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Absolute best DEDICATED coinshooter?

<link REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="http://www.jb-ms.com/favicon.ico">Hi Willy <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":)">. If someone is hunting playgrounds, schools and parks the 1500 might be the best, but take it out of it's environment and put it in a ghost town or old home site where the ground is almost solid with old rusty square nails and it's lost. It stutters worse than Mel Tillis <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":)"> and suffers severe masking. An old Gold Mountain GMT 1650 will put it to shame at that kind of site, so will the old Compass 77b TR, some of the Whites Classics and some Tesoros. Since Headhunter didn't specify what locations he would be hunting it was assumed he was asking for recommendations of one detector that would be the best Coinshooter everywhere. There is no single best detector for coin hunting if all situations are considered.
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I suppose things can also be taken to extremes insofar as none of the aformentioned detectors can be used underwater so therefor might be considered sadly lacking <img src="/metal/html/wink.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=";)"> Regarding the universality of a machine, none that I know of will excell in every department. The Garrett offers a number of things of interest to one starting out in the hobby, as well as those experienced. 1)It's dead simple to use, given the complexity of it's functions, intuitive in use with info. nicely displayed. One is not overwhelmed by choices & info; no tedious scrolling through menus/submenus to make (potentially bad) settings which are then hidden 2)Offers decent performance & a good selection of coils, including small DD (5x10" & possibly 3x7") & concentric (3" the smallest I think) for dealing with trashy areas (ghosttowns, popular beaches,etc.). 3) Just plain fun to use, especially for those that are indecisive regarding the hobby. A bit of operant conditioning comes into play here. Associating detecting with neat(though possibly not particularly valuable) finds, rather than digging up a pile of garbage & being frustrated, can lead to a more serious pursuit of the hobby. As they say, first impressions count for a lot. The nice thing about the upper end Garrett machines is that there's enough in the way of "performance" to satisfy even an experienced TH'er. Personally, my needs steer me away from their vlf machines (prospecting/relic/beach hunting), but if I were to focus exclusively on coins I wouldn't hesitate to get a Garrett. One caveat hereis that where I live/hunt the soil is so terrible that TID on almost any machine I've used is iffy at best. Seems like almost everyone knows about some old coot that can detect circles around everyone else with some ancient machine (done it myself). The main thing is to get a detector & stick with it, learning all about the unit through time & practice. It's just sooo hard with bright, new, & shiny units showing up every month or two not to ditch the old unit & go for the new. Regarding my experiences with the Garretts (GTI1500 in this case) I found it acceptable in Az. ghosttowns I'd hunted. Just took a bit of experimentation. It got decent depth in the heavily mineralized soil there but it had to go 'cause it's a real dog re. prospecting...Willy.
 
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I agree that Garrets are easy to use. I've had at least 20 since the mid 1980's and found more coins with one of them, a Freedom III Plus, than with any other two, possibly three detectors I've had, but since I often hunted, still hunt, around old homesites, stagestop sites and an occasional ghost town I always put it aside and took one that would handle the iron better. I've pulled coins from places using an old Compass 100 khz TR where vlf detectors were completely useless. I still have an old Compass TR, a 1974 model, and use it often at iron laden sites. Depending on the site to be hunted, new and loaded with bells and whistles isn't always the best choice <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":)">.
JB
 
I was even thinking about getting an old Tesoro lobo; it has a TR mode that, while handy for ore sampling, might be just the ticket for sloowwwwly going through extreme iron trash. I suppose that is one of the nice thing about the Garrett Scorpion (the other Garrett machine I've owned), a TR mode. Too many choices. If I didn't live in my RV it would be a lot easier. As it is..no space. ..Willy.
 
It was the complete opposite here. My buddy had a DFX and hated it. He has an Explorer now and has commented on how much deeper it is. We clearly could tell of personal experiences all day. There's definitely geographic locations where one detector has an advantage over others. Even beyond the detector is how good the dectectorist is. You can have the best machine in the world but if you don't know your detector well you're throwing your money away for a better detector. I use an Explorer and it is arguably the best 'all around' machine out. It can go from iron ridden sites to playground with little fuss if you know your detector. I have the Fisher CZ-3D and it's a strong machine but is geared for older sites because of how Fisher set up the notch points. It's not as good in iron as the Explorer but is pretty close in depth most of the time. Over the years I seen some pretty crappy metal detecting machines pull out nice coins... and on the flip side I've seen people with the latest and greatest that could only find clad in a park that has old coins. It's more than the machine alot of the time.
-Bill
 
Is your old Compass hot on small gold?? I got an old Compass Judge II that will hit small gold better than my CZ-70 in comparison tests. I have pulled small earring parts with it that have been missed.
Dave
 
I've been at this for 41 years and used about evrything ever made and the Garrett GTI 1500 is one of the best coinshooters out there as it was designed for that purpose.
Bill
 
The best detector is yet to be made. When it is everybody will own one, but I don't see that happening anytime soon. <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":)">
Bill
 
Have you tried the Infinium. Here's what a lady I know finds with her Infinium.
Bill
 
Yeah the old Compass 77IB and others with the DD coil shine in such sites.
Bill
 
The old Tesoro Diablo is a great one but tough to find as nobody parts with them.
Bill
 
christmas is coming up and my bro is 13 and he wants a metal detector it needs to be cheap but good
 
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