Tejon 5

[Globe]

Hello everyone. I am new to this board and wanted to get some opinions on the 5

 

[Wirechief]

Hello Globe, welcome and nice to meet you. I think it depends on how serious you are about the hobby. I think it is very nice to have a small coil in the detecting aresonal and they do work very well. I believe you would enjoy the benefits of a small coil. You have an excellent instrument there and the small coil would compliment it. Ok Globe I wish you much success out in the field and hope you make the big find ! God Bless ya.

John Tomlinson, CET

 

[Monte]

You have to master your detector anyway, so you might as well do it in the trashier sites with a smaller coil which is best designed for such tasks.

Monte

 

[christian_99]

If you get the smaller coil, the machine will pay for itself rather quickly within a few outings. Further, once you learn the sounds of the smaller coil, apply this knowledge to the larger and you will be amazed. The depth on a 58 caliber carved bullet in heavy mineralization and iron is about 7 to 9 inch's. This is with the smaller coil. Normally, the word is the diameter of the coil will equal the depth of detection, however with this coil- I have been amazed at the amount of stuff I continue to pull out. In other words, if I go out detecting, I am PROMISED to find something even in hunted out areas where 100's of machines have pounded the site. So the smaller coil and the bigger one go hand in hand. If you have an opportunity, invest in a second machine and have one set-up with the larger coil, and the other the smaller coil, and truly FIND what others left behind.

 

[Mikel]

So where do you have the Disc set when you hear these sounds? And just what are you listening for?

 

[jbow]

Why would you want two machines set up with different coils? Why wouldn't you just change coils? You are not using two detectors at once are you? Am I missing something?

BTW... I got a 5.75 today from Bonnie Blue Detectors, and a Sherlock pinpointer. I have not used them yet but tomorrow is a new day!!

Thanks,

J

 

[christian_99]

Actually, I have one machine slinged on my shoulder and the other I use. Or once I get into a site, I can just drop one machine near a tree and hunt with the other. At this time, I do not go anywhere without having a second machine whether it is the C/V/ or even the explorer. However, for easy digging- having both machines is great. You sweep one area with one machine, and then pick up the other machine with the smaller coil and re-search the same area. I have picked up MANY pistol percussion caps this way. By the way, those caps are VERY small. Further a few button backs and other pieces of lead and brass that the ground matrix prevented the larger coil from seeing. Had I only had one machine, I would not have found the smaller items as the next time out, I would have ignored this area thinking I had already detected the ground.

 

[christian_99]

Normally, I have the disc set to below iron and or lower. You will be amazed at how good the signals are and you are hunting with limited disc at best. The iron in MOST cases will sound broken, and to verify when you get the signal, move the coil rapidly over the sound. If it breaks up you have a pretty good idea that it is iron. If it doesn't break up, then you have a good signal. The good signal will sound "clear", in ways a higher, truer, tone. The bad signal will sound broken or clipped. If your disc is set higher than iron at some sites you will miss some thin gold. So keep that in mind. If you are hunting a trashy area then by all means increase your disc settings. Finally, if the ground conditions are too much and there are signals everywhere and you are looking only for quarters or dimes, take either and wave the coin over the coil and then adjust your disc to where you still read the coin as you increase the disc. Then when you have found that point on the machine, lower the disc down by a small nitch and then start detecting. I once did this in EXTREME mineralized ground and found a 1852 half dime, 1858 dime, and a breast plate. All in the same area's where others had dug before- they couldn't read the ground because the ground was too mineralized and with another brand machine, I just disc'd the machine to 10 and started sweeping the coil. I also found a few one cent pieces this way too.