My Compadre and Me #8

[zeekeys]

The rings are starting to show up. Now I am ready for tomorrows hunt. I know the ring gods are looking in my direction. Soon that big sparkler will be in my pouch. Thanks for looking .......Z

 

[Lightstryder]

You are doing really well with that Compadre! So when you get your F70 back, do you think you will keep using the Compadre? If you had to sum it up, what do you find better or worse with your style of hunting between the two machines? Probably a difficult question, because they are so different. Just curious what your opinion is now that you have some time under your belt with the Compadre.

 

[tabman]

It won't be long now! Way to go on the rings.

tabman

 

[kaolinwasher]

You are closing the gap

 

[zeekeys]

Lightstryder that is a hard question to answer. I haven't been on the Fisher forum since I got the Compadre. I want to concentrate on using the Compadre only and see how it works in the field. The only thing that counts is experience with the detector in the field. To tell you the truth I haven't dug as much trash in years. I am starting to get the sounds down but get fooled easily. The retrieval of targets are starting to fall into a routine so it makes for a faster to dig the target and on to the next one. It is more fun and I want to go out detecting more often. I probably have a few more weeks to test the Compadre? I turn it on and disc out a sports drink tab (Tabman's way) and go detecting. Again it is fun to use...

Tabman I know you have a genie and you probably have a magic coil too. So you are not fooling me. Great detecting Tabman.

Gunnar I am going to try to catch that young Tabman. But he uses some sort of sorcery and wizardry ....Z

 

[metalfun]

Great Job You're making me want a compadre HH

 

[tvr]

Another nice hunt.

My "2 cents" comment on disc'ing out those foil sports drink tops; on my F75LTD they disc out at 17. On the Compadre, they are gone at the low side of foil. When I set the F75 at say 8 to 10 or the Compadre to knock out a small nail at the iron mark, I will dig those foil tops, sometimes lots of them, but have also dug some thinner chains and two different thin gold rings that had been resized and broke at the resize solder joint. Said chains and rings were not seen when disc was set to eliminate the foil drink tops. I do disc them out when I'm tired of digging them, but consciously realize what else may be missed.
Cheers,
tvr

 

[zeekeys]

metalfun the compadre is a fun detector to use. It does have limitations. It is still a fun machine and I like swinging the compadre. You sure do dig up a lot of strange things.

tvr thank you: I think, I have to decide what I want to dig. Much junk hoping to get gold? Or disc out what will most likely be junk and miss some gold. Some of my wife's gold disc's out at 8 on the F70. When I am in tot lots I run disc at 7 and foil discs out at 21. There is another if, in the equation and that is if the gold isn't too deep. This is why I am a coin shooter and if gold/jewelry comes in that is much better. Gold/jewelry hunters go home sad too many times. It is about fun and a hobby not about goals and pressure. I guess that is why the compadre and I get along so well right now. There is no pressure just dig and have fun. Could I do this all the time? Thanks for the very interesting info you really got me thinking here. I do thank you for that. Best regards....Z

 

[tabman]

Another nice hunt.

My "2 cents" comment on disc'ing out those foil sports drink tops; on my F75LTD they disc out at 17. On the Compadre, they are gone at the low side of foil. When I set the F75 at say 8 to 10 or the Compadre to knock out a small nail at the iron mark, I will dig those foil tops, sometimes lots of them, but have also dug some thinner chains and two different thin gold rings that had been resized and broke at the resize solder joint. Said chains and rings were not seen when disc was set to eliminate the foil drink tops. I do disc them out when I'm tired of digging them, but consciously realize what else may be missed.
Cheers,
tvr

My '3 cent' on discriminating out those foil sports drink tops. If you're looking for gold rings you'd better not set the disc any higher than where a foil sports drink top discriminates out, because you'll start passing over some worth while gold rings. Show me a gold ring that disc out much lower than a foil sports drink top and I'll show you bucketfuls of small bits of foil and can slaw pieces you have to dig in a normal trashy park to find that tiny gold ring that's not worth much. The smallest (I mean really cheap small) diamond gold ring that I tested discriminated out above a foil sports drink top. Granted you'll disc out some valuable gold chains, but they're not lost nearly as much as rings are which makes them even harder to find.

On really clean sports fields and tot lots, I set the discrimination where a Bobbie Pin just disc out.

All this, I set my disc at the 'i' in 'foil' or whatever is a bunch of useless information, because all Compadres are not calibrated exactly the same and just moving the discrimination dial a tiny fraction one way or the other makes a huge difference in the discrimination.

In normal detecting situations, I'm using a Gatorade Sports Drink Foil Cap as my discrimination marker, because from my testing and experience, I'm comfortable with it.

Everyone has to find something they have confidence in. I got mine. Also moving the disc around changes the audio tones of targets.

tabman

 

[tvr]

Yes, it is all about finding settings you are comfortable with and finding the fun factor. All trade offs that may not fit the same settings equation on the next hunt.

One thing I have found is that I dig more gold with the Tesoro "beep and dig" detectors over the dirt and play grounds than I do with the target ID detectors. I also dig more trash and "what's is its". When the detector is light weight and the smile factor is high, what more could I ask for? I just sometimes need to remind myself what the trades offs are.
Cheers,
tvr

 

[tabman]

Tvr, you got that right! The fun factor when swinging a Tesoro is off the charts. If I turned the discrimination up to a point where only high conductors could be detected, my silver coin count would go way up, BUT the fun would go down. The fun factor for me is the 'what is it" before I dig. Is it a gold ring, a necklace, a old token.................

Thumbing the discrimination dial to me is just a waste of time, because I'm digging all good sounding repeatable signals anyway!

Nothing beats a Tesoro for having fun.

tabman