I've been using my monotone beepers more lately, sort of going back to my roots if you will. The ones I'm using are the Fisher 1236-X2 and the Tesoro Vaquero.
The thing I like most about these detectors is their light weight. I have a touch of tendonitis in my elbow and it isn't bothered by these featherweights in the slightest. I do miss some form of rudimentary TID, though, so I will be getting a Golden again, soon, to help with that. But for now, it is the V and the 1236. As part of this reinventing of myself as a detectorist, I am going to sell off a few detectors.
These are models that dont really suit me and which don't do much to help with my tendonitis. Once these are sold, I'll purchase a new, light weight powerhouse. So.... anybody interested in a Garrett CXIII or a nice Eagle SL II? Hint, hint?
But anyway, I only had an hour and a half today among my other errands and went out with the Vaquero. It was a fair weather day, breezy and cold. The recent storms blew off, leaving wet but otherwise ideal conditions in their wake.
They are bringing down the local lake and I went by there first to see the progress. Im sorry to report the progress is - nonexistent. I expect that by the weekend we'll see a drop in the water level, but for now, there is no sign that anything has changed. I'll be out there beeping and digging in the mud this weekend, if there is enough high and dry bottom to swing a coil over.
I visited a coupe of old spots today but didn't hit anything even notewortthy. I did spot a couple of places to check out in the future, though, so all was not lost.
With little time remaining, I toodled off and snagged the coin quota at a couple of nearby parks. At one of these, I could not get my Vaquero to balance at all over the soil. I think it was something they had either trucked in or layed the dirt over. Once I moved to another spot, I had no problems balancing. Down near the creek I hit a row of coins, one every few feet, which encouraged me to keep at it. Not gonna give in that easy, no sirz!
I try to make a quota chase out of every time afield and this was no different. THis is somethin inspired by Les from Nova Scotia. I had never considered it until I learned about it from him. SInce I started doing it, I am more focused, I hit more places and I've increased my overall totals across the board.
I have different quotas for different hunts and I made my "short hunt quota" of 30 coins today in the alloted time. Here are the gleanings:
[attachment 111829 DSCF0041.JPG]
Some of those Zincers got pretty cruddy over time, as you can see - but they still count as coins toward the quota
Something else I enjoyed was the good iron DISC of the Vaquero. The 1236 is a good iron discriminator, too, although it "pops and crackles" over ferrous items as it knocks them out. It doesn't really bother me, but I had gotten used to that.
The Vaquero doesn't do that - it is pretty much quiet over the smaller iron bits. I turned it down after awhile, into the "IRON" area, just to see what was below the coil. When I did, out popped all sorts of things I had skipped over on previous passes. See that battery? I had no idea it was there until I turned down the DISC. If you like a detector that is quiet like that, the Vaquero is a goodun, that's sure.
One of the nice finds was a small silver toe ring, inlaid with yellow stones, and marked ".925":
[attachment 111830 DSCF0042.JPG]
Hope you all enjoy!
The thing I like most about these detectors is their light weight. I have a touch of tendonitis in my elbow and it isn't bothered by these featherweights in the slightest. I do miss some form of rudimentary TID, though, so I will be getting a Golden again, soon, to help with that. But for now, it is the V and the 1236. As part of this reinventing of myself as a detectorist, I am going to sell off a few detectors.
These are models that dont really suit me and which don't do much to help with my tendonitis. Once these are sold, I'll purchase a new, light weight powerhouse. So.... anybody interested in a Garrett CXIII or a nice Eagle SL II? Hint, hint?
But anyway, I only had an hour and a half today among my other errands and went out with the Vaquero. It was a fair weather day, breezy and cold. The recent storms blew off, leaving wet but otherwise ideal conditions in their wake.
They are bringing down the local lake and I went by there first to see the progress. Im sorry to report the progress is - nonexistent. I expect that by the weekend we'll see a drop in the water level, but for now, there is no sign that anything has changed. I'll be out there beeping and digging in the mud this weekend, if there is enough high and dry bottom to swing a coil over.
I visited a coupe of old spots today but didn't hit anything even notewortthy. I did spot a couple of places to check out in the future, though, so all was not lost.
With little time remaining, I toodled off and snagged the coin quota at a couple of nearby parks. At one of these, I could not get my Vaquero to balance at all over the soil. I think it was something they had either trucked in or layed the dirt over. Once I moved to another spot, I had no problems balancing. Down near the creek I hit a row of coins, one every few feet, which encouraged me to keep at it. Not gonna give in that easy, no sirz!
I try to make a quota chase out of every time afield and this was no different. THis is somethin inspired by Les from Nova Scotia. I had never considered it until I learned about it from him. SInce I started doing it, I am more focused, I hit more places and I've increased my overall totals across the board.
I have different quotas for different hunts and I made my "short hunt quota" of 30 coins today in the alloted time. Here are the gleanings:
[attachment 111829 DSCF0041.JPG]
Some of those Zincers got pretty cruddy over time, as you can see - but they still count as coins toward the quota
Something else I enjoyed was the good iron DISC of the Vaquero. The 1236 is a good iron discriminator, too, although it "pops and crackles" over ferrous items as it knocks them out. It doesn't really bother me, but I had gotten used to that.
The Vaquero doesn't do that - it is pretty much quiet over the smaller iron bits. I turned it down after awhile, into the "IRON" area, just to see what was below the coil. When I did, out popped all sorts of things I had skipped over on previous passes. See that battery? I had no idea it was there until I turned down the DISC. If you like a detector that is quiet like that, the Vaquero is a goodun, that's sure.
One of the nice finds was a small silver toe ring, inlaid with yellow stones, and marked ".925":
[attachment 111830 DSCF0042.JPG]
Hope you all enjoy!