I traded for a Terra X70 earlier this month with a 10x5 DD and the stock coil. I just bought a house back in Ohio and had the detector sent there just incase the weather broke and I got a chance to try it out between remodeling. Well last Saturday I got a chance to try it for about half an hour while watching a guy replace a few shingles that got blew off the house and the ground thawing.
I read the manual very quick as I had just opened the box up the night before. I started in the turn on and go mode, coin I think. I was in 4 tone mode and other then that I changed nothing else. I will have to sit down and go threw all the features before getting it out again but I was quite impressed with it so far. Four quick dimes, a few pennies, quarter and a religious cross popped out in that short hunt with some other high tone junk. I loved the way the machine locked on to the coins giving a higher tone pitch. Heck I don't even think I ground balanced the machine to think of it becuase of the time frame and lack of knowing the settings.
The cross came out about 7" deep and for as thin as it was it gives me hope that this machine will have good depth as it hit solid and loud on it. Turned out to have some gold plating on it but doesn't look silver and gave a 42 ID and high tone. Kind of puzzled my why it would ID so high and give the high tone if it was just junk steel plated but then again I hadn't GB the machine. It ID the pennies at 24-28 and the dimes all came in at a solid 36 each pass. I can't wait to get this machine out in my new area, start learning it and the features. I am sure with proper GB, settings and some time I will be popping out silver and old copper very fast.
I seem some question about the 3 KhZ coil but haven't read anyone really using one. I think it would be a fantastic silver coil and plan on getting one before spring. If anyone has been using one for basically silver/coin hunting let me know what your findings are with it. the area I am moving to has late 1700 and ealry 1800s properties all over the place. I know a few i will have no problem hunting that has old stables, slaughters barns and servant quarters on them. I would think using the 3 Khz and the 10x5 DD would be a prefect combination.
I read the manual very quick as I had just opened the box up the night before. I started in the turn on and go mode, coin I think. I was in 4 tone mode and other then that I changed nothing else. I will have to sit down and go threw all the features before getting it out again but I was quite impressed with it so far. Four quick dimes, a few pennies, quarter and a religious cross popped out in that short hunt with some other high tone junk. I loved the way the machine locked on to the coins giving a higher tone pitch. Heck I don't even think I ground balanced the machine to think of it becuase of the time frame and lack of knowing the settings.
The cross came out about 7" deep and for as thin as it was it gives me hope that this machine will have good depth as it hit solid and loud on it. Turned out to have some gold plating on it but doesn't look silver and gave a 42 ID and high tone. Kind of puzzled my why it would ID so high and give the high tone if it was just junk steel plated but then again I hadn't GB the machine. It ID the pennies at 24-28 and the dimes all came in at a solid 36 each pass. I can't wait to get this machine out in my new area, start learning it and the features. I am sure with proper GB, settings and some time I will be popping out silver and old copper very fast.
I seem some question about the 3 KhZ coil but haven't read anyone really using one. I think it would be a fantastic silver coil and plan on getting one before spring. If anyone has been using one for basically silver/coin hunting let me know what your findings are with it. the area I am moving to has late 1700 and ealry 1800s properties all over the place. I know a few i will have no problem hunting that has old stables, slaughters barns and servant quarters on them. I would think using the 3 Khz and the 10x5 DD would be a prefect combination.