I need everyone's comments on which detector to get my Younger Brother for his B-Day.

[bdahunter]

Morgan lives in Alberta in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains so he is interested in doing a little gold prospecting in the rivers there. He would also like the machine to be good on the land as well as the water so he can hunt parks as well as swimming areas. He's always been a dirtfisher but I'm trying to change his thinking to water, not that it's ever easy for an older brother to change a younger brothers mind on anything.
I'm thinking a Tesoro Tigershark might be the way to go and it fits my budget as well as my performance requirements. I don't want to spend more the $750 if I can help it.
Your thoughts on this are, as always, Greatly Appreciated.

Cheers,

BDA

 

[TNBob]

Tesoro is the way to go if you want a "cheap" detector for those purposes. I have a lobo ST and it works very well for gold nugget detecting. You can get the coil wet, but dont get the electronics housing wet. I used it in Alaska in 2003 with very good results and got many small nuggets out of a creek. Bought it in Arizona and it handles mineralized ground very well but is only as deep as a normal VLF detector. Havent used it on the beach yet, but I have a Minelab Excal 2 for that and I love it.
Bob

 

[alaskaseeker]

LST is the way to go lots of accessory coils for this unit also...Good Hunting Geo

 

[captRobert]

BDA can i be your brother too: My Bdays coming up so a Sov. GT will do nicely
All kidding aside, Man thats a nice thing to do!!! agree t.t.shark.

 

[bdahunter]

[quote captRobert]
BDA can i be your brother too: My Bdays coming up so a Sov. GT will do nicely
All kidding aside, Man thats a nice thing to do!!! agree t.t.shark.[/quote]

Sorry Mate, I've already got two brothers but if you need a brother I can spare you my older brother. No charge, heck I might even throw in a Sovereign but it's a package deal, you have to keep my older brother. You have no idea what a good deal this would be for me.

Cheers,

BDA
PS: Just kidding about the older brother thing, my Mom would killed me if she ever found out I had sold him off.

 

[therick]

n/t

 

[Boston Bob]

n/t

 

[klopek]

n/t

 

[mickfin]

??????????????????????????????? MickFin

 

[mickfin]

BDA I just got a Beach Hunter ID two months ago, First it was differnt Learning time Like all units but I Like It,
Its Like a three zone Discrimination N you see all targets, Wen in ID you dont 1/2 too watch the Lights and wen you go in AM it gose a tad Deeper you go too watch the Lights still work, In tot Lots i dont 1/2 too Ground balance most of the time, It doesn`t know its not on the Beach???? But wen he dose go he can dig all but no RED Lights not eveon a flicker its so accurate, And wen it rains I can Hunt??? my friends got too put covers N wen its too bad got too go in, I Like the open disc, My other unit is a XLT, Ben Hunting for 25 years think im gana hunt the water this year my Ring count is going up!!!!! Thear is no Volume under water sound is muffled a bit, I wired in my Sun Ray Pro Gold headphones thay have a Volume for each side, Being a shallow water Hunter Like me is, It was driving me Crazy-R
N its good on Batts Man, MF

 

[mickfin]

DBA i Like your responce with your older Bro it made me laugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your Brother mite get some FREE food HA

 

[rmptr]

Give him your favorite.
Buy a replacement.

 

[alex]

BDA buy used Explorer2 in good condition.. about $700/750.....superior detector for shallow water and wet sand.. very easy to use, lots of options the
same time.
Alex.

 

[Daniel A.]

Buy an X-Terra 70 very versitile with coils . The Sov and Excal don't like canadian clad. Dan