Starting over,new detector

[nad]

Just about the time I start finding all the mistakes I've made with my Silver UMax.I buy Dave's(Jabbo's) Vaquero with some exceedingly interesting modifications on it..Also, got his 3 by 18 inch ground sweeper coil...So now I've got two sweeper coils....Dan Brown has a Golden UMax...When he recovers from eye surgery, we'll start comparing the Golden to the Vaquero, and especially what the ground sweeper coils will do....After the tests, I only intend to keep the Vaquero 3 by18. coil.for soccer fields...Other will be up for grabs.. Reading the manual ,Dave's instructions ,trying to do some simple air tests..The Silver is a serious little machine in it's own right.The Vaquero is down right serious.There should be no wondering if older coins were an inch out of reach..They will be pocketed..This machine has enough power to pull me through the learning curve. It only took me about five minutes to become very impressed with it. Totally dark in the back yard, getting signals in a "clean" area .I'll dig it in the morning...Next stop, a" hunted out "1928 athletic field. that produced over 80 dollars in silver and nine gold rings in the early seventies...cordially Nad..

 

[SkiWhiz]

Can't wait to see what you find Nad, the Vaq. is a very good machine indeed. Bet you will really enjoy it, keep us posted with your finds. Steve.

 

[jnstrom]

Just about ready to buy a Vaquero keep us posted. Im a newbie and was talked into the Vaquero (I cant wait to try it out) Have a great morning keep us posted. Especially on how to fine tune this machine.

 

[nad]

Never had a detector that I had to ground balance..OK, Fisher T20 many years ago, and that was one knob..I followed the instructions and after a bit, got where, I thought I had it.Went to U Tube and punched in Vaquero , ground balance metal detector, or something close, and up came a video in Spanish...Watched it twice..The demonstrator used a rock of some sort as the ground , with the coil stationary..Since he used the same dials I did, two times in a row, I figure he got it right, Got some excellent distance on surface coins.. Went to my test area and found a coin I had lost..I buried a five dollar gold piece in an airtite holder, and the Silver UMax and another detector didn't see it..Figured "no Big Deal, just scoop a couple of inches off and ........" To be perfectly frank, if anyone is going to lose a gold coin on this forum, I am the best bet. Didn't mention it because all you guys wandering around at night would have scared Hell out of my guard dog...After an hour of fooling around, no digging, just trying targets..I am impressed with the potential this detector affords me...At the same time, a bit saddened that my friend in NJ,must hunt even deeper to find the old coins he loves. I am going to start playing with the 3 by 18 inch ground sweeper coil. Two soccer fields needing cleaning .Freeze warning, ground will be frozen earlier this year.....Cordially Nad

 

[tvr]

Congrats on the new to you Vaquero! I understand Jabbo trained her well!

 

[BarberBill]

I think you'll quickly come to love the Vaq, especially where you need a bit more depth or the flexibility of the manual ground balance.
I've got an Eldorado, Deleon, Tiger Shark and 2 Silver Sabre umaxes. I use the Eldo when I need to control the ground balance, the DeLeon for coin shooting in yards or parks where I want to be doubly sure I'm after a coin before disturbing the sod, the Tiger for water hunting, and the SSumaxes primarily for seeded hunts. The wife enjoys those hunts also so that's why I have the two. All that said, I often grab one of the SSumaxes just because their so quick and easy to use, and when all's said and done, in most of the areas I hunt they are more than capable enough. In case you might wonder, one of my favorite notions is, "Anything worth having is worth having two (or more) of." LOL
BB

 

[dahut]

...In case you might wonder, one of my favorite notions is, "Anything worth having is worth having two (or more) of." LOL
BB

Ditto. I've said that for years.

 

[jabbo]

Nad, Supertune it in Disc mode or hunt in All Metal for max depth. All Metal gives wider coverage under the coil, less overlapping needed and less deepies missed. Still learning my new (used) Fisher CZ7a Pro. Is definitly heavier, will it go deeper like the say on the Fisher forum? Tried it in worked out parks, finding wheaties, still looking for silver. Found a few Rev war musket balls in this park with Cortes and CZ. Now, these are 230 years old, are really heavy, were in soft soil, and only 5 - 6 inches deep. The 40 year old pulltabs I find are down 5 - 6 inches too. Seems like the lightweight tabs are sinking faster than the heavy lead balls. That baffles me. Jabbo

 

[Gunnar of bradford MN]

80.00 in silver thats incridible mike just told me of a farm feild that was used for revival meetings from 1880 to the 20s and well over 80.00 in silver came out of thear to would be nice to find a spot ike that

 

[nad]

Gunner, back in the late 50's, 60's, 70's, we were scooping up the stuff that had been dropped for years. There was , virtually, no construction, building, so that the ground stayed the same..The number of detectorists has increased 100 fold, and everyone is beating the same tot lots and parks to death..In 1960,I made $142.70 take home every two weeks..I could go out ,with aT20 and pick off an easy five dollars an hour under a football field bleacher..A family named Lebitz had a cottage at the shore. We could go down and scoop coins from under the boardwalk and pick up 14 to18 dollars in a couple of hours very early morning work.I remember seeing one character with a metal detector.His goodie bag weighted at least twenty pounds.That was about 57/58..Dave,is the guy who let the cat out of the bag about old churches being really good spots.All the churches on the East coast were probably emptied within a month of his slip...Lakes,Tom O'Hara had a sewing box full of gold rings from one years searching in Florida. There were a couple of brothers in Daytona Beach? who had a six foot wire ring of rings, Character in Western Ohio, back in the 70's had a thousand gold rings..The silver and rings off that field? Could have had much more , had other things to do....I sit back, go out to enjoy some quiet time. That was then, this is now..Admitted, the finds are scarce.,"wheat cents.Indians", have gotten "rare",but there is a lot to be found..Just keep a positive attitude..I went out today with my Vaquero.The Silver did a good job last month.The two clad dimes were WAY down, as was an aluminium box of some sort from the PREFERED Accident and Insurance Company of NJ..Size of a tin aspirin container.at 10 inches.Late 1800's, early 1900's.... That, and the experience were my oldies for today,,,,cordially NAD

 

[slingshot]

Yeah, and back then Karl Von Mueller was my hero!

 

[nad]

Yeah, and he gave up detecting for health food..He and Ray Dow,of the Treasure Trove Club didn't speak to each other because of an argument over what was the best shovel shape to dig up treasure with..I told them both they were too old to dig, hire someone younger, and not worry about the shovel shape since they weren't going to be using it..That actually ended that, they both were too stubborn to give in..and, they finally got back to writing each other. You do realize that Karl, and all the early ones were the John the Baptists of metal detecting..Dow, did much of the early Fisher treasure material.their treasure list, the treasure map of the US and promoted the company...Cordially Nad.