Bill&Mike, You have both made some good and very interesting points. Ron
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Id Excel,CoinStrike or CZ7A??
- Thread starter Ron from Michigan
- Start date
I remember awhile ago, NASA Tom offered to validate your 3D. My 3D is a nickel hound as it should be and was designed to be. Did you ever have Tom validate your 3D? I believe you had a bad 3D experience due to the fact that your machine was not functioning properly. I've hunted with my 3D behind a variety of people and other detectors including the CZ5 and have came home with more nickels and older coins consistently. Sure, your hunting style may be different, but if you are looking for older generation coins, the 3D is top choice. Last night I found a 1914D Buffalo, a 1936D Buffalo and a 1907 Barber Dime. All signals were deep and read high tone just as it should. I'll be posting the pictures soon.
mtdoramike
Well-known member
No, I didn't take Tom up on his offer. I rarely get down to Cocoa, which is about 100 miles from me. I opted to call Fisher and spoke with a Tech there, who said my machine was working properly. I also read in the manual that if you tried a hand full of nickels very few of them would register properly, I don't recall the wording, but I showed it to my wife who also read it and said that by what the manual says, it's working properly.
Maybe in the near future I will find someone in the area who has a 3d and see how it does on nickels. I'm heading to the Comp hunt in Daytona later so I will see if anyone there has a 3d and do some nickel checking with it.
Maybe in the near future I will find someone in the area who has a 3d and see how it does on nickels. I'm heading to the Comp hunt in Daytona later so I will see if anyone there has a 3d and do some nickel checking with it.
berkeley bottle boy
New member
It'd be great if you guys with the T2 could start posting what it tells you about ground mineralization in the areas where your other detectors don't work so well.
I think Florida is really benign wrt mineralization while CA where I am is hot hot hot. On the maps PA doesn't look too hot, but maybe there are local hotspots?
Check out http://www.fcc.gov.mb/audio/m3/index.html
I think Florida is really benign wrt mineralization while CA where I am is hot hot hot. On the maps PA doesn't look too hot, but maybe there are local hotspots?
Check out http://www.fcc.gov.mb/audio/m3/index.html
It really doesn't matter to me what you or anyone else thinks. The C$ just didn't work around my area like I needed it to. If you read back I think I did mention that the C$ had a problem with hitting hot rocks that IDed in the 20's. This problem is mentioned in the manual. I tried everything that was suggested to me on this forum. It still hit on the hot rocks irregardless. The C$ (and any other machine) is not immune to being great at one place and sub-par at another. Every machine is ever owned has it good points and bad points. But, there are some issues that can make a machine pretty much useless such as hot rocks on the C$.
-Bill
-Bill
CZ is user friendly depth demon that likes iron, with time in field will dig little iron.
Coinstrike has a learning period, seems to be affected by outside electrical interference, has decent depth and good ID and works well in trash.
Excel was just not my cup of tea, didn't like the tones or depth or jumping meter..I understand many do well with it so perhaps they can add their comments.
Coinstrike has a learning period, seems to be affected by outside electrical interference, has decent depth and good ID and works well in trash.
Excel was just not my cup of tea, didn't like the tones or depth or jumping meter..I understand many do well with it so perhaps they can add their comments.
mtdoramike
Well-known member
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