joe dirt_1
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I took my Vaquero back to the old picnic grounds thursday afternoon. We have been hunting here since 1986 and have found many silver coins, indian head pennies, and old nickels here in the past, but finds have slowed down lately. The old grove covers at least 5 acres and still holds some coins that
are deeper / on edge and don't want to give up their hiding spot as freely as they once did. Normally my CZ5 with a 10 1/2" coil is my choice of detectors to find these deeper coins and it does a great job but today it was the new Vaquero's turn to show me what it could do. I have about 6 hours of hunting
with the Vaquero and am still learning the detector, but so far it has proven itself to be a great detector.
My first target was a solid signal that sounded fairly shallow but after cutting a deep plug it was still in the hole. After pulling out more dirt from the hole I finally found the target...a small piece of lead the size of a .22 cal. bullet. The Vaquero hit this tiny target hard at almost 8 inches.....very sensitive to tiny targets. Also dug a flattened small caliber pistol ball at about the same depth also with a very strong hit. I gave me confidence that if I got my coil over a tiny target the Vaquero will find it at very good depths. The next signal was a monster....I could hold the coil a foot off the ground and it still was hitting it hard. I dug a horse shoe... not the one you put on a horse, but the one you use in the game. After I got the horse shoe out of the ground the Vaquero told me there was another in the ground below it but it was just to deep to dig with a hand trowel. Maybe next time I will dig it just to make sure it isn't a cache of 20 dollar gold coins....
They must of had a horse shoe pit set up out there years ago when the church had picnics or families had reunions there and explains how the coins may have been lost.
Near a big oak tree and close to where I dug a 1920 buffalo nickel last trip I got a signal that kinda broke up one way and gave a good signal the other. The signal was still in the hole after cutting a plug. Pulled some more dirt out and saw the edge of a silver dime standing almost straight up in the bottom of the hole at about 7 to 8 inches deep.... a 1936 mercury dime.
The Vaquero is amazing in the trash.... quiet as a church mouse until it hits a target then it definitely lets you know something is under the coil. I was running disc at iron, super tuned, and power balanced ( thanks Gary F for reminding me about the power balancing trick)and sensitivity was almost maxed out. I'm very happy with the Vaquero and wonder why I never bought one years ago. Headed back to the picnic grounds on saturday in search of some of the gold that had to be lost there over the years. One thing for sure, if I get the coil over a gold ring the Vaquero will certainly let me know ! HH............
Roger
are deeper / on edge and don't want to give up their hiding spot as freely as they once did. Normally my CZ5 with a 10 1/2" coil is my choice of detectors to find these deeper coins and it does a great job but today it was the new Vaquero's turn to show me what it could do. I have about 6 hours of hunting
with the Vaquero and am still learning the detector, but so far it has proven itself to be a great detector.
My first target was a solid signal that sounded fairly shallow but after cutting a deep plug it was still in the hole. After pulling out more dirt from the hole I finally found the target...a small piece of lead the size of a .22 cal. bullet. The Vaquero hit this tiny target hard at almost 8 inches.....very sensitive to tiny targets. Also dug a flattened small caliber pistol ball at about the same depth also with a very strong hit. I gave me confidence that if I got my coil over a tiny target the Vaquero will find it at very good depths. The next signal was a monster....I could hold the coil a foot off the ground and it still was hitting it hard. I dug a horse shoe... not the one you put on a horse, but the one you use in the game. After I got the horse shoe out of the ground the Vaquero told me there was another in the ground below it but it was just to deep to dig with a hand trowel. Maybe next time I will dig it just to make sure it isn't a cache of 20 dollar gold coins....
They must of had a horse shoe pit set up out there years ago when the church had picnics or families had reunions there and explains how the coins may have been lost.Near a big oak tree and close to where I dug a 1920 buffalo nickel last trip I got a signal that kinda broke up one way and gave a good signal the other. The signal was still in the hole after cutting a plug. Pulled some more dirt out and saw the edge of a silver dime standing almost straight up in the bottom of the hole at about 7 to 8 inches deep.... a 1936 mercury dime.
The Vaquero is amazing in the trash.... quiet as a church mouse until it hits a target then it definitely lets you know something is under the coil. I was running disc at iron, super tuned, and power balanced ( thanks Gary F for reminding me about the power balancing trick)and sensitivity was almost maxed out. I'm very happy with the Vaquero and wonder why I never bought one years ago. Headed back to the picnic grounds on saturday in search of some of the gold that had to be lost there over the years. One thing for sure, if I get the coil over a gold ring the Vaquero will certainly let me know ! HH............Roger
