[attachment 59637 clad2.jpg]I posted this on the analog forum...but I wanted to post on the main Whites forum as well. I finally got to use my XL PRO for the first time over the weekend. I went to a football field that's now used as a soccer field. It's only been there since the mid 70's so I knew there would only be clad there. I took my lady and son there a few weeks ago and we had a blast as she was trying out the classic ID with Mr. Bill mods that I bought for her. My son was using the Ace 250. That day we found 71 coins between us and it was a ball. I much prefer to hunt for deep silver...but with gas prices the way they are right now...this was the only site that fit our budget this weekend. I got to hunt for a full 5 hours and CLEANED HOUSE on clad! I could have easily popped WELL OVER 100 coins out of the ground...but I left 25 pennies or more in the ground for the rest of my crew to find at a later date.
When I hunted there a few weeks ago I did very well using my SE but my arm hurt after about 2 to 3 hours. This time was a blast and I was able to "whip" the XL PRO around like a fly swatter. It was hot and I was going way too fast and no where near overlapping my sweeps with the 5.3 coil. The XL PRO didn't care!! Heres the TAKE:
30 quarters...18 dimes....19 pennies (all read higher than dimes)...7 nickels....1 wheatie....75 coins in all...but would have been well over 100 if I wanted to pop out more pennies. I did real well on my dime to penny ratio for a while as I walked over at least 25 to 30 pennies so my lady and son could find them some other time. I got fooled by stinkin' Lincolns that read slightly higher than dimes though so I dug them. If the meter said dime...then it was a dime...EVERY time. However like I said I did dig 19 pennies that read just slightly higher than a dime. That same thing happens on my SE too though. There are a few years of stinkin' pennies that read just like a dime and they fool all my other machines too. What I liked about the XL PRO is that there were a TON of pennies that read just to the left of the penny on the meter and they were easiy to distinguish as pennies. I can't wait to take the xl pro to an old site...but man this was a fun time.
When I hunted there a few weeks ago I did very well using my SE but my arm hurt after about 2 to 3 hours. This time was a blast and I was able to "whip" the XL PRO around like a fly swatter. It was hot and I was going way too fast and no where near overlapping my sweeps with the 5.3 coil. The XL PRO didn't care!! Heres the TAKE:
30 quarters...18 dimes....19 pennies (all read higher than dimes)...7 nickels....1 wheatie....75 coins in all...but would have been well over 100 if I wanted to pop out more pennies. I did real well on my dime to penny ratio for a while as I walked over at least 25 to 30 pennies so my lady and son could find them some other time. I got fooled by stinkin' Lincolns that read slightly higher than dimes though so I dug them. If the meter said dime...then it was a dime...EVERY time. However like I said I did dig 19 pennies that read just slightly higher than a dime. That same thing happens on my SE too though. There are a few years of stinkin' pennies that read just like a dime and they fool all my other machines too. What I liked about the XL PRO is that there were a TON of pennies that read just to the left of the penny on the meter and they were easiy to distinguish as pennies. I can't wait to take the xl pro to an old site...but man this was a fun time.
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