Andy/Memphis
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been out of the hobby for awhile getting a nice 1266xb back where i started the 1266x was my first detector
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fisher 1266xb
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joe dirt_1
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hi andy, the 1266 is a classic machine! i have tried detectors with all the bells and whistles and keep coming back to the turn on and go machines. i used the 1260, 1265, and now use a 1266 i bought new in 1998 and wouldn't trade it for any of the new fisher detectors. i have dug lots of deep silver coins with my fishers in sites that were hunted hard with other major brand detectors. the 1266 might be considered old school technology now, but it will hold it's own with about anything out there depth wise still. good luck with your new 1266 and happy hunting!..........roger
steve in so la
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I agree with JD - I'm on my 2 nd 1266 now over the years. Why get another model when this one is perfect ??? Good luck, Steve in so az
BJ in Okla.
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I have a nice 1266xb and have never used it, don't think its my cup of tea.
I hunt with a father 71 that uses a 1260 and his son 45 uses a 1265, and they spank me and my friends every time we hunt together....
There units seem to work great in dry hard ground....Here....
I can only dig so many holes, and then have to rest the ol legs and go dig some more holes.
HH...BJ
I hunt with a father 71 that uses a 1260 and his son 45 uses a 1265, and they spank me and my friends every time we hunt together....
There units seem to work great in dry hard ground....Here....
I can only dig so many holes, and then have to rest the ol legs and go dig some more holes.
HH...BJ
I'm confused - do you like it or dislike it?BJ in Okla. said:I have a nice 1266xb and have never used it, don't think its my cup of tea.
I hunt with a father 71 that uses a 1260 and his son 45 uses a 1265, and they spank me and my friends every time we hunt together....
There units seem to work great in dry hard ground....Here....
I can only dig so many holes, and then have to rest the ol legs and go dig some more holes.
HH...BJ
I once had a 1266X and thought it was pretty sharp. I especially liked the dual mode DISC. I sold it and, in time, regretted it. I now have a 1236x2 in its place, so as to keep an "X" series instrument in my battery.
It is one of the hottest detectors I have on low conductive targets, in fact. Some of my higher end detectors cannot keep up with it. And even with it's simplicity of operation and fast response, few detectors can beat it when there is a lot of iron in the ground. I suspect it may even beat the 1266 in that regard.
BJ in Okla.
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I know it is a good unit, I just have not used it and tried to learn it. I know it would be a long learning curve....
Its hard for me to turn loose of my Edge and try the 1266. Maybe I am hooked on the meter and tone id and don't know much about the 1266. So I guess that I am confused when it comes to the 1266Xb....I have seen what the 1260x and 1265x can do, with someone that understands them.
I have read good things about the 1236x,, someone posted that they thought the Edge was a 1236x with a meter and tone id. I have never used a 1236x, but think they are different...
How is the 1236x with round rusty washers and rusty bottle caps ???
HH...BJ
Its hard for me to turn loose of my Edge and try the 1266. Maybe I am hooked on the meter and tone id and don't know much about the 1266. So I guess that I am confused when it comes to the 1266Xb....I have seen what the 1260x and 1265x can do, with someone that understands them.
I have read good things about the 1236x,, someone posted that they thought the Edge was a 1236x with a meter and tone id. I have never used a 1236x, but think they are different...
How is the 1236x with round rusty washers and rusty bottle caps ???
HH...BJ
Howdy BJ
You said " How is the 1236x with round rusty washers and rusty bottle caps???" Well.........allmost all of the detectors I have used give out a good signal on quarter sized rusty washers, and "some" rusty (old and deteriorated) crimp on crown type bottle caps. If you sweep your coil over them with a quick flick of the wrist, just a short fast sweep, that technique classifies them them for what they are!. Works for me.
Randy
You said " How is the 1236x with round rusty washers and rusty bottle caps???" Well.........allmost all of the detectors I have used give out a good signal on quarter sized rusty washers, and "some" rusty (old and deteriorated) crimp on crown type bottle caps. If you sweep your coil over them with a quick flick of the wrist, just a short fast sweep, that technique classifies them them for what they are!. Works for me.
Randy
BJ in Okla.
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How you doing ???
I did not know you had a 1236x, but I forgot that you bought one a while back....
Have you been making any good finds ???
I have been on a dry spell...
BJ
I did not know you had a 1236x, but I forgot that you bought one a while back....
Have you been making any good finds ???
I have been on a dry spell...
BJ
The 1236 handles iron in a tiered fashion. In the discriminate settings below "4" you gain varying levels of iron acceptance, with "4" being the hinge point between ferrous and nonferrous targets. Anything ferrous, below "4", will be subject to the usual Fisher X series "snap-crackle-pop" response or acceptance. Really large iron swamps the detector and blooms through, no matter what (but there is a fix for that - - keep reading...).Hombre said:Howdy BJ
You said " How is the 1236x with round rusty washers and rusty bottle caps???" Well.........allmost all of the detectors I have used give out a good signal on quarter sized rusty washers, and "some" rusty (old and deteriorated) crimp on crown type bottle caps. If you sweep your coil over them with a quick flick of the wrist, just a short fast sweep, that technique classifies them them for what they are!. Works for me.
Randy
SO the way to use the 1236x - and indeed any X series Fisher - is not to look for iron rejection, but accept it's levels of iron tolerance.
At "0" discrimination, it is close to all metal, with only the smallest of iron bits being knocked out.
Bottle caps and washers are a challenge for any detector, but the 1236 lets you handle them a little differently. Somewhere around 3.5" on the disc control they will break up, but not really go away, like Hombre says. But when you switch to "SILENCE" mode they nearly disappear!
SO the way to search most of the time is to set your detector to reject the range of targets entering the foil part of the scale, "3-4" on the discriminate control. This will block most small iron and cause larger iron like bottle caps to break up. Thats when you tickle the SILENCE control.
If the signal disappears or gets worse, it is most likely iron, like bottle caps. In fact, when in doubt about iron, use the SILENCER - it very nearly stops all iron response while allowing everything else to come through.
Fisher got it right on the 1236X. It was their intent to correct the iron loving ways of the earlier X series detectors, and they did. It isnt perfect, but it goes a long way towards it.
Hey BJ
I'm doing good, how about yourself? I found a new spot today, only got to hunt it for 30 min. and found a "one penny" Masonic token chartered October 18, 1878, about the size of a half dollar, then turned around and found a big honking Mexican silver ring about 5 min. later. Wish I knew how to upload pictures. Anyway I think this place is virgin (loaded). After finding these I had to vamoose and go trick or treat with the 4 grandkids which was just as fun!
Randy
I'm doing good, how about yourself? I found a new spot today, only got to hunt it for 30 min. and found a "one penny" Masonic token chartered October 18, 1878, about the size of a half dollar, then turned around and found a big honking Mexican silver ring about 5 min. later. Wish I knew how to upload pictures. Anyway I think this place is virgin (loaded). After finding these I had to vamoose and go trick or treat with the 4 grandkids which was just as fun!
Randy