A lot of hype going around about a couple of new machines, that will “obsolete” all other detectors. It’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of bigger/better, faster/deeper. We start looking at our current machines and wonder what they’re missing and what the newer/greater machines could be finding. For the record, I’m as vulnerable to those thoughts as the next guy. I have two of the latest and greatest on order.
I still have a Garrett AT-Gold, that I bought last year. It’s a very capable machine, not only as a gold finder, but a coin machine, also. My granddaughter has a birthday this weekend, so we traveled to the small town she lives in, in Southern Utah. Since the weather is cooler, I thought i’d try detecting a vacant lot I hit about a year ago, using my E-Trac. Back then, I found a no-date Standing Liberty quarter and a handful of wheaties and zink’ers.
Well, today, my efforts were rewarded with two silver dimes, an aluminum Utah tax token, three wheaties, a couple of Nickles, a bunch of zink’ers, and various pieces of junk. Since my initial foray at this site, i’ve been back three more times, before today, and found a few more wheaties and Zinks. (Again, using the E-Trac). I was blown away with how well the AT-Gold performed. I was digging coins as deep as 8-9”. Both the silver coins were found next to rusted nails. I was getting a high coin sound, mixed with the iron reject; glad I didn’t ’t take “no” for an answer. This is a site where an old house sat and has lots of junk. I was using the “stock” AT-Gold coil and it was just the right thing for this site.
(I tried uploading pics, but my iPad just doesn’t want to do it.)
I still have a Garrett AT-Gold, that I bought last year. It’s a very capable machine, not only as a gold finder, but a coin machine, also. My granddaughter has a birthday this weekend, so we traveled to the small town she lives in, in Southern Utah. Since the weather is cooler, I thought i’d try detecting a vacant lot I hit about a year ago, using my E-Trac. Back then, I found a no-date Standing Liberty quarter and a handful of wheaties and zink’ers.
Well, today, my efforts were rewarded with two silver dimes, an aluminum Utah tax token, three wheaties, a couple of Nickles, a bunch of zink’ers, and various pieces of junk. Since my initial foray at this site, i’ve been back three more times, before today, and found a few more wheaties and Zinks. (Again, using the E-Trac). I was blown away with how well the AT-Gold performed. I was digging coins as deep as 8-9”. Both the silver coins were found next to rusted nails. I was getting a high coin sound, mixed with the iron reject; glad I didn’t ’t take “no” for an answer. This is a site where an old house sat and has lots of junk. I was using the “stock” AT-Gold coil and it was just the right thing for this site.
(I tried uploading pics, but my iPad just doesn’t want to do it.)