Finding nickels....

[Aaron]

I'm really intriqued by the latest posts that have been started by Bryce and his nickel/gold ring question. I have been a CZ user for around 5yrs and have a 70Pro and a CZ3D. Both machines are great and have used them alot. I got a SEpro last spring after getting jealous of all the silver the ML forum was finding everyday. After a good couple of months I finally figured that beast out and began finding silver like never before, but rarely found nickels. As has already been discussed, nickels are alot easier to find with the CZ than the Explorer. How about the Etrac? Some have posted on that forum that their able to find more nickels with the Etrac because of the higher screen resolution? I'm only asking because I know some of you have Etracs also.
Thanks, Aaron

 

[Hotcz70]

did find a few more than with my SE and EX2 but I mean literally only a few more.

The E-Trac displays digital and smart screen at the same time and I don't pay much attention to nickel hits on the Explorers or E-trac becauseI have spent a gazillion hours training my ears for the sweet warble of silver and injun's. As you know nickel hits sound much lower on the explorers...and pretty much like most pulltabs...beavertails...can slaw...etc. With the E-Trac though...I would glance at the screen to view the numbers only....and if the numbers were 11-12...12-12...or 12-13....I would dig those hits. A textbook nickel hit on my E-Trac was 12-12....and that's why I dug them.

I never looked at the smart screen using my E-trac because the crosshair placement and action of said crosshairs are not the same as on the explorers...and I did not want to mess up what I have trained myself to watch and listen for on said explorrs.

I hunt 100% by sound alone when using the E-trac...and glance at the screen only to check numbers on deep, iffy targets or nickel hits.

On the CZ's as you know...all those lower conductor and lower sounding nickel hits on the explorers are brought up into the "coin" zone and are give a high tone just as the other coins do. For this reason alone I have probably personally increased my chances of digging a nickel by 200% with my CZ70Pro

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[Aaron]

Out of all my machines, the CZ70 Pro and the V3 are the best nickel finders. The CZ70 will get it the nickel right, at least 8 of 10 times.
Even though most gold rings lost are in the foil range, you keep diggin those nickel signals bro., a ring is bound to turn up sooner or later, it did for me!

 

[Dan-Pa.]

We all must remember for all purposes a Jefferson nickle is one nickle but a real deep Jefferson will read a tad lower along with a Buffalo, V-Shield nickle whether it be the foil to nickle bounce of a CZ or the lower number on the Explorer. Unit for unit the CZ is just more simple than an Explorer where one has to look for a number, tone and the path of the peep site but surely nickles are doable with an Explorer once one establishes a system. Imagine the average detectorist learns the high pitch of a silver coin but one can learn the lower pitch of the nickle also and as Bryce relates hunt by tone with an Explorer and get silver but ignore lower tone nickles but again thats where the simplicity of a CZ comes in and the average detectorist will just find more nickles with a CZ learning the foil to nickle bounce for older nickles and just digging the nickle facet. rather than the more complicated process on a nickle with an Explorer. Each will find nickles but again it all comes back to the expertise of the operator and yes not something I read in a book as I have used many models of either units in question and speak from experience. Never had a problem learning an Explorer but couldn't handle the weight and ergonomics while the CZ is no lightweight...ergonomically its doable and dial in simplicity and is my favorite.
My feelings build a lightweight explorer or a 1-100 metered CZ and both would be even better than they are and sell like hotcakes..
Above post does not include the workings of a CZ3D where two nickle modes come into play with regular and enhanced mode as thats a different ball game rel nickles..