Opinion on best coin shooter?

[Beale]

I have run a fair amount of Tesoro units. I am a coin and Jewelry hunter. I only hunt: parks, schools, tot lots, ballfields. I just want a good coin unit. The only one I have not used is the Silver? Had one and had to sell it. Wondering if this is all I need? Beale.

 

[D&P-OR]

Hi Beale-----You oughta get one (Silver) and try it out to see how you like it.---They're a great little machine.---Although it has a pre-set ground balance & my ground is pretty mineralized, it works really well for me where I hunt.-----If for some reason you didn't like it, you could sell it & re-coup most of your money.---You don't see them come up for sale used very often, most people seems to really like that little machine.----They sell new for only around $240 (or thereabouts).-----A win, win situation with that little Silver (IMHO).---------Del

 

[Diggler]

The Silver is great but it is the CleanSweep coil that make the hunting you described go through the roof! The CSC works great on the Silver, so does the 12x10 for unmentionably deep coins. Even works great on the Cortes except throws depth gauge way off. A DeLeon with CSC would be a great coin hunter too. But I think the best combination would be the Golden uMax with the CSC, especially for a clad coin/jewelry hunter. You can notch out most of tabs and still hit all coins and lots of gold. The Golden is on my short list. Thinking about selling my Silver Sabre uMax (said I never would) and Silver uMax to get it done. Good Luck!

 

[slingshot]

I personally prefer the Compadre over the Silver umax, but if something happened to the Compadre I don't think I would suffer that much in the coin category. Most people go for depth and thus the Silver.

 

[dan b]

Personally, if I'm coinshooting and only interested in digging 6", the Golden

 

[BusDigger]

I've seen you hunt....you're a MADMAN......yet you want MORE? What, you don't want anyone else hunting around you to dig ANYTHING?

Smitty

 

[BarberBill]

Silver Sabre

 

[Furious T]

Eldorado (u Max), DeLeon and Cibola....all very good on coins and jewellery.

 

[rmptr]

The Silver uMax really shines when coin shooting.
A pleasure to use. It simply does what it is supposed to do !
I would like to try a Golden uMax for the trashiest areas...
...and as above, the Clean Sweep Coil is what I normally run.
I always use headphones.
Good luck !

 

[Willee - Texas]

I have run a fair amount of Tesoro units. I am a coin and Jewelry hunter. I only hunt: parks, schools, tot lots, ballfields. I just want a good coin unit. The only one I have not used is the Silver? Had one and had to sell it. Wondering if this is all I need? Beale.

If you have used them all you should know which one you liked best for coin hunting.

Perhaps you are asking which detector other than Tesoro's would be best.

The best coin shooter would vary from one location to the next.
What works well in Arizona might no be so good in Pennsylvania.

I like the tone ID of a Golden

 

[Diggler]

I like the tone ID of a Golden

 

[Darkflight]

It's a Silver Sabre U-max with a coin check button is what I'm told. I also added an external GB pot so I can adjust for various coils.I did the same mod to my Silver first & for my area it really hepls. I have some very hot rocks & freshwater sand to deal with.

IMHO except for the lack of VDI"s & a 2nd notch it's perfect. I only want those other features when I'm overwhelmed by the screw caps or tabs.

The reason I prefer it over my silver for parks etc.. is the VCO all metal. It allows you to image the target quickly & pinpointing when I have the 10x12 on there is much easier.

But the Silver beats it in depth but not by much. It also has an all metal that helps me seperate out iron much quicker that might fool the Troy.

With the 7" on the troy you can get deeper than you want to go in a nice park. I have the factory Tesoro coil not the super seven. It came with the troy 9" coil wich is an awsome coil but very scarce.

Both are very capable but for "just one" the Troy wins. I love the "coin check" 2nd disc/notch as I can tell Zincs & trash with very good probability.

I paid $300.0 for mine but it was mint-Not anymore! It's a scuffed up hot rod that just plain works.(edited to add photo-I painted the pot. housing black since if that matters).

 

[digginLa]

I wish I had bought one of those a couple of yrs ago while they were more readily available, still get the urge to try an X3 if I could ever fine one at a decent price.

 

[diggernash]

I've got a golden that the 5.75 stays on most of the time as my trash detector. If the stuff is shallow and in trash, I'll still use it over my Etrac. Some of that is time on the machine, but a lot of it is just the Tesoro's capability. I picked up a V nickle near a demo'd house that I must have went over 4 times with the ET... I have added a 8x6 to my Etrac arsenal and it is giving the golden a run. May take the suggestion above and find a CS coil for the golden.

 

[Mike Hillis]

Could you clarify: Coin Shooting or Clad hunting?

HH
Mike

 

[Beale]

I have run a fair amount of Tesoro units. I am a coin and Jewelry hunter. I only hunt: parks, schools, tot lots, ballfields. I just want a good coin unit. The only one I have not used is the Silver? Had one and had to sell it. Wondering if this is all I need? Beale.

If you have used them all you should know which one you liked best for coin hunting.

Perhaps you are asking which detector other than Tesoro's would be best.

The best coin shooter would vary from one location to the next.
What works well in Arizona might no be so good in Pennsylvania.

I like the tone ID of a Golden

 

[Beale]

Could you clarify: Coin Shooting or Clad hunting?

HH
Mike

I just hunt for coins of any kind? Silver, clad, whatever I find is good by me, Beale.

 

[Mike Hillis]

I ran a Cortes for nearly 7 months before I got a Golden and found that they complimented each other very nicely. I prefered the Golden for clad because it allowed faster ground coverage and the Cortes has that no-motion all metal mode with target id that allowed really slow deep coin hunting. Couldn't hang onto the Cortes much longer after I got the Golden because it was then that I realized tone id was the must have detector feature for me so I had replaced it with a CoinStrike. I have owned 3 other Cortes units since then trying to see if I could go back, but I can't cuase I'm hooked on tones.

HH
Mike

 

[oldcoon]

I love my little Silver uMax I won in a contest on another site.
It really shines in parks and playgrounds where deep silver is not my Quest.
I hunt with my discrimination set below the nickle mark, around the foil setting.
When I hit a target, I raise the coil higher and higher to get an idea how deep the target is.
Then, putting the coil on the ground, I thumb the discrimination pot to see where the signal disappears.
Nickles disappear a wee past the 5 cent mark.
Pennies go away around the 4:00 o'clock mark
and dimes and quarters can't be knocked out.
Before I dig a target I have a good idea what that target is.
The Silver uMax is an underrated machine.
It can bang with machines that cost a lot more and have many more bells and whistles.

 

[Diggler]

I love my little Silver uMax I won in a contest on another site.
It really shines in parks and playgrounds where deep silver is not my Quest.
I hunt with my discrimination set below the nickle mark, around the foil setting.
When I hit a target, I raise the coil higher and higher to get an idea how deep the target is.
Then, putting the coil on the ground, I thumb the discrimination pot to see where the signal disappears.
Nickles disappear a wee past the 5 cent mark.
Pennies go away around the 4:00 o'clock mark
and dimes and quarters can't be knocked out.
Before I dig a target I have a good idea what that target is.
The Silver uMax is an underrated machine.
It can bang with machines that cost a lot more and have many more bells and whistles.

Try it with the 12x10 coil and max out both knobs.
Silver dimes will jump out of the ground from pretty darn deep...!