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I was watching and waiting for a CZ3D but just had to take a side trip with a Goldbug 2.9 er and see what was going on. Yes they are hot. Yes they are stable. Yes they are fast. Yes they work well in high mineral ground. But I still want a CZ-3D and am going back to pursuing one.
What is it Mike? I have read too many of your posts and you don't ever leave out any information. Although the CZ3D won't hit gold like the bug but it will fill your pockets full of silver. Good luck on whatever choice you make. Ain't none of my business anyway. HH
I know I am pleased with the G2 or Gold Bug Pro for what I need them for (and like them for), especially with the 5" DD coil. I still use my Omega, and if I switched it would be a Fisher F5, I'm sure. But I have gone the route of the CZ's in years past with good and bad results.
I had a CZ6 converted to 6a, and a CZ-6a, and three CZ-5's and a CZ-70 and a few others. Of them all, I found the CZ-5's to be the best of them all. The biggest lemon I have ever had with a Fisher label on it included ALL of the CZ-3D's I owned. Even those I borrowed to check out! I concentrated on two favorite old parks that had kicked out a lot of 'V' and Buffalo 5
hershey1,
There is nothing wrong with the Goldbugs or G2's. I have nothing bad to say about them or their performance. Fine machines, great performance (not just saying this because I'm going to sell one, its true) However I don't hunt relics and I already have a great gold detector that I thoroughly like and that has tons of other features I enjoy. I would rather keep my current gold hunter, and get me a specialized deep coin hunter like the CZ3D as I don't currently have one of those.
I know I am pleased with the G2 or Gold Bug Pro for what I need them for (and like them for), especially with the 5" DD coil. I still use my Omega, and if I switched it would be a Fisher F5, I'm sure. But I have gone the route of the CZ's in years past with good and bad results..........
I have never used any of the CZs, however i have used the 1265x and 1266x. Is the CZ meter tied to the audio......in other words, if you were to ignore the meter screen would the audio ID be more reliable/correct??
The meter on the CZ's have seven segments which correspond to the tones. There are 3 or 4 tones on CZ's depending on the model.
Low tone will ID as Iron on the meter
Mid tones - Foil, tabs, most gold
HIgh tones - nickels, copper coins, silver ( there is an icon for Zinc pennies, but other coins can fall into that)
So if you were hunting in a trashy park that has lots of square tabs and wanted to ignore then, yet still dig the round tab and foil signals you can look at the meter.
One cool thing about the CZ3D is that it has a separate tone for Foil. Small gold rings fall into that conductive category, so you can hunt without looking at the meter and dig all the low-mid tones that are foil tones. Also, the Enhanced mode brings a lot of older coins up the mid tone to high tone hits.
Another great feature of the CZ's is that unmistakable high tone once you learn it. So when silver hunting or clad hunting, you can only dig all the repeatable high tones and will dig a lot less trash. You don't have to look at the meter, because nickels hit as high tone too.
You can learn a lot about a target via the audio. I have been using my CZ6a's since they first came out, and since I mounted them on straight shafts under the cuff, can't see the meter, so I hunt only by audio.
Key to the CZ's is when hunting in discriminate mode, ALWAYS use setting 0, listen to ALL targets. You will not get fooled by iron as much, especially when it overlaps into the high tone. It may be noisy in iron laden areas, but can sniff out coins among the iron that way.
