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Best Set Up For Different Detectors

MarkCZ

Well-known member
Here is the idea behind this post, first,
Its not about brand!
Its not about this vs that one!

Its about taking a group of detectors that a person has like mine,
Old Teknetics 8500 hip mount with a 10" spider coil.
Whites XLT with 950, 800, & 600 coils.
Fisher Coin$trike with 8" & 5.5" coils
Fisher 1266 with 10.5"- 8"- & 5" coils
Fisher F2 with 8" & 4" coils.

and setting each one up for what it does best or setting it up to be different enough in performance to be able to catch some over looked targets in area's that you've already hunted.

Yes, I'm looking for input or just some other ideas, some I may use and some I may not!
Here is a little help,
No Beach Hunting!
Relic hunting is out, at lest for now!

Included is,
Coin Shooting, (Old and new)
Jewelery hunting for sure,

Now I have a little start on this, the Teknetics 8500 for as long as it runs I'm thinking of it as a Cherry Picker detector, its a fast sweep detector,
It Id's very well,
The hip mount makes it like swinging nothing,
The 10" coil and fast sweep I can cover a LOT of field pretty darn quick.

Now the other detectors I'm a little more foggy about.
I'm thinking the little F2 would be a really good tot-lot detector?

The most difficult is the Coin$trike and the XLT?
How could I set them up to get the most out of each and them being different compliment each other?
In general I'm thinking that there is places where the XLT might run where the C$ may not (EMI issues)?
Then I'm thinking, okay, what if I put the CS-5 small coil on the C$ for smaller tighter trashier area's and left the 950 coil on the XLT for more open fields or larger less trashier area's?

And then there is the 1266?

Now, I'm open for any ideas about any of my detectors, except for the Tek 8500 with what I've got its just best suited for Cherry Picking.

Look at the list, how would you set them up?
Or in your main group of not more then 5 or 6 detectors how do you have yours setup?

You would consider_______________________________________________

Mark
 
Listen for the little buzz like sound and it will be a dime at 6"........ LOL... Man I found hundreds of Silver dimes with my Years ago, 8500.. Of course then there was more Silver, and could still be in the trash..

One of the best dime slammers I ever used...
 
Elton said:
Listen for the little buzz like sound and it will be a dime at 6"........ LOL... Man I found hundreds of Silver dimes with my Years ago, 8500.. Of course then there was more Silver, and could still be in the trash..

One of the best dime slammers I ever used...

The reason I've dedicated the 8500 to surface finds "Cherry Picking" is,
I have other detectors that really are deeper,
I can set the "Mode" control on HIGH and nothing interferes with it. (that was a setting mainly for club treasure hunts)
It has a LONG staff and so a 6' wide swing is pretty easy. .
The faster you swing it, the better it is.
So the combination of the above just seems fitting for cherry picking LARGE ball fields, soccer field, or fair grounds.
I'm certain that as far as deep coins go the XLT or the C$ would out perform the 8500, but for Cherry picking and the group I have to choose from the 8500 is probably the best suited for surface hunts.

Oh, and the 8500 and the 1266 are freebie's! My stepson bought me the 8500 and my neighbor gave me the 1266.

Mark
 
The C$ is a very deep detector if you get the settings right.. It loves Indian Head Pennies too. The harder to find ones that read a little lower on the scale..

The Xlt is a fine park and all around detector.. Not super deep, but good on Id, and runs smooth everywhere........
 
I'll go with Elton on White's being smooth/great ID. My tip....if your in trashy areas...turn off the Autotrac.....use manual ground balancing. It creates too much of a delay between targets and will really hurt your efforts. You will miss alot of good targets. Autotrac is nice for low trash areas in ground with variable mineralization.
 
Back when I used the Fisher 1200 series detectors I always had a Depth Master Automatic amplifier on every detector. It will add another 2 inches or so depth to the detector and they work great on the Fisher detectors.
 
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