FIRST SHORT HUNT WITH THE CORTES

[joe dirt_1]

Got to take my recently acquired Cortes out last week end for a short hunt. A friend and I hunted a small yard that he had gotten permission to hunt. Not much was found except a few clad coins and one wheatie and the always present junk. From what I had read about the Cortes I was expecting
it to be good for coins in the 6 inch range but not alot deeper than that. The Cortes proved me wrong and was hitting much deeper targets with good solid signals. The meter was jumping around but I think maybe the sensitivity might have been too high for the amount of trash in the yard.
Once I get accustomed to the Cortes I think it is going to be an excellent detector. One thing for sure, if you have poor eyesight the meter on the Cortes is going to very hard to see.

I did some airtesting on a few coins to see where they read on the meter of the Cortes.....the meter was very accurate and the depth meter was right on. The Cortes was getting a solid hit on a quarter at 10 inches in the airtests and about 8 inches on a dime....very happy with the depth of the Cortes.
Out of curiosity I plugged my Depthmaster Plus into the Cortes and repeated some airtests. A quarter was hitting very solid at almost 12 inches and the dime was hitting solid at about 9 or so inches. These were nice strong signals not weak faint signals. Every detector I have tried the Depthmaster Plus
on has had a huge improvement in signal quality at the fringe of detection range, no wimpy weak signals, but very strong clear signals. So far I tried the Depthmaster Plus on my Silver

 

[artzstuff1]

Mr. dirt, thats some good info on the cortes, heard alot about them,all good,,, but was hard to see(old & blind syndrome).
I have 7 tesoro's,, would like to try one, but partial too beep and dig for now.

great info. to have .


art

 

[HaroldILL.]

I have often came close to buying a cortes,But I am just so use to constant tone I.D. and modulated audio. I just hate hunting in the trash staring at the screen all day. It mentally wears me out.

 

[tabman]

I have often came close to buying a cortes,But I am just so use to constant tone I.D. and modulated audio. I just hate hunting in the trash staring at the screen all day. It mentally wears me out.

What do you like to swing?

tabman

 

[jkernea]

Cortes is on my short list of next detector to purchase......nice write-up....thanks!

 

[Mike Hillis]

Always liked the Cortes. If you go back a couple of years you'll find a post where a guy was doing good on gold rings in high alum trash areas, like around picnic tables and such. His secret was hunting with the coil about 4-5 inches off the ground.

HH
Mike

 

[HaroldILL.]

Tabman I currently swing an E-trac which has the adjustable audio they call volume gain. Before that I was a die hard CZ man and also loved the adjustable audio boost. I have currently purchased a I.D. edge new in the box because it was a great deal and lite weight. I wanted to rest my bad shoulder. I was wondering if it had the modulated audio ,But suprisingly got one reply on the other forum.