OK-the other side of the coin...

[slingshot]

The trend now is higher iron acceptance, etc. Then you get one and start finding every piece of canslaw in the field. On the other hand, an easily detectable gold ring with respectable size that can easily be found with all machines will pay for a detector. Is it really all that important to try to get closer to all metal? To dig all that miserable teeny stuff?

 

[Monte]

Yes, it certainly can be. For some, it is a definite flash-back to the good old days some early 'Relic Hunters' enjoyed. It can also be a wake-up call for many modern-day folks I call "Traditional Coin Hunters" who want to find what they have been missing, or just to search a more challenging site and find anything! For some of us, and I include 'Me' in the 'Us' group, it's nice to have a detector that provides that range of versatility. It doesn't mean we have to use it, but it's there if we choose to.

The trend now is higher iron acceptance, etc. Then you get one and start finding every piece of canslaw in the field.

I don't really think that is a 'trend' as such. The full-range of all-metal acceptance in the Discriminate mode is found on models like the Garrett Scorpion Gold Stinger, and Tesoro provides the Tej

 

[slingshot]

Thanks, Monte. I will have to admit you left out my Compadre, which will find a gold ring on a gnat's wing! Or a piece of foil the size of a pin head. Thanks for all the posts on this great detector. I'm getting to where I use it in most areas (trashy) at just below foil. I've never had you give bad advice. Thanks, again .

 

[Monte]

I did clarify that there were other models I didn't list. One, as you pointed out, is perhaps the best general performing Tesoro that has lasted a long time. A lot of other circuitry changes with other models, but the Compadre has stood the test of time, so to speak.

We're finally out of some of the hot weather we had which, for NW Oregon, was unusual for this late in the summer. Actually, it was about all the 'summer' we really had in just the last part of August and first of September. The good news, for me, is that we're sliding into fall which is one of my all-time favorite seasons for metal detecting. I'll be getting out more and more now that it's nice.

While I will use some models that have visual target ID, as I said before, I seldom rely on it, and often don't even refer to it depending upon the site I am hunting. I did some quick playground hunting yesterday with my Classic II, and a little with my XLT. The XLT can be adjusted to accept all metals in the Disc. mode, but I prefer a manually turned, variable adjusting knob. The Classic II doesn't get quite that low, either. That said, I do like the full-range, all-metal accept IDX Pro and a couple of others I use for my more serious work.

I've owned several Compadre models through the years, and generally I've been pleased with them, but I do have a preference for a manually adjusted Ground Balance which is an option on most of what I own and use.

All the best of success to you on your next foray afield.

Monte