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Not for the super tech guys, but looking forward to the test!

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cometguy

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Driving down to a friend's house tomorrow to do a little testing in his coin garden. It isn't super involved or huge but he does know how things read on his coins. I will be taking my CZ3d, 1021 CZ3d and my CZ70. He is curious about my new G2 so it will make the trip too. My buddy is hauling down his old Whites Eagle SL II. The plan right now is to ground balance as we normally would and compare signals and strength in his coin garden. I am sure our tests would never suit the very technical among us but we just want to see what we can learn. My friend has had a ton of detectors and is really curious about my 1021 CZ3d. I know it will out air test my regular CZ3 but I haven't a clue if it will out hunt it. I bought the CZ70 for beach hunting last year and have found that I really enjoy hunting with it. It will be nice to know if I am giving anything up with any of the detectors I carry. Will update if we figure anything out.

Don
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Comet...keep us posted on the CZ3D 1021 and G2 results. Wonder how the 3D ID's deep silver vs. the G2.
 
The test garden was't huge but it was interesting. Total coins in the garden were four. A long buried nickel, a dime, a quarter and a half. He had an interesting way of marking them, a flat stone over the top of each. You were detecting the coins through these flat stones. Very interesting day with the CZs. I made it a point to try each one several times and I also switched coils and tried the five inch. This test garden was in not so great soil, running 70 to 75 on the G2 soil indicator. The nickel was pretty hard to get for all of the detectors. The half dollar was seven inches deep and mixed with a healthy dose of iron. All the Czs with the stock coil could find all of the coins. The nickel jumped in and out. Most of the time it had a foil to nickel bounce. The small coil locked it in on a solid nickel signal.
At the end of the day, I was pretty happy with all of the CZs. The surprise was the small coil and how well it worked and how deep it hit. The overall winner for me was the 1021 which hit better and with more air to ground space than any of the others. So, look for me to be swinging the 1021 CZ3d more often. I will also make it a point to run the small coil more often. The CZ70 was no slouch and will still be my first choice for water hunting this summer. A day in the test garden is worth your time. If you don't have one, start working on one. They make our decisions easier.

Don
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The test garden was good for showing me some great one way signals. I sometimes get in the safe mode where I hesitate to dig signals that don't hit from all 4 sides. That deep half, under the rock, gave a lot of one way signals when the coil got very far away from scrubbing the ground. Some of the detectors, especially with the little coil, could only get a one way signal on the half. Don't forget it had a lot of iron around it, making it a tough target. I also saw a lot of foil/nickel bounce. I need to dig a few more of those kind of signals. All in all an educational day.

Don
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