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Favorite relic hunting machine

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survey man

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Hello everyone,

I am conducting a survey to determine what everyones favorite relic machine is and why.

If you would, just tell your favorite relic hunting machine name and model. And, a brief description of why it is your favorite. Plus, if you would like. A list of what machines you own.

Thank you very much for your help.
 
Hey Survey Man:

I don't really have a bona fide Relics detector yet, but will be watching this thread for people's responses, as I'm going to buy one soon. Been studying the Tesoro Vaquero and like it's features, but am open to other ideas, too.

I currently have a Garrett Ace 250 and Titan 2000XD(by BH), both of which are OK for coin hunting, but not really great for Relics, IMO.:nono:
 
I have 2. I use a Fisher 1270 and a Tesoro Cibola. All I do is relic hunt. Being as I cant use earphones in most of the places I hunt due to thickets and brush and the cibola doesnt have a volumn knob, I use the Fisher. But the Cibola is lighter and works as deep as the Fisher, it's that I just cant hear them beeps 'cause my hearing is gettin' bad, and I can turn up the volumn on the Fisher...d2
 
No one unit does everything; with that being said, the current units I use are the Tesoro Vaquero (Cibola & Tejon are excellent as well), Minelab XTerra (50&70), Sovereign GT and Nexus (from the UK). I need detectors that work well in heavy trash and penetrates deep. Good hunting, David@Dixie
 
Okay, Surveyman! For what it's worth.
I've been using the Minelab Quattro MP for well over a year now. I use a 10.5 inch coil on the beaches, and and a 7.5 inch coil on the goldfields. It operates on 28 different frequencies (FBS technology). As a result, you get incredible depth and target ID accuracy. It is definitely a deep beach machine, deep on the goldfields, handles mineralization and iron infested ground with ease. You can work alongside other detectorists at close range if you noise cancel within their proximity, without interferrence, same goes for powerlines. It copes with salt water and sand without hiccup. It is a very powerful, stable detector. It has a learning curb which takes a bit of time to become accustomed to, but with patience and practice, it won't let you down. I believe if Minelab made it into an underwater detector, you would have the bees knees of detectors!
I also on occasion use the Explorer 2 (my hubby's detector) (great machine) and have an old White Goldmaster gold detector (old, but still a nice machine. My hubby has found plenty of gold nuggets, and a lovely 9ct ring in the road, on old gold fields, which I always wear). In saying that, as David said, no one detector has 'it all', but I'd say, the Quattro comes close, with the exception of underwater capabilities!
HH Angela :detecting::)
 
I love both my Minelab Explorer XS and my Naultilus DMC 2ba...For different reasons. The Nault is good for hunting a place I've never hunted before and wide open spaces with few and far apart signals that may be deeper and the Explorer is good for in trash seperating the good from the bad, modern from old, etc...I always take both where I'll have an option.

:)

HH,
bc
 
a good trash/relic ratio then I want my Tejon. BUT... if the site is trashy or if it hold's other relics beside's Civil War relics then I want my SovGT with the 180 meter. I am soon going to buy a T-2 because I am on the BH team for the GNRS.

J
 
Hello Everybody,

I would like to thank everyone for their participation in this little survey. Didn't realize everyone had such a variety here. Was expecting to have 1 or maybe 2 machines to kinda stand out. But, as it seems. There is no one that does. This will be interesting info for our readers. Keep your comments coming!!

Thanks again, Mike
 
I use a Fisher CZ5 and a Tesoro Cibola,both are great and have pros and cons. The CZ has power but is not real great with small rusty nails but has multi tones . The Cibola is lite,goes deep but the pin point is not to hot when you run wide open(super tune). The thing I love about the cibola is very few small rusty nails are dug!! It is great for deep woods hunting but the main negative is it only has one tone and no volume control(unless you use headphones). If that is no problem for you I would say buy a new cibola and save money. I love the fact that Fisher and Tesoro both have lifetime warranty's.I like the CZ better for fields and such because of the multi tones and the pinpointing.I like the Cibola better for deep woods relic hunting .Both are great detectors.:thumbup: Good luck and HH. :usaf:
 
Hello Mr. Survey.....for me there are only two machines that I rely on to find the relics. Tesoro Vaquero, because it looks deep, and is lightning fast in recovery and response from null (bad targets) to positive (good targets), and my Vaquero just doesn't like nails! Also the Minelab X-Terra 70 with the new 5" x 10" DD, 18.75kHz coil is extremely hot, and very sensitive to small gold rings, tokens, etc. As was said earlier in this thread, no one machine suits all needs, for all users, at all locations. These two, however, are very hard to beat.
 
I use a XP GOLDMAXX made in France one of the best of the best relic detectors I have ever used.In my 39 years of digging and being a Nautilus man using the DMC-2 it get 6 more inches on a mini ball than the Nautilus.Runs on 18kHz and is open throttle with no regulations.The detector is light but very expensive, but I like it so much I bought 2 of them. :happy:
 
May turn out to be my go to unit for extreme depth on artillery shells, trash pits and winter hut sites. Taking one step at a time before I tackle small items.
 
David. What kind of weight does that double-D coil add? Does it feel heavier than it is? Does it really go deeper than other detectors IYO?

Thanks,

Julien
 
at old sites I dig everything that is not obviously iron. My current machines are
Fisher ID Edge, Fisher 1270, ML Advantage and X-70.

The 1270 and Advantage won't disc out the large iron but you can tell it by sizing the target. Still in areas with lots of big iron I prefer other machines simply due too the fact that I get tired of the constant loud beeps. The Troy X5 is the same around big iron.

I had the V & C from Tesoro and they are good but I prefer a detector with a more forgiving sweep speed. They are fine for slow hunting in iron but for the open areas where covering ground is important forget them as they miss stuff when using what I consider even a moderate sweep speed. Super tune the new Tesoros and they do start to get iron loving just like all the high gain detectors I don't care what the Tesoro faithful say otherwise. If I could afford more detectors I would have kept the Cibola as I don't need the GB around here.

The Edge is great in iron. Once I learned the audio on it I can run the sensitivity near max at most any iron infested site and pick stuff out of the iron as good as any detector I have used including the Advantage. The Advantage is deeper on coin size stuff, especially with the bigger coils but not nearly as sensitive on the smaller low conductive targets as the Edge. Using the bigger coils on the Advantage I have found coins deeper in and around iron than with any other detector I have used period. This area is not all that old so I don't really need the kind of depth that most relic guys do where their area has a long history and deep targets.

The X-70 here is deep when in an area where you can crank the sensitivity up to or near max. it may look like a turn on and go detector but its not and I'm still learning the darn thing. LOL It ain't the quickest detector recovery speed wise but what it does see it reports well and using the 2 tone option makes a big difference around iron.

Sorry for the ramble but I don't make this kind of post very often and just wanted to throw in my 2 cents from a coin jewelry hunters standpoint.

HH
Tom
 
Hi Julien; it weighs about 3.75 lbs with batteries. This model has the 9" dual coils. Its balance is very good, and yes, it will go deep. Probably deeper than most people would be willing to dig. I would think it will be for the serious relic, coin and treasure diggers. GH, David
 
you can't talk about relic machines and leave whites out of the picture, they have been the staple of civil war relic hunting for the last 35 years especially in virginia, two great relic machines. hh bob n.
 
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