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I am leaning to either a Fisher I.D. Excel or Edge to use for old home sites, parks and some relic hunting. Do either of these two have enough punch to find the deeper stuff? How would they compare to say a Cibola or X-terra detector? Thanks!
I haven't used a Cibola or an Xtrerra so I can't compare to those for you. I had an Excel. I would not say it was the deepest machine I'd ever used, but it was good enough for a lot of what I'd find in this area. In yours, I guess it depends, how deeply do you normally find coins there?
If you are looking for maximum depth, the Edge should do the trick. You can find them brand new on the auction site for 400 bucks. Excel is hard to find, not as deep as Edge so those who have tried both seem to feel.
prospector, the edge is a good machine and will hit targets at 8 inches. the problem i had with my edge was the volume was weak sounding. other than weak sounding volume i liked the detector. it was light weight, set up was easy, and it had good depth. depending on your ground conditions, the edge should work well for you. it may not be the deepest machine but it will find coins in high trash areas if you go slow and watch the id numbers..........good luck....................roger
They made a 6" and a 10 1/2" coil for the Edge.
With the Excel, your stuck with the 8" coil.
I have a Edge and like it.
I keep the 6" coil on mine all the time...
HH...BJ
I guess I forgot to mention, both Fishers are light weight, and pretty easy to learn to use. The learning curve is very short with these units. The unit won't sound on targets that are discriminated out but you will still see them on the display (the numbers). Depth reading is different from most but once you've used it, it become second nature. Edge has notch, Excel does not. Some don't care for the touchpad response and I admit it's a little tricky at times. Interface is pretty easy.
Also Sunray probes are available for both the Edge and Excel if that is of interest.
Prospector,I have used all three The 1236X-2 my first choice,Tesoro Cibola second and the ID Edge last.You could use a 1236 for a main unit if you are on a budget.Good Luck Ron
Since we are suggesting other ideas, a Coinstrike can be had cheap and has enough punch to get deep like you want. A used f75 or f70 would do the trick as well.
I personally went with the Coinstrike, after reading raves about it (as well as a few rants) and got two of them new in box with warranty for under 400 each. A lot of people complicate it more than it needs to be, so they struggle with it, but it has plenty of depth and power. It's hard to go wrong with for the money, I think it's the best bang for the buck you can get, with a new Edge for 400 being next, but it's not for everyone. Just remember that's true of every detector - some hate the f75 and others make killer finds, it just depends on you really, just like some love fords and some love chevys.
I have owned 17 fine metal detectors, and I see so much hype on so many. Now as the best all around machine ever built, I would have to vote for the Fisher CZ series detectors. You can buy a perfect used one for what you will pay for those others new.
The reason for the CZ's. When you are hunting an old park or home site you oft time have to deal with a lot of trash. Most really deep machines sacrifice seperation with a very slow recovery time to aid in extra depth, which makes the poor machines in this situation. A CZ fitted with a 5 in coil will match the depth of my Cibola, and my 1236X2 using large coils. A CZ fitted with the 8 in, or 10.5 in coils will do well for deep relic hunting. So if you just want one machine get yourself a CZ. Which one, CZ 5, CZ 7aPro, CZ 70, or CZ 3D, will get the job done.
Hi Folks; Good question here. New to this Forum.Just got an Edge and love it.My old detector "croaked" after 20 plus yrs. of hard use.Loved it but time to move on;PROGRESS you know, ha ha. Anyway my experience is that I found 7 dimes at 10 icches easy. I found quarters at 15" a bit shaky but still definitely woud dig if I had to guess anyway.I did not need to guess at it at all.Edge locked on each time. Biggest problem with the Edge is VOLUME as mentioned by joedirt 1. I wonder why Fisher did that.It doesn't make sense.I want to hear everything "clearly". I guess it was an error on thier part. Hope this helps. I also hunt in all metal because you hear all the signals, can still tell good stuff from junk and the VDI #s are accurate as well. OK?? PEACE:RONB
