1266 and tesoro Silver Umax

[nad]

Right now ,I have a Fisher 1266, that, frankly, I don't know how to use..Ground is trash, and since these are private yards, don't want to dig all the holes..I was told the Tesoro silver Umax would be good under these circumstances..I have several hind end kicking places to go, where a deep machine may be of value, high weeds etc Everything at these sites will be pre 1918..So, if your money, would you buy a tesoro for in town yards? Out areas, keep the Fisher, trade, sell, loan ..Last good coin found was putting it down BY ACCIDENT and coming up with an 1840's large cent XF..But have never found a silver coin with it...So, doing something wrong,,,all the time.. Thank you very much for any and all help nad

 

[rmptr]

It would be hard to argue with quality of a Fisher 1266... Quality machine.
And I DO favor Tesoro.

Have you tried a smaller coil to deal with the trash?

Persistence WILL get you the reward!

 

[tabdog]

Practice Practice Practice


Maybe you should find some easy digging until you learn to ID targets.

Sand or loose gravel works well.

Silver uMax should go off on coins like nobodies bussiness.

You just have to learn by recovering targets.

Every body wants the MD to do the work for them.

It's not going to be very productive with that mind set.

HH,

 

[nad]

I think the 1266 intimidated me with all the chatter and the sensitivity to iron...First Detector was in 1963, a Fisher T20, still have it, then an O'Hara Gold o Meter, excellent take off on a Fisher T20.Put some of the photographs ,items in the treasure books by Cubit and Lobo(Sam Wolfe) Jack died a long time ago, I think Sam as well.Some where around there, I wrote what may be the first road test for a magazine called the LOG.Then got a 1210, a 1250 that I gave to a friend in the UK,Now the 1266 that I have to play with,,,also, going to buy a Tesoro Silver U Max..70 coming up..I used to go all over Hell looking for things..Remember old Lee Hurtado, from Lehigh Acres Fla, who used to drive around with a bucket of cobs in the trunk? Alan Taylor/Boyd Rodgers of Orlando..Slowed way down...have some interesting spots, here in Ohio. but drive several hours, search several hours, and drive back??? Both tired and can't see worth a spit at night..I can guarantee it will take about two weeks to get your toes uncurled if you came along. Along the way, I was the last secretary of the old Treasure Trove Club out of NYC. It lasted 1938 to 1988 when Raymond Dow died..One time, I bought topo maps for all of Licking county, a living room floor full, then transcribed all the 1870 maps and 1900 maps on that...lots of places to go, map got ruined in a flood and I never did another. If you know someone who knows something about the Killdeer battle site, be so kind as to send my way,, mess of questions to ask..Elton, many thanks,, am going to play with your suggestions, printed them out, However, when you say IRON, what kind of target are we talking about,,a nail, pop lid?cordially Nad

 

[JB(MS)]

I bought two 1266's, mainly for relic hunting, when they were first released, kept at least one around for over 10 years and made a lot of good finds with them. Great detector when used in the right places, but they can drive a sane man batty at others. Anyone who hasn't used one in heavy trash can't comprehend just how frustrating they can be. No question they are the noisiest detectors I've used, anywhere there was even a moderate amount of iron in the ground they gave a nonstop symphony of groans, pops, crackles and other irritating sounds. On the ones I had there was basically no discrimination on targets over 7 inches or so deep, deeper that that every target sounded good regardless of where discrimination was set. The first relic hunt with them was in a pasture at the site of the Battle of Bryce's Crossroad. We dug some really deep minies, mostly .58 Springfields, but every reasonably fresh pile of cow droppings gave a signal identical to the bullets. We would scrape off the cow pile and no signal, that was a very smelly experience. For relic hunting or places with relatively little iron they were very good, but a 1266 is definitely not a detector I would choose for hunting trash laden homesites.

 

[Mr.Bill]

Hi JB

Have a nice day

 

[nad]

Cow flops fresh? Were cows in the field when you were detecting? Reason for the question. In Florida ,I had some problems with dogs when using the higher frequency machines..On the Coast, I used to charge into the palmetto bushes,. Rattle snakes were supposed to be in there.Never a problem, figured the frequency and sound made them leave..I was told that cows could become very aggressive , and that the frequency of metal detectors would set them off....I have a field, well eaten down by cattle ,West of here, that is both a Hopewell site and a baseball field from the late 1800's into the 1900's.Need to get some reference material, but a "forgotten" town may be in the vicinity..I admit to being a klutz with a detector, but you will have to travel to find someone that can find and research sites with my luck for picking off obscure leads... Have never gone there because of the cattle grazing in the Summer..This might be an excellent site to learn this 1266..Around 1970, 73, a very unusual bit of copper was found by a kid digging fishing worms.Ground is frozen, but mild, am going to pick up a band saw blade, swing by and scope things out.. ...Thanks again, cordially Nad

 

[rmptr]

After reading the added posts, I'd say buy the metered Cortes.
If you want to dig less, you can allow the meter to talk you out of digging so much.

 

[jmaryt]

i would buy the new f2 from fisher a real kick a** trash hunter from all recent reports!..good luck!

(h.h!)
j.t.

 

[Ron from Michigan]

Pre 1918 site's I would consider a CZ3D you can always switch from the enhance mode to salt if it has too much modern trash.My personal pick would be a Sovereign with a 180 meter and Sunray probe and a Tornado 800 coil there is nothing that is precise or effective in trash laden area's.Don't use a BB gun to hunt elephant's.