Simple Questions

[Rudiger]

I've asked them before but since I got virtually no answer I'll try again

Do any detectors of other brands have the ferrous discrimination in addition to the conductivity discrimination, as on the Explorer? I know it's the only Minelab that has it. How useful is it? How useful is it in comparison to the conductivity discrimination?
Where does the Explorer rank compared to detectors of other brands? I know this is an Explorer forum and therefore members will tend to favour Explorers, but being objective, how would other people rank it?

I'm not in the U.S., so am wondering what do you do with these old coins that most of you hunt? Just collect them, or do you sell them? If so what are they worth? I'm wondering about the average ones more than the occasional special one.

I'd say thanks in advance again, but ...

 

[tomtowns]

I'm not familiar with a LOT of detectors & I'm not sure if any others share the characteristics you're talking about...I just rec. my first ever EXP. today...I am familiar & have owned Whites Coinmasterll (TR) a Goldmaster ll, Eagle ll SL, BeachHunter ID, MXT, Minelab GP Extreme & GP 3000 & Now the Explorer SE...My opinion can be found in the previous post & although I have not even hunted with it other than test targets in the yard, I am SOLD...I have soooo much to learn with this new detector....it will take a LONG time to become thoroughly Proficient, but even in the couple hrs. I toyed with it this afternoon, I am truely IMPRESSED

 

[migolddigger]

OK, as far as other detectors other than Mine lab that use a ferrous sounds. I would say yes. Mostly over seas though because of the metal in the coins used. Ferrous is great in iron infested areas. You can set it up to make all iron sound low, and make silver sound High. Thats the big advantage to the Explorer II in my book. I, like many other metal Detectorist, use more than one detector for various reasons and ground conditions. In club hunts or seeded hunts were coins are planted for you to find, the Tesoro's are great and Light weight and pin point real fast and thats what you need for that particular style of hunting. In the water, I use a Fisher CZ-20. I have used both The Whites DFX and the Mine lab Explorer II. I found that the Explorer II Id's targets deeper. That's the reason I choose to use it as my land detector. Not to mention it has a great ability to go deeper in mineralized soil than most detectors on the market. So where you hunt plays into what your machine you use as well. As far as the old coins I find, I save most of them, and use the ones I have doubles of to trade for other dates I need to fill in my collection. I hope this helps answer some of your questions.

Tom

 

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n/t

 

[Arturo de Zorro]

for my Grandson since my wife is going to give all her jewelry to our granddaughter.

 

[tomtowns]

n/t

 

[Rudiger]

Thanks for the info guys, but I'm still not clear on the old coins in the U.S. question. Am I right in thinking that many of them are sought just for collecting, that they don't have any $ value? Do any of them have $ value? I'm not suggesting that's a bad thing, just curious.

 

[savage]

From my understanding and research, the minelab Explorer is the only machine to use ferrous and conductivity to determine the target in the ground. Happy Hunting Grounds,

Savage

 

[savage]

The older coins that are found in the united states have value, and are highly collectible also. You can find gold and silver coins, as well as copper ect. A good example would be a 1942 over 1 mercury dime. The 2 is stamped over the 1. This dime is very valuable. Also all of the gold coins that are found are valuable, Even if just for the gold content. Silver prices for bulk silver is around $12.00 per oz. For those of you that live up north, if you find one of the first silver coins with a tree on it, you will be surprised when you find the value of it. Happy Hunting Grounds,

Savage

 

[SNOWY]

Rudiger,I believe that the Explorer is the only detector that can reject targets using their conductivity and/or ferrous properties.
I think I heard it said that the Explorer has over 1000 accept/reject points...
I used to have a Whites Eagle Spectrum that had a series of blocks appear right across the base of the display.
The more blocks across the display ~ the higher the ferrous content.
The fewer the blocks (appearing from the centre,spreading left and right)
the higher the conductivity of the target was.
The blocks grow taller as well,according to the strength of the signal.
Similar to my Tesoro Corte's display.
Hope this info helps...

HH

Snowy