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Back out with CZ-7a

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HaroldILL.

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I went to a different spot today with the CZ-7a to see if if I could pull a few more keepers while old man winter is still away. I started in an open area with plenty of trash and didn't find much at all. I decided to hit the woods as the over growth is died down now. After about an hour got a high tone zinc hit and about 6'' down out comes an Indian penny 1906 pretty worn .But I will take it. About another half hour get a deeper nickel hit about 7'' and out comes a Buffalo 1936 full date. I haven't found many Buffs this year for some reason so this coin was a welcome sight. And on my way out I dig a Wheatie about 6'' down. I guess today was a low conducter day,But I will Take it.These old CZ's can still pull the keepers out of hard hit spot's!
 
Yep the dual frequency makes CZ's hot on silver coins and also hot in the lower gold ring range...unlike some other deep seekers that are hot in the silver range and well fizzle in the gold ring range. One wonders why the rod mount only version didn't catch on as ergonomics and weighting were the best of the CZ line...Only made for a year or two very lucky to find a nice one Harold.
 
Rite you are Dan,Dan, as they seem to balance better the more you use them. I think the arm cup fits better as at first it was tight,But now it has streched out it has conformed to fit my arm better. They say if it is tight in the manual to widen it by hand,But I just left it alone as not to break the cup. That was a good move as know it fits and balances perfectly! I also wonder why they did away with this design for not only the balance,But the battery life as they last an eternity! Maybe they didn't want the detector to rest on the compartment out of fear it would break? It is pretty tough though as I already by accident droped in down when I went to dig and it is fine. Fishers are built like tanks to begin with! Like I said before,This detector isn't quite as hot as my E-trac or Tom tuned CZ-3D But it seems to be better in the trash. And it is just plain fun to use with the perfect balance!
 
I got my CZ-7a for a smokin deal I just couldn't pass up. Iv'e been swinging it now for 2 years and have found some amazing stuff with it. My first big find was a 10 oz. bar of silver in a chicken coop of all places!
My first year out I found only 1 gold ring but I think that was due to the learning curve required for any new detector. In my second year I found 7 gold rings with one of them being appraised at $7000! And yes, this detector finds the silver as well.
Living in Alaska brings it's own set of challenges as we don't have near the amount of population density or years of population as may be found in the rest of the U.S. So finding a silver coin or any older coin for the matter is something special for us.
In 2012 I found a total of 10 silver coins and find myself quite lucky. My oldest and last silver coin for 2012 was a very worn 1919 Mercury dime, however there are older coins out there to be found.
We started our own club named the Mat/Su Dirtfishers Association last year and have grown from 4 members to 12 in just 2 years. Recently a member cracked into the 1800's with an ultra rare for Alaska 1867 3 cent Nickle and followed that up with an 1896 barber dime a short time later. We suspect these coins were brought to Alaska during the gold rush days by miners.
The CZ-7a can discriminate out iron extremely well when you notch out iron and the zinc pennies, you'll never dig another nail again!
 
Those are awesome finds! I think the CZ-7a is turning into a cult CZ as it is so quirky and different. They are like collecter items being they were made for only one year. And they kind of look cool as they are so ugly they look good if that makes any sense?
 
Harold said:
Those are awesome finds! I think the CZ-7a is turning into a cult CZ as it is so quirky and different. They are like collecter items being they were made for only one year. And they kind of look cool as they are so ugly they look good if that makes any sense?
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They are a special machine, sent mine to Fisher for repair and rehab, problem is fisher is running out of parts. Waiting to hear on the techs evaluation.
Even had folks offer me 300 dollars with it not working. Decided to keep it, will run it til forever
 
Its an old trick by the old timers and when I was a kid every second house had chickens and we were coal crackers not farmers..In other words when the chickens started clucking the old shotgun came out as either someone was trying to steal them or perhaps the caches that were hidden...Sort of one of the first alarm systems...
 
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