silver umax:ausflag:

[blowfly1967]

how good really is the silver umax?it's the latest and the greatest in a long line of detectors,starting
with i believe the silver sabre 1983 version.why i have said this is,since my vaquero has had a hickup,
i have used this silver sabre everyday as a backup.now the detector that i'm using is twenty five years old
and it continues to surprise me even without ground balance.it seems to be finding more than the
vaquero or is it that i'm getting better at what i do.i don't have the latest silver,but if it has been continuelly
improved over the years it must really be awesome.i sometimes wonder if i made the right choice buying a
compadre.the silver sabre and the compadre both operate on 12khz frequency,where as the new silver umax
operates on 10.5khz,is this frequency better again than the old one? hh. blowfly,see ya!

 

[nick hunter]

Not only is there a frequency difference, but the disc circuits are equally different. ED 180 for the Compadre, ED120 for the Silver.

That means less "flexibility" in discriminating into the iron zone for the Silver.

But I'm interested in knowing if the Silver umax is good on electro-plated steel coins.

The Compadre finds a tremendous amount of coins, including those electro-plated steel ones. while still rejecting iron junk. Those coins generally mask, or should I say "iron mask" other coins of higher value, especially if they fell out of the same pocket .

Very curious to know about that. No such coins in the USA, but Aussies and European silver users should know.

HH

 

[slingshot]

I really like my Silver. The best tip was given by Monte regarding the sweep speed-they are dedicated slow sweep detectors even though they work well at speed hunts and have a fast recovery. Being 2 filter machines, the ground signal or even trash targets that could mask coins can overwhelm the filter circuits. My best luck has been to examine any signal that gets clipped at different sweep speeds and only hunt at the speed in that area that gives the best response. That improves the depth by at least an inch. Also, I have found coins that had the clipped sound, yet gave a lound signal when rescanned slower-on rechecking the hole in allmetal I found large or small pieces of iron were the culprit. I don't have the Compadre-YET- but from all posts from different users, including Monte, the Compadre would excel on the steel coins.