Greg (E.Tn)
Well-known member
FINALLY, got out for a real field test of the Vista Gold at a very well worked Civil War site in SE Tennessee.
I first hunted the site around 1982-83, and that was after it had been pounded to death by the people who originally found it--they were using Fisher 1260's at the time, if that gives you oldies any idea how long ago it was.
Anyway, me and a buddy of mine spent about 4 hours there yesterday--the site is bisected by a set of those big, high tension power lines, which in the past gave my F75 fits.
I ran the Gold with 90+ sensitivity, and it ran quiet as a mouse.
I spent a lot of time second guessing the Gold--digging questionable (to me) signals that had an occasional high tone mixed in with the low. In my mind, those were maybe ultra deep non-ferrous targets that were trying to peep through to give a good signal on the discriminate circuitry.
None of them were good targets and for the most part, the ones that WERE good sounded that way.
No pics, but I pulled out three dropped .58 minies, a dropped .58 round ball, and an eagle staff cuff. Depth on those items ranged anywhere from 6-8".
The last time I had my F-75 there, I don't think I found that much.
I think Fisher could learn a thing or two from Deeptech's shield technology regarding EMI.
I first hunted the site around 1982-83, and that was after it had been pounded to death by the people who originally found it--they were using Fisher 1260's at the time, if that gives you oldies any idea how long ago it was.
Anyway, me and a buddy of mine spent about 4 hours there yesterday--the site is bisected by a set of those big, high tension power lines, which in the past gave my F75 fits.
I ran the Gold with 90+ sensitivity, and it ran quiet as a mouse.
I spent a lot of time second guessing the Gold--digging questionable (to me) signals that had an occasional high tone mixed in with the low. In my mind, those were maybe ultra deep non-ferrous targets that were trying to peep through to give a good signal on the discriminate circuitry.
None of them were good targets and for the most part, the ones that WERE good sounded that way.
No pics, but I pulled out three dropped .58 minies, a dropped .58 round ball, and an eagle staff cuff. Depth on those items ranged anywhere from 6-8".
The last time I had my F-75 there, I don't think I found that much.
I think Fisher could learn a thing or two from Deeptech's shield technology regarding EMI.