Tejon?

[Wesley]

I have a Minelab Explorer II and have used a White's XLT in the past. I mainly just hunt Civil War sites since I live in Southeast Virginia (Petersburg/Richmond Areas). The Minelab is a fine machine and I have been using it for three years now and have found alot of nice finds, but it is heavy (after 6-8 hours of hunting) and a power hog. I have several friends that use Nautilus IIBA and they sure do get deep and are hard to beat, but the weight issue after a few hours of swinging gets to the old arm and elbow. I have heard but not seen that the Dejon gets just as deep as the Minelabs and Nautilus? I will admit that the Minelab can not touch the Nautilus in the depth catagory....I've seen first hand a Nautilus pick up targets in the 12" plus range where my Minelab does not even break a thresh hold and out of the hole comes a button or a minie ball.

I have read some stories and I want a new detector for relic hunting. I will keep my Minelab in case I hunt a park or old house site with lots of trash. Any comments, concerns, or information would be very helpful. Thanks!

 

[John in Florida]

I don't think the Tejon is as deep as the Nautilus but you should probably get one anyway because it sure is lighter. If you keep swinging with the Explorer (one of my all time favorite detectors, by the way)you might come down with wrist, elbow, or shoulder problems, as many have.

There is also an elastic rope some dealers sell that tethers the machne to you to take weight off your arm.

Good luck!


John