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1236-X2 vs. Vaquero?
- Thread starter OldeTymer
- Start date
Jackpine Savage
Active member
OT,
They are two totaly different detectors in iron. Depending on the actual amount and type of iron one may do better than the other. The V is much quieter than the 36 on targets/iron at or near the disc setting (less bleed thru and popping) at normal sensitivity settings. You have to really get used to it and pay attention to the sweep speed to get the most out of it in bad iron especially if you try to crank it up where falsing and iron ID can become a problem. Kind of 2 detectors ins one depending on sens setting. Can be swept quite slow and retain some good depth which is a bonus. The 1236 is typically "Fisher noisy" in iron at low disc but the good beeps come thru with no problem. Great detector in iron of all types. Some machines handle small iron better than others but have trouble with the bigger flat rusting aways stuff, the 1236 handles both with ease seeing the good stuff quite close in. <p>the Vaquero with the 5.75" coil and 1236 with stock 8" would make a great combo for iron hunting. Get em both as they both have their place.
Tom
They are two totaly different detectors in iron. Depending on the actual amount and type of iron one may do better than the other. The V is much quieter than the 36 on targets/iron at or near the disc setting (less bleed thru and popping) at normal sensitivity settings. You have to really get used to it and pay attention to the sweep speed to get the most out of it in bad iron especially if you try to crank it up where falsing and iron ID can become a problem. Kind of 2 detectors ins one depending on sens setting. Can be swept quite slow and retain some good depth which is a bonus. The 1236 is typically "Fisher noisy" in iron at low disc but the good beeps come thru with no problem. Great detector in iron of all types. Some machines handle small iron better than others but have trouble with the bigger flat rusting aways stuff, the 1236 handles both with ease seeing the good stuff quite close in. <p>the Vaquero with the 5.75" coil and 1236 with stock 8" would make a great combo for iron hunting. Get em both as they both have their place.
Tom
Thanks for your input, Tom. I have a 1236-X2, and was wondering if I needed the Vaquero either in place of it, or to compliment it. I just can't swing the heavier machines like I used to. I was out yesterday with the XL Pro, and the CZ3D, for about 3.5 hours, and have been in pain ever since with my back. I think I'll have to let them go as I just can't do it any more.
They will be used for field hunting, and iron clad ghost towns full of square nails, and loads of other rusted metal typical for those sites. The ground is generally mid 70's to mid 80's on an MXT. If you could only have one of them in these settings, which would you choose?
Thanks again,
OldeTymer
They will be used for field hunting, and iron clad ghost towns full of square nails, and loads of other rusted metal typical for those sites. The ground is generally mid 70's to mid 80's on an MXT. If you could only have one of them in these settings, which would you choose?
Thanks again,
OldeTymer
Jackpine Savage
Active member
Otto,
That would be a hard decision. The V needs a slower sweep or it will miss targets, so it would not be my first pick for field hunting where covering ground is the ticket.
Ya should have kept the Edge. Its been doing great for me in the fields and iron! Lets see... I got er broke in good so it should be worth a premium if your interested in getting it back.
I wish I had an easy answer for you. Take care my friend.
Hey, did you ever find that ring?
HH Tom
That would be a hard decision. The V needs a slower sweep or it will miss targets, so it would not be my first pick for field hunting where covering ground is the ticket.
Ya should have kept the Edge. Its been doing great for me in the fields and iron! Lets see... I got er broke in good so it should be worth a premium if your interested in getting it back.
I wish I had an easy answer for you. Take care my friend.
Hey, did you ever find that ring?
HH Tom
Tom,
I'm going to have both the V, and the 1236-X2. That way I have both scenarios covered. I know the Edge is working well for you. I thought it would in your soil. I think the problem might be me as I didn't have any luck with any of the 3 digital units here.
Never found the ring. I have my doubts as to the validity of the story now. It's hard to imagine this trailer-park trash to have a ring of that value. Why it was worth more than her home. I know I would have been taking the first layer of ground from that site and sifting it if I had lost a ring that valuable. According to her sister, they didn't even go looking for it. That's got to tell you something.
Glad you are doing well. The 3D is gone, and the XL Pro is next. I have to resign myself to the super light units now. It figures. After 34 years of anticipating having time to detect whenever I wanted, and now retired, I can't hardly hunt anymore.
Take care, and keep digging the good stuff every chance you get.
OldeTymer
I'm going to have both the V, and the 1236-X2. That way I have both scenarios covered. I know the Edge is working well for you. I thought it would in your soil. I think the problem might be me as I didn't have any luck with any of the 3 digital units here.
Never found the ring. I have my doubts as to the validity of the story now. It's hard to imagine this trailer-park trash to have a ring of that value. Why it was worth more than her home.
I know I would have been taking the first layer of ground from that site and sifting it if I had lost a ring that valuable. According to her sister, they didn't even go looking for it. That's got to tell you something.Glad you are doing well. The 3D is gone, and the XL Pro is next. I have to resign myself to the super light units now. It figures. After 34 years of anticipating having time to detect whenever I wanted, and now retired, I can't hardly hunt anymore.
Take care, and keep digging the good stuff every chance you get.
OldeTymer
Jackpine Savage
Active member
a couple of those ring tales myself. Never found either one of them either. On one search the only good hit I got was on the .22 cal lead in the rib cage of a deer carcass. 
Tom
Tom