detector:
1) In an air test, it seems like I can spot a quarter at ~5in.
2. The White Classic II is a beep and dig machine. There is a dial to turn to change discrimination and another for sensitivity. The discrimination seems to work pretty well. Even at the highest sensitivity, I don't get any false positives.
My thoughts:
1) Given that the only older coins I have found were either where the grass and top soil was cleared away or in a group of coins all together, perhaps my machine cannot detect deep enough to find a single coin at its normal depth.
2. I would like a machine that gives more info than a beep or no beep. I'm surprised by how much info there s in the beep, but more would be better.
I would appreciate any comments on the first thought I posted and suggestions on possibly upgrading. My goal for the upgrade are to get a machine that can find deeper coins and give me more info in the sound than a single beep. I am not looking for a great machine, but one that I can continue to learn with over the next couple of years. Still, if I am going to spend money to upgrade, I would like the new machine to be significantly better than the one I already have. Cheap is good but I wouldn't mind spending up to $600 if the machine was noticeably better than say the $400 range. The price is for the machine and any recommended coil.
- Keith
What detector I have and how I use it: I currently have a White's Classic II and only have been detecting for a few months. So far I have detected mostly on private property...
1) my house, built in 1985 - previously woodland surrounded by a farm
2) around a business in the downtown region of a small town since it was founded in ~1850
3) some land around a mansion built ~1820 and continuously occupied since then. Not around the actual house, but on some of the original lands ~100 yrds from the house. Only can get to this place a few times a year.
I hope to get permission to detect where an high school stood from ~1910 to 1970.
I have also done a little hunting in an older city park, which I'm sure has been extensively detected over the years.
What I've found so far:
1) a hand full of clad, most of these are in the grass's roots on an inch or two deeper.
2) a 1943 quarter (from spot #2, where the grass had been cleared away for a new walkway).
3) a small decayed leather change pursue with 7 coins ranging from 1930 to 1950 (from spot 3).
Observation on detector:
1) In an air test, it seems like I can spot a quarter at ~5in.
2. The White Classic II is a beep and dig machine. There is a dial to turn to change discrimination and another for sensitivity. The discrimination seems to work pretty well. Even at the highest sensitivity, I don't get any false positives.
My thoughts:
1) Given that the only older coins I have found were either where the grass and top soil was cleared away or in a group of coins all together, perhaps my machine cannot detect deep enough to find a single coin at its normal depth.
2. I would like a machine that gives more info than a beep or no beep. I'm surprised by how much info there s in the beep, but more would be better.
I would appreciate any comments on the first thought I posted and suggestions on possibly upgrading. My goal for the upgrade are to get a machine that can find deeper coins and give me more info in the sound than a single beep. I am not looking for a great machine, but one that I can continue to learn with over the next couple of years. Still, if I am going to spend money to upgrade, I would like the new machine to be significantly better than the one I already have. Cheap is good but I wouldn't mind spending up to $600 if the machine was noticeably better than say the $400 range. The price is for the machine and any recommended coil.
- Keith
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