Are the Fisher CZ series of detectors.........

[Ivan]

about as close as you can get to pulse detector depths? I'm working a very mineralized beach (hard packed dry sand) but with tons of nails and rusted bottlecaps...........I'n told that a pulse is almost useless here. A fellow detectorist suggested that I could get the best depth that is closest to a Pi if I used the CZ3d for example. He once worked an area like this one, on the Oregon coast with just a tiny bit of discrinmination, and found rings and jewelry mixed in with the nails. He swore that the CZ's were the way to go. Anyone else been there and done that???? Should I get a CZ3d over a pulse? Advice and tips are greatly appreciated...thanks.

 

[tvr]

See if you can find another person who hunts that area and see what they think. You already have one recommendation for a CZ from someone who hunted the conditions.

I have not detected anywhere near your area. I have used CZ's with very good results in heavy black sand on the east coast. Must be swept slow over the very heavy black sand areas. I can't say for sure that my results in the conditions I have hunted translate to the sand you want to hunt.

I like PI's but not where there is a lot of iron trash (nails, wire, bolts, tent stakes,etc.). I don't consider bottle caps trash until I've dug them up because I've dug more than one ring I could have sworn was going to be a bottle cap before digging it; both with an Excal and with CZ's. I dig up bottle caps, then put them in a trash can when I get to a trash can; hopefully to never have to dig the same cap twice.

If you get a CZ, come back here and ask how people set them up for hunting, although it is pretty easy to get started with a CZ.
Cheers,
tvr

 

[cometguy]

I love my CZ but think a G2 might be the way to go. They have a lot of ground balance and you can set your discrimination points anywhere. They are basically a two tone, grunt iron, high tone everything else. I have heard they are a darned good, accidentally good beach detector. You might look at them too.

Don
HH

 

[supertraq]

I have a cz-20 and had fisher impulse which used the same housing as the cz-20,it was fisher pulse dive unit,my cz-20 was deeper..but the impulse was a good machine just not like the newer pulse machines..

 

[sniper4gold]

Sounds like you are hunting the dry. Maybe bounce over the to the Gold Bug forum and see if you like what they say?

 

[Top]

No question the CZ20/21 is the way to go. My CZ20 is the balm in Black sand and high iron trash. I actually use it over my F75 in many cases. I have a lot of hard packed Black sand on one beach I hunt. The CZ20 will pull a small piece of copper at 9 inches.

 

[trojdor]

" I'm working a very mineralized beach (hard packed dry sand) but with tons of nails and rusted bottlecaps...Should I get a CZ3d over a pulse? "

Ivan,
Yes, unless you're more interested in starting a nail/bottle cap collection than in gold.

Dig all the foil and nickel signals in addition to the high tones. Especially the foil.

But be warned, the Fisher's still have a sweet tooth for rusty iron. Not nearly as bad as a PI, mind you, but you'll still dig it.
You won't be digging a seemingly unlimited supply of bobby pins, or tiny iron like most PI's, but don't throw away your trash pouch.

hh, and good luck
mike

 

[Dan-Pa.]

CZ's worked very well on Jersey shores no matter what the waves brought in. Never used a PI but understand expect to do a lot of digging as bobbi pins at a foot are common...

 

[Diggerinva]

Sounds like the perfect spot for CZ21 to me!