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Absolute best DEDICATED coinshooter?

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I've heard a lower frequency is best for coins, and various this and thats about what a good dedicated coinshooter is. I'm looking for a machine that is reknowned for being a good coinshooter, is purpose built for finding silver, tuned with that in mind, and good at it. I know there are a lot of good machines out there for relics and general purpose and beach and gold and everything in between, but the finest machine made with the coinshooter in minds is the...????
And I don't care if its a few years old, a track record is better than hype and newness. For example, I'm sure the newest Tesoros are nice machines, I love Tesoros and have two (Eldorado and Tiger Shark) but so much is being said of the new Tesoros that its difficult to wade through the BS and get the real performance. I guess I am trying to cut through the brand loyalty and get past people telling me "Brand X is the best!" simply because they bought a brand X.
Personal experience is fine, but is there a coinshooter that comes to mind as being the one you always hear about or the one your buddy has that always seems to outperform everyone else?
Thanks!
 
headsbunker, i,m not partial to any brand either. i would suggest a garrett gti 1500. that said, i have a new in the box 1500 i,m looking to sell or trade. i want to try an mxt. let me know your thoughts ron b
 
There's not a definitive answer to your question, too many variables involved. The biggest issue is ground conditions. The best coinshooter I've had in my mild ground wouldn't work worth a darn 40 miles east of here in the Alabama red dirt. The multifrequency Minelabs don't work as well here as some other brands because there's almost no mineralization, but they handle the Alabama dirt very well. Soil conditions are a big reason you see results from "it's great" to "it sucks" posted on the forums for the same model detectors. When strictly coinhunting, using the detectors I currently have, my coins to trash ratio is better with the Shadow X5 than with any of the others (two of them have ID meters that are as accurate as any metered detector I've used except possibly Sovereigns with Sunray meters), that's setting the disc to just accept nickels and using the coin check switch, but it doesn't like the Alabama dirt either. What I'm saying, in a round-a-bout way, is there is no one "best" detector for coin hunting, or any other kind of detecting. By the way, the most successful coin hunter anywhere in this area is in his mid to late 70's and uses an old mid 1980's Garrett ADS detector. He has a couple of newer detectors but his mainstay is still the old Garrett because he knows it inside out and finds more coins with it than the others he's tried.
JB
 
I have use the 6000d and now the XLPRO and for me it is the best coin hound.
Any detector that had a frequency of 6khz or lower is good on silver.
Get a good unit like White's ,fisher etc and learn it well.The detector is a tool and your brain is the detector. <img src="/metal/html/grin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":grin"> <img src="/metal/html/grin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":grin"> <img src="/metal/html/grin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":grin"> <img src="/metal/html/grin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":grin"> <img src="/metal/html/grin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":grin"> <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":)">
 
I was hunting with a guy who has a explorer 2 and I found more coins then he did The XL PRO ROCKS.
Check out detectors and you will find one that feel good to you and then learn it.I will take a year of hunting to get to know a detector. <img src="/metal/html/biggrin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":D"> <img src="/metal/html/biggrin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":D"> <img src="/metal/html/biggrin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":D"> <img src="/metal/html/biggrin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":D">
The White's DFX has a 3KHZ for silver and it will be my next Detector to buy.
 
I have both the detectors you mention. I was going to keep one and sell the other. I've had them both for over a year and haven't decided yet which one I like the best. Both are great machines. I use the 1500 with the original 8.5 coil and it will find coins. The MXT I use in trashy areas with the mini shooter. This works better for me in this situation.
 
but regardless of what detector anyone uses the site is what makes the most difference. My best find from yesterday was a silver coin that was only 1" deep (or shallow <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol">) in a plowed field. I actually used my probe to pinpoint the target. <img src="/metal/html/biggrin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":D">
 
Not to mention the best detector doesn't mean much unless it's in capable hands. Sure all top brands can find most of what's out there, but there are a certain few which excel in some of the challenging situations we encounter.
 
No one, I repeat, no one can tell you which is "best". They can tell you which they like best or
which brand they prefer. I've seen cheap brands out hunt top line. It's the one between the ears and the locations hunted, in my humble opinion. HH Pat
 
Yeah, I realize that there is no "best" per se, what I am after is what people usually associate with a dedicated coinshooter, even beyond what they own. I'm trying to get honesty, not "I have a XXX brand and its the best!". I hear good things about lots of detectors, but my three are all good, but I wouldn't consider any of them specifically made with coinshoting as a primary fucntion, nor are any of the three the first to come to mind when people talk coinshooting.
Thanks for all the replies, this is a great forum!
 
but I'd say, from an ease of use & features standpoint (and definitely for coins), the higher end Garrett machines would probably be my pick for the "best". Of course, it depends on who is swinging it & the type of ground, but it gets my nod. The old saw about there being no one "best" machine has been trotted out repeatedly, but that is just an aphorism that is of very little real help. Everyone has an opinion &, quite often, good reasons to back it up. I don't swing a Garrett VLF though I've owned a GTI 1500 in the past. ...Willy.
 
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