I have hunted this old house many times and used almost every detector out there. I did well with the Vista X and the discrimination at 30. I decided to back it off to the pre-set and see what I would find. As you can see, there were targets that I left behind. A couple of them were surprising. A number of flat buttons, overall buttons, the campaign fob from the 1904 presidental race. It seems to do exceptionally well in the area of brass and copper with the pre-set.
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Running the Vista X Discrimination at the Pre-Set
- Thread starter Richard@BackwoodsDetectors
- Start date
Jim Robertson
Well-known member
Wow Richard that is great to know. It is a very strong detector for sure. Thanks for the information.
Joseph in Alabama
Active member
Nice Digs Jim!
The Vista X is impressive detector..
Anyone thats enjoys a single tone detector would really like the 2 tone Vista X.
Not sure what coil setup You were using but the mid size 8x6 coil is great around those old home sites..stay safe. joe
The Vista X is impressive detector..
Anyone thats enjoys a single tone detector would really like the 2 tone Vista X.
Not sure what coil setup You were using but the mid size 8x6 coil is great around those old home sites..stay safe. joe
Joe, I haven't tried the XS coil yet.. but will soon. Richard
Joseph in Alabama
Active member
Oops my bad Richard..nice digs..
Stay safe..
Great finds, Richard 
I think there are a couple of factors.. Yes, one is depth but the other is a very aggressive discrimination circuit. Here is what I have out in my circumstances.
a nickle on top of the ground will discriminate out, say at 35
you can not expect to find nickles deeper than 4-5" unless you turn the disc. back by 5 or so. I was hunting with my nephew who was using an Equinox who ran into the same thing.
He was in the coin range on the discriminate and got some good fines but I went behind him, with considerably less discrimination, and got 4 silvers... That is why I use as little disc as possible.
Thanks Richard
a nickle on top of the ground will discriminate out, say at 35
you can not expect to find nickles deeper than 4-5" unless you turn the disc. back by 5 or so. I was hunting with my nephew who was using an Equinox who ran into the same thing.
He was in the coin range on the discriminate and got some good fines but I went behind him, with considerably less discrimination, and got 4 silvers... That is why I use as little disc as possible.
Thanks Richard