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CZ's

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tndiggin

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Hello to everyone, was looking into buying a detector and have been reading about the cz's but have never used one what I'm wanting to do is old site,and relic hunt and occasional beach. The cz's seem to be good coin detectors but what about relic? Also what kind of depth are we talking about,and which one do you suggest for this purpose?
thanks to everyone for any help you might have!







 
My CZ-3D is an animal. I am a coinshooter mostly. And it does the job, as advertised, every time.:fisher:
 
I am partial to them since my first high end detector was a CZ6a. I don't think you can go wrong with any CZ. They are all around great machines. Easy to use, easy to ground balance and they go deep. You may get fooled by big/deep iron, but I have leaned that if you hunt with your discrimination set at zero, you will not be fooled by the low/high tone bounce since you will hear the low iron tone with it set to zero.

You can find some really good used ones too at great prices. If you coin shoot in trash, look for the small 5 inch coil. It is a killer coil in trash and goes deep too.

JC
 
CZ's are pretty much an all around detector. The salt mode at a saltwater beach lets you travel any part of the beach with little to any adjusting after you first set it up.

I kind of like knobs rather than drilling through a menu ... but pretty much any CZ will cover relic, coins, beach and work around iron trash at old home sites with a little practice listening to the low / high tone change like therover says. I find sweeping slow when right over the target helps me figure out if it is really low tone iron or high tone silver / copper.

knobs means a CZ6, CZ6a, CZ5, CZ3d. menu are the CZ7 and CZ70. Others, please add if I left models out!
tvr
 
If you can find a CZ6a or CZ-70 I would go with one of them first. The 6a is the analog version with knobs, salt switch and is water resistant ( not waterproof but I have hunted in downpours with mine and it worked perfectly). It does not have a speaker and you can find the 5 inch and 10.5 inch ( and possibly the elusive Sunray FZ-12 coil ) for it ( this goes for the CZ 5, 7, 7a and 70 I believe as well). I would stay away from the CZ6 only due to the different coil connector. But I believe I saw a near mint one in the classifieds that may be a good pick up. The CZ6 is basically the same as the 6a and 5, but like I said, I think it has a 4 pin connector where the others have 5 pin connectors ( I may be wrong on the 5 vs 4 ).

My main choice first would be the 6a, followed by the CZ 5, then CZ-70 and then the CZ-3D. I hear the 3D shines in older parks and older sites but has some problems in trashy, aluminum slaw areas. The only thing about the CZ-70 ( not sure about the 3D) is that the sensitivity adjustments are in increments due to it being digital and push pad menu. I like the 6a and 5 because of the knobs and you can fine tune the sensitivity.

I hip mount my 6a and use the 10.5 inch coil for beach hunting and farm field hunting, the 8 inch for all around use and the 5 inch coil for coin hunting in trashy areas. That 5 inch coil can sniff out silver dimes and jewelry like crazy.

If you do get a CZ, first and foremost...do NOT raise the sensitivity above 2 or 3 for the first 20-25 hours of use. And a slower sweep speed is the ticket with these machines. Sweep targets from multiple angles and if it rings high tone repeatedly from all angles....it's a coin. Whats really nice about the machine is if you only have an hour or so to beach hunt and only want to hunt for gold, you can dig only the mid tone targets. Use the discriminate setting of 0 and LISTEN to how the target is reacting. I use discrimination setting of 0 about 90% of the time unless there is so much small iron and nails that I don't want to listen to the low tone, then I move it to 1. Be aware that if you do hunt in discriminate of 1 or higher, you may get fooled by some iron because you do not hear the low tone. Also, it is written that CZ's do not lose much if any depth the higher the discrimination setting. I really cannot confirm that, but like I said, I don't go higher than 1 anyway.

The CZ's are really great machines and I won't ever give my 6a up. I have about 8 detectors and use all of them from time to time, from the programmable DFX to my X5, to my Tejon to my PI to my water machines ( all great machines by the way). The thing about my 6a is I never forget how to set it up. 15-20 seconds to ground balance and away I go. I know exactly what sensitivity I am at and what discrimination level and GB with a 2 second look at the machine....and it has 3 tone ID along with a wide scan all metal mode and pin point button for sizing targets

Sorry for being a little long winded but when I get a chance to praise my 6a I will !!

Also...check out this site....lots of CZ tips so you can read about them. I hope you get one soon and join the CZ club.

http://66.51.97.78/coinist/cztipspage1.html
 
Uhmmmm yes ... I love that I don't have to worry about it raining on my CZ6a. I also like that I can wash the salt spray and sand off with a hose when I have it at the beach rather than wiping it off very carefully like I would need to do with other models. It's old but it is rock solid and does it's job well. I chest mount with the Fisher chest harness unless I have the 5 inch coil on and am fortunate to have a Sunray FZ12 coil for the beach and open woods or field areas.
tvr
 
thanks rover very informative you have made my mind up and believe me I have almost gone crazy reading reviews and forums for the last two weeks.Just about the time I would decide on one I'd read something that would change it.I have been using a radio shack VLF detector for the past year or so and have found quite a few coins with it and just the other day was at a school near my town and found my first old coin a 1936 mercury dime I was so stoked, only down about two inches, that pushed me to make my next purchase.So hopefully I will be able to find a new machine worth the money.Thanks again for the help everybody always says there not looking forward to turning silver I hope I turn as much as I can!
 
Since late 1991 the CZ has proved itself up until the present CZ3D whether it be coin-relic or saltwater beach hunting and you guys covered its aspects well...
 
You can't go wrong with a CZ3D!!! Great machine that will
hunt right along side the big dogs... Plenty of Depth
Good luck with your decision and H TH'ing !!!!!
 
As someone who is always looking for that "perfect detector" and there isn't such a thing. I can tell you that my CZ3D is one detector that I just won't get rid of. I am primarily a deep coin hunter. My Cz's have pulled more deep silver than any other detector I have owned. Explorer II is probably right up there but i have logged more hours with the CZ's. One thing I can tell you is they do love deep rusty nails. But you do eventually learn what they sound like and can avoid them. You can't go wrong with the time tested CZ's
 
I have pulled so many coins once I learned my machine. Get that high tone without an iron sound. Coin. Bam. Kick it up a notch. Throw in some sens. at 4-5, slow down that sweep speed, and you've got yourself a machine that feeds on silver!
 
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