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    The disappearing signal with the Vaq.

    I had one of those signals today that disappeared. It was very strange, Before I pulled back the flap there was a decent signal. pull back the flap and it was weaker. Dig and the signal disappeared. I dug deep and the pinpointer would not pick up anything. Put the flap back and the signal...
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    New coil for the vaq or a compadre

    I was thinking of purchasing a new 5.75 concentric coil for the vaq but now wonder if I should just get a Compadre instead. What would you tesoro guys do? Would you rather have a Vaq and two coils or a Vaq and Compadre?
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    This is why I love metal detecting

    You just never know what you are going to find. Picked up a 1934 Merc and an old Merry widow condom container this morning. It held 3 condoms and cost a dollar.I dont know if I should open it or not.
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    Thats it. time to get the 5.75 coil for the vaq

    Yesterday i hunted the strip between a sidewalk and a busy street with the Vaq ans stock coil. I've always been happy with that coil but this place was incredibly difficult to hunt. There was metal everywhere , mostly aluminum. It was usually impossible to separate targets. I resorted to heavy...
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    A 22 bullet casing in the midst of trash - Vaquero

    Went hunting for an hour today at an old home site. Lots of trash , rusty cans... I wasnt digging all the targets , did not have time. In a particularly trashy area I heard this mellow tone in between the rusty cans. Dug it and it was a 22 casing. Im amazed the machine picked it out of that...
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    Found a bird band

    I hunted in the woods today . The soil is much moister there. Found a 1909 penny and this bird tag with a Tesoro vaquero ,before the heat and humidity wore me down. I called the number in and they are suppose to email me back with a certificate and info on the speices of bird, where it was banded...
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    My box of rusty treasures is full ...

    ...Time to get a bigger box. Yesterdays finds at an old homestead that I found in the woods. There is no house / foundation there , but it looked like a place where a house/cabin should have been .
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    I have a Whatzit. Calvary medal maybe?

    First picture is for size. Second a close up.
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    Advice for a first detector

    My uncle wants to buy his 1st detector. I am strongly recommending a Tesoro. I have the Vaq and impressed with the depth I have found some coins at. I dont know if he is willing to pay that much for his first. He has permission to hunt one of the oldest sites in the county, so depth is...
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    Took the Vaquero for a walk this morning.

    I walked an old river road that has very steep hills leading down to it. Looking for a flat spot that could have been used for a cabin or house. About 500 yards in I found what i was looking for. Right off the bat I saw two old bottles so I knew the place was used. Started detecting and found a...
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    What could this signal be?: Vaquero

    A few weeks ago I hit a real sweet signal in the woods at a local parl. It sounded great and maxed out the disc of the vaq. I did not have a shovel just a hand digger. I spent thirty minutes trying to recover this target. The hole was well over a foot deep and a foot wide. The audio signal never...
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    An unmarked silver ring.

    Found a second piece of unmarked silver for the year, this morning.This one , a childs silver ring with yellow stone.I think it is pretty old and the stone I believe is not glass. Its sort of milky yellow. Found it with a Vaquero . It was about 4 inches down and broke up where zinc pennies...
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    Hori Hori knife for a digger

    Im thinking about getting a Hori hori as my digging tool. Have any of you ever used one for metal detecting? Are they strong enough to last for years
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    The vaquero and tiny targets.

    I was searching a wooded area yesterday and found a wheat penny 4 to six inches down. I swept the hole before leaving and did not get a signal. I swept it in all metal and got a very good mellow signal. So I dug deeper , could not find it with a pinpointer so dug deeper. Swept my drop cloth...
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    How I pinpoint with the Vaquero

    To pinpoint I move the coil off the target , then with short sweeps advance it. I take notice where the leading edge of the coil is when it first starts getting a solid signal. I keep the short sweeps going and continue to advance the coil and take note where the trailing edge of the coil is...
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    The Vaq was hitting deep today

    Found a Rosie what I think is some silver jewelry but it is unmarked and three wheats. All three wheats were 6 to 8 inches deep. One of them was deeper than my Fiskars digger blade. They didnt give great signals but after i heard it I would supertune it and get a better signal. The Rosie and...
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    Unmarked Silver? and silver rosie

    Found three wheats today , a 47 rosie and what appears to be some siver wire jewelry but it is unmarked. It gave a good signal discriminating out just below maximum on my vaquero. It came out of the ground white , like silver. No tarnish. I never found silver before unmarked. what do you think ?
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    An old racetrack

    I just got permission to search an old car racing track.Its going to be overgrown. Not used since the late fifties to early sixties. This place is going to be full of car parts, spark plugs... I think I will initially ignore the track and hunt the outskirts where the venders were. Ill be using a...
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    Is my Vaquero working right ?

    Ive read the manual and watched the video about ground balancing. The manual says to set the threshold until it barely makes noise then lower it to the ground. My machine is to sensitive and any movement makes it scream.I cannot ground balance it that way .Its impossible.I have to turn the...
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    What is it? Military?

    I have already posted this in Todays Find and Tesoro page. This was found on an old logging trail where horses were used .Appears to be pewter. About the size of a nickle.I cant tell if the top is an Eagle or leaves. l
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