The 5000 / D 3 series is not good ...
There is a machine you can recommend, deep and well-separated....
That is a decent older machine. Run in GEB normal and if you get a weak signal flip over to TR discriminate and give a sweep. If it says bad then don't dig but if it says good or doesn't say anything then dig. It should fine dimes at 8" depending on soil.
I want to search for coins and history works or something like a good machine I do not want to excavate a machineWhat are you looking for ? Ie.: what type hunting are you intending ? Eg.: coins ? Jewelry? Relics ? Ghost-townsy/ruins type sites ? Beach ? Prospecting for nuggets ? Cache-hunting ?
And DON'T say "all of the above"![]()
mud-flap, this advice makes me think you're thinking it's the original 5000d (which was a vlf/tr). Your instructions would be for someone using a TR discriminator. By the time motion disc (aka GEB disc, or VLF disc) hit the market in the late 1970s, hardly anyone ever used TR disc. Even if (like in this case) it was still an optional control. I suppose there were some people who might have needed it for super tight confines to discriminate (when motion wasn't an option, or when it was super junky like under bleachers or something).
But most people who this generation of the machine, would swing in GEB disc, then switch to GEB normal for pinpointing, or some other need when they wanted to hunt all metal.
I want to search for coins and history works ....