Disc settings for relic hunting

[Shenandoah Digger]

I was wondering how relic hunters set their discs on the Tejon. I know coin hunters have their tricks, but what about relic hunters? I generally just set the first disc above iron, and check with the second disc just below nickels. Thanks for your insight.

 

[Shenandoah Digger]

I thought the Tejon was more of a relic hunter, but I guess most here only use it for coins. Guess I'll check on the relic hunting forum. Thanks anyway.

 

[lurksalot]

If scouting for camps in an open area set disc. #1 to locate nails and disc. #2 just under brass buttons. This works for me in my locations. The Tejon is an awesome relic machine.

 

[oldcoon]

First off I use a Vaquero. When I am purely relic hunting I hunt in the all metal mode. I don't want the discriminator blocking out the very things I am trying to find. I know Tesoro touts their Tejon as their relic machine, yet they have 2 discriminators on it. I never understood that. To me, anyway, relic hunting and discriminator don't mix. I helped find a very large collection of Civil War artifacts back in the 1970s using my old Metrotech detector, and there was no discriminator on that.

Good luck and HH

 

[BarberBill]

When I'm hunting a site (old mining or logging camp, homestead etc.) where I'm not specifically coin shooting, I run with as high a sensitivity as the ground allows and little or no discrimination. If I'm overwhelmed by small nails or the like I may kick the disc. up some and toggle in and out of all metal/disc. to see if the target drops off.
BB

 

[GRAY GHOST]

hey shenandoah. i'm in central va., have a tejon and have done really well with it halfway between iron and foil on primary disc. i set the alt disc level to nickel, so when i get a good hit, all the nasty old iron is out, but i'll still hear and get the gold and nickels, and i'll dig bullets, buckles, and buttons all day. sometimes deep aluminum or zinc will sound good, depending on the ground. if i start running into deep .22 bullets that sound good, i'll move the primary disc up a hair until i get out of them... then back down with the primary disc. the trigger is real useful in this setting too - tells ya real quick what's good or not right off the bat. with the tejon, if it doesn't hold a signal, starts breaking up, then it's probably junk to begin with. using these settings, shenandoah, make sure you dig the repeatable whisper signals - it's usually a deep button or deep brass. very little of worth is missed when you use these settings. give 'em a try and let me know what ya think.

 

[Dirt Poor]

I have always used disc. for relics on all my machines. Not much, but just below nickel. I still get good solid readings on the heavier iron objects, but great readings on brass and lead. Small iron crap gets on my nerves, and slows me down from digging the bigger stuff.