Golden UMax ?

[dert]

I am buying a Golden this week and I am looking for any help/tips I can get . I own a Vaquero and it works great , but I was looking for something to help weed through the trash at school yards and parks . Any help would be appreciated . Thanks

 

[Beale]

Congrats on the Golden! I also own a Vaquero. Their was a couple of posts a short time ago on the Golden? Here is one.

http://www.findmall.com/read.php?17,718433,718550#msg-718550

Here is another,for you. Good luck with the Golden. I sometimes want to get one also, Beale.

http://www.findmall.com/read.php?17,728929,733207#msg-733207

 

[Hightone]

A nice choice that takes some getting used to. The different tones will be a big asset. I envy you, as that is the detector I want next (once the wife calms down over the Compadre I just bought). I've read a lot about the Golden (all good) and it will be a great asset to the V.

 

[dan b]

The Golden is awesome. I dug 180 coins this weekend and I'm really learning what the Golden's language is telling me. I keep the disc low, and when I get a medium to high pitch signal, I thumb the disc up slightly. If it sounds good still, I dig. I'm getting a lot of dimes and nickels so I think I'm on the right track. I have been digging tabs too, but I'm doing that intentionally. The signal on can slaw is unmistakable, so no time wasted there.

The only downside is that if you buy the Golden, your other machines are going to gather dust.

Dan

 

[dan b]

I should also add that if the Vaquero is anything like the Tejon (and I believe it is) put a 5.75 coil on it for trashy school yards. My Tejon with the small coil cuts through the trash like a laser beam.

Dan

 

[dert]

Do you here a diffirent tone for the can slaw or are you notching it out , and do you think you are losing any gold by skipping this signal ? This is the number 1 problem where i have been hunting . Thanks

 

[dert]

n/t

 

[dan b]

If you keep your disc low, you hear a lot by the tones and decide what to dig. Can slaw has a distinctive sound, it's not really a tone, but a quick series of machine gun type sounds. This rat-tat-tat sound is also the signal you will get if you have a gold ring pretty much on the coil. So I suppose if there was a gold ring laying on the ground, you would hear this signal. Then again, you really wouldn't need to have a metal detector to find it because you would see it laying there. I've dug a lot of these signals in the beginning to see what they were, and it's been 100% can slaw.

Hope this helps,

Dan

 

[dert]

Thanks for the info.

 

[dan b]

I should mention that when you hear the rat-tat-tat signal, raise the coil slightly. Can slaw will still sound the same, but gold on the surface would now have a tone (the gold I tested all had a medium high and a high pitch).

Dan