OregonGregg
Well-known member
Although the Racer 2 does have some nice added features over the Red Racer, doesn't make Red any less of a performer.( in spite of the grip angle
) Was hunting a site and I had the oor coil mounted on the R2 and the 5.5 x 10 coil on Red. I was searching a not so extremely iron infested area with the Red Racer and 5.5 x 10 coil and it squeaked out a nice mid tone. Noticed it was a low VDI number ,48 ( generally a nickel is around 56) but in a ghost town you dig. Get a decent tone, ya dig. To my surprise instead of a 22 shell casing or other junk, the Red Racer got me a first, a 1874 three cent nickel.
99% of the time on the Red Racer my settings are, click it over to 3 tone and ground balance, leaving it in its default settings of 70 gain and ID Filter at 10. The Racer 2 did find me a few neat artifacts as well, a D&RG railroad lock ( Denver & Rio Grande) and a 1901 sheep ear tag along with some other stuff.
At one time I thought about selling the Red Racer but decided to keep it, still a great performer.
HH
gregg
99% of the time on the Red Racer my settings are, click it over to 3 tone and ground balance, leaving it in its default settings of 70 gain and ID Filter at 10. The Racer 2 did find me a few neat artifacts as well, a D&RG railroad lock ( Denver & Rio Grande) and a 1901 sheep ear tag along with some other stuff.
At one time I thought about selling the Red Racer but decided to keep it, still a great performer.
HH
gregg