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RustynailDan

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Hi Guys, I need some help. I rolled up all my change last night and thinking about buying a new detector. I have $602.50 rolled and have properly twenty more in loose change left. I
 
I would suggest you spend a bit more and buy a Minelab, but you can get a preowned ML for the $$$$ you want to spend. If not a Minelab take a look at the Tesoro line, they have a lifetime warranty and are great machines. They don't sell to the big conglomerate dealers so Kellyco does not sell them, but take a look.
 
Just another opinion, but I would lean toward the 75. I haven't tried an F70 so I can't really speak on that model.

However, I use my 75 when the going gets tough in iron. It has good depth but the fastest recovery speed of any detector I know. In other words, after signalling off on one target it's ready to pick up the next target almost instantly eliminating a good bit of "masking."

Listen to all the opinions you get and ask more questions if need be. Then decide what machine's right for your hunting style.

Oh, and make sure you pull out and save the white "disc" with the slot in it in your photos. That's a coat/hem/curtain weight dating from the mid-1800s to early 1900s. Neat find.

Richard
 
New breed of Fisher. If you want one that eliminates the iron go for the Coinstrike. But honestly if your entire area is like you show. Any detector will have a rough go. They all either beep or null. If they null you miss the target in the null, if they beep you dig a lot of iron. The F75 can see targets next to the iron much better than most. Not perfect but very good. It's one of the best target separators I have ever used.
 
Thanks guys, I did roll my clad last night but didn't mean that's the limit I would spend, I plan on digging some more. And yes I have a hard time finding a place to balance with out interference on my place. It has actually made me a better hunter (in my opinion) elsewhere. You learn in this environment and other places are easier (LOL). I looked around and read all the hype, made my decision and bought my last detector on my own. This time I wanted to ask questions and opinions before dropping another grand. My money comes hard and times are hard, so I'm going to be a little more cautious this time. That was a lot of digging for these coins. LOL.
Appreciate you help
Dan

PS: I'm talking about 4 acres just full of nails and things. I will post more iron pictures if you would like to see LOL. Horse shoes, pick heads, axe heads, shovel heads,Tools, buckles, shot gun shells, rifle cartridges, musket balls, bullets, iron castings(looks like part of a stove or tractor),and one arrow head.
 
...Dont get a new detector at all. Just build a mega sifter and go to it. You'll have plenty to keep you busy, I'll wgaer.
 
I have the F 75 and hunt some very, very trashy sites and it does the job well. Your place will be a challenge for any detector, for sure. Good luck. HH jim tn
 
This is just probably a bad post, because of the depth capabilities of the Compadre. It has ED 180 discrimination,and does not have the boost capabilities of the high power detectors. This makes it possible to JUST ignore the majority of iron flecks in your area, but still get like the larger nails so you won't miss a good relic. And the reduced sensitivity features make it smooth enough to recognize the good sounds from the possible false signals caused by a hyper detector. Only trouble is the max depth on like coins would be 6-7". You can adjust the discrimination to either get closer to the iron flecks or farther away in rejection and thus suit your needs.
 
Get a Vaquero by Tesoro..After 48 years of swinging, I was ready to quit because of iron. Sold my 1266XB..Decided to get a Silver UMax because of price($162.new) to piddle around some houses, a local beach.Fantastic iron rejection..Then got a used Vaquero from a friend. Rejection of iron is excellent..I even found an indian totally covered by a rusted bottle cap...So, to be brutally frank, I used metal detectors since 1960, paid more attention to research, than the actual fine points of the machines , that I wonder how much stuff I missed. So far, my experience with the Tesoros starts on 1 Sept 08,and is that they do very well around iron.The ground is now frozen, and all the signals I can't dig, whisper, GOLD,GOLD...Does that happen to you as well??.Cordially Nad
 
Either of those machines would be fine. I prefer the MXT. Either way you need to go with a small DD coil so that you can get better target separation. The 4x6 DD from white is absolutely unbelievable for separating trash from goodies. If you want a machine with a lot of power but no threshold like the MXT go for the M6. Just remember go slooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow.
 
that became a garage or an iron foundry or both.

You might find some interesting tools there. Blacksmiths in the early days worked on muskets! You might find some parts.

My approach on a property like that would be mask out the iron and only dig deeper non-ferrous, if that is possible with so much iron, I don't know. Unfortunately many iron targets like that will give you a lot of false (non-ferrous) signals, that will be a problem.

I have only worked a similar site, an old sawmill, that was abandoned 60 years ago but recently had a lot of trash added to the surface so I only dig deeper stuff. That site so far has not yielded a single coin but must have some as there where obvious dwellings/bunkhouses on the site. I visited the site in the 1970s when some of the buildings where still standing.

HH

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I figured that it was a barn standing where I dug at least, I just went out and swung the 3D over the area and you can't swing at all with out iron ringing every few inches(nails). Of course I couldn't ground balance it as it was squealing one way no matter what I did with the balance knob. I too haven't found any coins besides what I dropped recently and have already found a good collection of tools. I did find a trigger and trigger guard but think its to a toy. Feel like if anything is there it is well masked. I know that it was a pig farm for a while in the 30s but also know it has been cultivated by all of the plow points I've found, and it was a hay field when I bought it. The thing that really puzzles me is I find old brick (and of course nails) everywhere I dig like they used for a foundation column to build on Another interesting fact is Shermans Raiders came this way to the Battle of Gerard and burned Columbus Ga. a week after the surrender was signed. I just found out that a brass do dad I found is a tent rope tightener from about that time and find a lot of evidence of fire. Looks like its time to build the super shifter if I want to find anything. If it wasn't for all of the nails I would say it was a junk yard, I think I found a bent up Dusenberg car axle cap(sorry about spelling).

Thanks Guys
Dan
 
They are not my detectors of choice but the best detector I have ever seen in iron infested ground is the Tesoro Deleon. I was absolutly amazed at it's capabilities to pick out targets in nasty ground like you have. That being said I believe the MXT with the new SEF DD coil is just as good. The SEF has a much sharper blade of detection area and is pretty amazing when picking out targets next to iron. Even with that though, I have never seen a detector that could pick out a coin from under that large nail in your pic.
 
I guess the Mine labs are so expensive because they have to ship them so far, and then there is the matter of the one service center. I have kin in Australia but would rather buy products from here in the states. I would have to try one out before spending that kind of money.
I like what I
 
Just a foot note I went out and did a little relic hunting today. I found the largest square nail I've ever seen. It is next to the pitch fork tine. The axe in the picture, I found a little while ago and thought it my be better than anything I could buy now so I put a handle on it, but it was to far gone. The steel had been oxidized a little to much even after I chipped the rust off.

Dan
 
Found a WW1 era general service Great Seal Button about 10 feet from the my "Great hole" experiment with a silver Eagle. Found it on a ebay forum on identifying military buttons. The buttons all look the same from abt.1907 on but the information on the back is the key to dating it.
Dan
 
New year resolution, I am going off line the 1st of the year, becoming addicted to the puter and tired of the viruses and scammers. I broke down and got a Minelab Explorer for the different sounds for the different metals, and it is a different animal for sure. Have to retrain myself on the sounds,LOL. I also ordered the new pro coil for it and a 5 inch hockey puck coil for the 3-D which I received today. Put the hockey puck on the 3-D and within minutes found a non Ferris signal at about 7 inches. Amazed at the dept I am getting with this tiny coil. Still learning the Explorer. This was about 20 feet from the sifting site and about 25 feet from the WW1 button. Want to wish everyone a happy holidays and good hunting.

Dan
 
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