[size=medium]... took mine out yesterday to clear the dry sand at our local Redneck Riviera. Finds have been slowing down there, as we have been pounding that beach hard lately. I wanted to make a CLEAN SWEEP run in the dry sand and see what's left. I have a Golden uMax for mine, which works very well in combination. ALL detectors should have selectable TID, IMHO. 
If you've never used one, know that the clean sweep coil is useful for it's purpose...it's also heavy and imbalanced, dangling like a mutated arm on the end of the lower rod. Using it is much like mopping a floor.
One way to assist with the balance is to reverse it, so the long end faces rearward. Then sweep it only from mid-line out. I switch arms often and sweep from the midline of my feet out to the far side of my swingin arms reach. One mistake is to try and make huge passes with it. DONT. Just try to develop a comfortable rhythm and keep your swing ends under control. It also works in the water, but is a bee-yatch to manipulate when submerged.
But it is about covering ground fast, and it does that. It is BIG and has adequate depth on dry sand, lest you were wondering; 6-8", depending on the target. Note I said adequate.
The Vaquero has a new CS coil now, and maybe you'll get a little more reach with the V/CS combo, I dunno. Someone will probably come out now and say they do, avowing they've hit a pinprick at 12". But all that depth chatter doesnt matter much, to be honest, until you get the hang of using the coil. I've used my V with regular coil in the dry sand at several beaches and I can't recall EVER having to dig really big holes to recover dry sand targets.
Personally, and this is my opinion between you and me, unless your diggin relics in plowed fields or virgin woods, that depth hype is mostly blown up - to sell detectors.
Please, no emails claiming that the "V" is the deepest, or the greatest or whatever 'mostest' you feel needs stating. It's a detector, it works - let's leave it at that.
Back to the clean sweep. It is a double "D" coil, so remember that it is hot along the centerline and it is hot enough to find foil bitsies and bobby pins at normal depths. You DO have to pay attention and listen for signals. It doesn't "hit" as hard as a concentric coil on things like foil bitsies or their more desirable counterparts, filligree jewelry. So stay alert. BTW, you pinpoint off the ends of the coil and at first it can be a little weird to have the whole lengh of the coil active, until you get used to this.
Just remember that it is a purpose-dedicated coil; use it for the right things and it does a great job. An added benefit of using it a lot during the season is you can save money on gym memberships!
Here's the nut from today's 2 hour hunt. In the middle is a small loop earring. The Golden/Clean Sweep had no trouble detecting it. A few of the coins, the rusty "blob" nail and the little stud earring above the loop were found in the water with a Garrett, but the rest were dry sand finds with the Golden/CS.[/size]
If you've never used one, know that the clean sweep coil is useful for it's purpose...it's also heavy and imbalanced, dangling like a mutated arm on the end of the lower rod. Using it is much like mopping a floor.
One way to assist with the balance is to reverse it, so the long end faces rearward. Then sweep it only from mid-line out. I switch arms often and sweep from the midline of my feet out to the far side of my swingin arms reach. One mistake is to try and make huge passes with it. DONT. Just try to develop a comfortable rhythm and keep your swing ends under control. It also works in the water, but is a bee-yatch to manipulate when submerged.
But it is about covering ground fast, and it does that. It is BIG and has adequate depth on dry sand, lest you were wondering; 6-8", depending on the target. Note I said adequate.
The Vaquero has a new CS coil now, and maybe you'll get a little more reach with the V/CS combo, I dunno. Someone will probably come out now and say they do, avowing they've hit a pinprick at 12". But all that depth chatter doesnt matter much, to be honest, until you get the hang of using the coil. I've used my V with regular coil in the dry sand at several beaches and I can't recall EVER having to dig really big holes to recover dry sand targets.
Personally, and this is my opinion between you and me, unless your diggin relics in plowed fields or virgin woods, that depth hype is mostly blown up - to sell detectors.
Please, no emails claiming that the "V" is the deepest, or the greatest or whatever 'mostest' you feel needs stating. It's a detector, it works - let's leave it at that.
Back to the clean sweep. It is a double "D" coil, so remember that it is hot along the centerline and it is hot enough to find foil bitsies and bobby pins at normal depths. You DO have to pay attention and listen for signals. It doesn't "hit" as hard as a concentric coil on things like foil bitsies or their more desirable counterparts, filligree jewelry. So stay alert. BTW, you pinpoint off the ends of the coil and at first it can be a little weird to have the whole lengh of the coil active, until you get used to this.
Just remember that it is a purpose-dedicated coil; use it for the right things and it does a great job. An added benefit of using it a lot during the season is you can save money on gym memberships!
Here's the nut from today's 2 hour hunt. In the middle is a small loop earring. The Golden/Clean Sweep had no trouble detecting it. A few of the coins, the rusty "blob" nail and the little stud earring above the loop were found in the water with a Garrett, but the rest were dry sand finds with the Golden/CS.[/size]