silver or compadre:detecting:

[blowfly1967]

after much soul searching i've decided to retire my ace 250 and get a silver umax or a compradre. i hunt beach's ,parks, tot lots and sports grounds.which of these two would be my best option. i've read on this forum that the silver doesn't really like salt water beachs but is awesome in the rest of places.what is the compadre like on salt water beachs ? how do you adjust the sensistivity on the compadre when working salty beachs? i live in north queensland,australia temp approx 30 degreres c all; year round the only way i see that funny white stuff, is when i open up my freezer to get out some cooling beers , tabdog . i've never seen the real snow ,sure looks pretty around the houses . i'm hoping you all can steer me in the direction. blowfly.

 

[BarberBill]

Haven't used the Compadre personally on salt water bveaches, but it has 2 strikes against it for your use. 1. You can't adjust the sensitivity and 2. The coil is hardwired so unless you modify it, you can't change coils. With the Silver can do both of these things. If you will be hunting in varied soils with some quite mineralized, you may prefer to spend a bit more and get one of the models with manual ground balancing.
HH
BB

 

[rmptr]

Barber Bill has stated the case rather well!

Coil interchangeability is a great asset.
rmptr

 

[tabdog]

Hi Blowfly,

I don't know any thing about salt water beaches. Arkie Land is too far from the ocean.
Salt is a metal that is hard for any VLF type detector to handle.

I can tell you that the Compadre handles harsh ground conditions better than the Silver.

If you like to cherry pick, the Silver is the machine. With the discrimination turned all
the way down, it discriminates small iron with out loosing any depth. Then it gives nice
signals on any potential target. Small gold will be picked up with the discrimination all
the way down. As you turn it up, the gold starts going away, starting with the smallest.

The Compadre has a lower discrimination range. It will go lower than small gold. It is not
as deep but but it is more thorough. It can handle trashy sites and harsh conditions
better.

The Compadre has no sensitivity control. I don't know how it works, but it detunes it self,
there by adapting to almost any existing condition.

Both these detectors are fast and fun. Don't go behind an experienced detectorist with
one of these machines and expect to match his finds.

I like my machines with manual ground balance. But the truth is that my Compadre and
my Silver find more gold jewelry. They are quicker and, frankly, more fun.

But, on the other hand, when I need the extra depth in conditions that are rough, my
Euro and Vaquero fill that void. They are also good at finding gold jewelry.

All four of my Tesoro's are good all around machines.

I think you will need a land machine and a salt water PI machine to match your needs.
But you can not go wrong with the Silver or the Compadre. I can't decide between them,
so I have both.

HH,

 

[tabdog]

Why change coils when you can change MD's at the same cost.

When ground conditions get really bad, the Compadre out performs

many metal detectors even with MGB.

Read this portion of a post by Monte:

[Quote Monte]
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[nick hunter]

Hi!

I'm a beach hunter and I think I will purchase a compadre.

The more I read about it (field test ans user's experiences), the more I think that it's Tesoro's best kept secret.
Like Tabdog said, the unit is happy on a wide variety of sites, including harsh ones. As for what wet sand beaches concerns, according to my experience in Europe (about 16.000 hours), the best jewelry is to be found in the DRY sand. I know most water hunter would react aghast reading this, but believe me, people remove their expensive jewelry before going to swim, reason why one finds so many wedding bands in the water.( Of course one can find nice rings in the water too, but less than in dry sand)

On my units with sensitivity control, I always search with the control set at the same point, and use an excellent little detector with no sensitivity knob to my complete satisfaction.

Hope this helps. Less is more, indeed !

HH

Nick the Belgian.