Just an observation I have made for myself !!

[Elton]

Reading the forums it would seem the Minelab Explorer, E-trac, and CTX 3030 Series detectors are still the kings of finding [size=large]coins.[/size]

For everyday, day in, and day out OLD Coin finds they find the most, and many times the deepest old coins.....

Now I'm not saying other detectors do not find old coins..They DO !! I can even say plenty of coins................

What I am saying is they do not find as many, nor in general as deep, old dated Silver coins consistently like the Minelabs.

Just from reading the forums, and noting the finds posted has led me to think this... It's over, and over , and over on the Minelab forums what everyone finds.

Minelabs Multi frequency does appear to have the one up on single frequency, and other detectors that have a few frequencies over all.. Or those Minelab users are way better than some of us..

I didn't post this to start an argument either.. I posted it after reading the finds listed by the Minelab users..... Check it out yourself if you haven't already.... Posted finds tend to prove it to me.

 

[bugg]

In my soil, for coinshooting , minelabs are the one to beat.

 

[skookum]

Hi,
Could it be that minelab owners measure in centimeters and quote in inches ??
hh
skookum
who sees no reason for himself, to read in the minelab forum.

 

[MNCoinhunter]

 

[Steve O]

I've been detecting with a ML guy for years. He holds his own. Every outing depends what we walk over. Some days are his, some are mine. Some days we both get skunked. He owns 3 ML's, I own 2 Fishers.
He always uses the latest ML, I switch between my two Fishers depending on the area.
He hates high iron spots, I love em. We are strictly after old coinage.

 

[jimmyk]

I noticed the same thing several years ago and bought an Etrac. Rehunted areas I prviously with other machines and found many missed coins. Seem to work better in junk. The new CTX3030 is even better. For my money, it's the best coin machine I've ever used.

jimmyk in Missouri

 

[Larry (IL)]

There is truth in your statement Elton, the Explores, E-Tracs and CTX's do go a little deeper with better target ID at depth but is it really the stampede that some like to promote? You certainly know me well enough that you know I'm not picking on you Elton because I have heard this same ole phrase for the entire 13 years I have been with Finds starting with the Minelab XS Vs. DFX debate. The phrase "Minelab is the best because just go look at all of the finds they post" and that has always raised the hair on the back of my neck even though I'm a Minelab user. There are many reasons why there are more finds posted on the Minelab forums such as the pure number of Minelab users greatly exceed the users on any other forum we have. I would also say that when it comes to the very experienced hard core detectorist, there is probably a higher % of those using a Minelab than say a company that caters to more of the entry level users who have limited funds.

Sure the Minelabs are better hunting deep coins but are they really THAT much better than other top of the line detectors? Open for debate............

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Elton, it's hard to argue with end-results, right? Oh sure, there'll always be someones to post a great coin find (old and valuable, etc...) with most ANY machine. Because, sure .... if you take even the cheapest machine to a site abounding with easy targets (a virgin 1800's country picnic site, or a turn-of-century park turf that got scraped off by heavy equipment, etc....) then even a cheapie machine is going to find stuff.

But when it comes to deep coins, where a little pickiness of which targets to chase is involved (typically turf hunting, where perhaps someone is passing clad, or surface foil, etc...) then yes, you are right, Explorers are kicking b*tt. I got converted "kicking and screaming" (simply didn't want to think my Whites couldn't replicate and find the same flagged targets). But when a fellow I knew here in CA was posting silver tallies from parks I'd considered hard-hit for decades ..... I had to investigate. We'd go out time after time, and he'd flag suspected deep silver for me to listen to. And no matter HOW I set the various controls on my Whites, re-ground balance right off-the-side, etc.. etc... , I just had to admit that had it not been shown to me, I'd have probably missed it.

But it's a hard machine to get used to. The wacky fluty signals will at first be annoying. But once you've been shown a few of the signals you're supposed to be looking for, then the "lights go on" and you fall in love with it

 

[khouse]

To make a long story short. Bill_S and I were hunting. He marked several 8+ inch targets with his Etrac. I had with me an ATpro and modified M6. Basically I couln't even get a peep or they showed iron but mostly they were silent. I tried every adjustment with no success. Then I watched in amazement as he dug deep Wheaties and silver. I knew then I was out gunned. I really didn't want to believe it. I knew I had to have one. Just over a year later my silver and copper count is way up. I'm not looking back because I made the right choice for me.

 

[Elton]

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[fongu]

I've heard a lot about minelab, but have never used them. I like my Garrett GTI-2500, but that's all I have used since 2007.

 

[Elton]

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[Elton]

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[Elton]

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[Elton]

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[Elton]

I think I read in some of your posts when you want deep OLD SIlver you reach for your MInelab.. Right ?? ...... Hahahahah

Thanks Larry appreciate your jumping in on this... Your more than qualified to make judgements..

 

[robo]

I strictly coin hunt for silver. My Minelabs just flatly get it. Only other detector that can keep pace at depth with it is my cz3d. I tone hunt pretty much exclusively and just check the meter to confirm what my ears are telling me. One thing my Fisher can do that the pure digital Minelab can't is give me that sweet soft ping that tells me "I'm a silver coin." Elton is correct in stating the FBS Minelabs do get the good coins. Wouldn't be without one in my arsenal.

 

[michaelnc]

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[Neita SC]

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[Larry (IL)]

Absolutely Elton, the CTX 3030 is my go to machine and before that it was the SE Pro. They work the best for me in my mineralized ground, but I have used many other brands and models, some did just about as good and some work a little better than my flagship CTX. One example is when hunting farm fields for deep coins and relics, I will usually hunt with the V3i, it seems in the disturbed ground, the Minelabs just don't have the punch that they have in ground that is not disturbed. As most of us already knows, there is not one best machine but a variety of detectors that suits each one of us best for our style of hunting, weight limitations and where and what we are hunting for.

The point I tried to make was really about the comment commonly heard about the number of finds posts made on the Minelab forums as proof they are better detectors, I just don't agree with the analogy. More people eat McDonalds hamburgers than any other brand so they are the best................ NOT.