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Tell us what your think of the older Silver Sabre Umax :thumbup:
- Thread starter Sven
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the 'original' Silver Sabre because it was simple to use for newcomers. I didn't care for the Silver Sabre Plus because that shorter-lived model seemed to have several 'glitches' in tuning and performance.
But the best two Silver Sabre models were still to come, and those were the Silver Sabre II which was the first Silver Sabre with an ED-120 Discrimination adjustment range to enhance the lower-end acceptance, and then the Silver Sabre
But the best two Silver Sabre models were still to come, and those were the Silver Sabre II which was the first Silver Sabre with an ED-120 Discrimination adjustment range to enhance the lower-end acceptance, and then the Silver Sabre
dixiedigger57
Member
i have tried them all, and unlike Monte i prefer the SILVER SABRE PLUS! i like the no motion all metal. Monte has never ever given me any wrong advice. NEVER! but i think its just preference and was one of my learning machines also. i have no glitches in mine but in an old email from Monte he explained them well. i got lucky! and i leave the threshold alone, mine is set where it works ok. i find stuff. now am i at Tabman's, Sven, and Montes level to know the difference??? heck no!!!!!!!!!!! i just know mine works. i actually prefer the underslung box better than the top box, and the old white open hole thin flat coil is killer.
i tried the silver U and the original-- gimme my PLUS just me lol!
i tried the silver U and the original-- gimme my PLUS just me lol!
88junior
Well-known member
I liked the the Silver Sabre Umax it was a coin magnet but I now have a Sidewinder and I think I like it a little better due to the fact it seems a little more sensitive to small gold jewelry. The only thing I don't like about the Sidewinder is it goes nuts when I use my Pro-pointer both run at 12 Khz.
BarberBill
New member
The Silver Sabre umax is one of my favorites. Found lots of goodies with that detector and it is perfect for planted coin/tokens club hunts. I've seldom run into ground problems where I usually detect so I enjoy the turn on and go simplicity.
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We should all use detectors that we are comfortable with and that work for us and our needs, and for the ground mineral environment we hunt in.
I know I had one [size=small](only one that I remember)[/size] Silver Sabre Plus that worked reasonably well, and I recall a phone discussion I had with Jack Gifford at the time about them. I was a Tesoro Dealer at the time and had more come in, or some I checked for folks who bought them elsewhere, that just didn't work well. Threshold issues, and Ground Balance issues, especially, and overall they didn't handle coil swapping as well and the original Silver Sabre. That was mainly in Utah and Nevada and some western Wyoming sites we hunted, mainly desert and mountainous ghost towns or homestead type locations.
I preferred manual GB models most of the time, anyway, but passed on the preset Ground Balance SS Plus for the original SS.
I am with you on liking the comfort and feel of the under-slung housings, both the early metal types as well as the ABS plastic housings used on the Bandido, Bandido II and Silver Sabre II.
And I only went to a bigger-than-7" coil now and then in more open areas, and favored the early white-colored open-center 8" coils over the latter released thicker brown 8".
Monte
I know I had one [size=small](only one that I remember)[/size] Silver Sabre Plus that worked reasonably well, and I recall a phone discussion I had with Jack Gifford at the time about them. I was a Tesoro Dealer at the time and had more come in, or some I checked for folks who bought them elsewhere, that just didn't work well. Threshold issues, and Ground Balance issues, especially, and overall they didn't handle coil swapping as well and the original Silver Sabre. That was mainly in Utah and Nevada and some western Wyoming sites we hunted, mainly desert and mountainous ghost towns or homestead type locations.
I preferred manual GB models most of the time, anyway, but passed on the preset Ground Balance SS Plus for the original SS.
I am with you on liking the comfort and feel of the under-slung housings, both the early metal types as well as the ABS plastic housings used on the Bandido, Bandido II and Silver Sabre II.
And I only went to a bigger-than-7" coil now and then in more open areas, and favored the early white-colored open-center 8" coils over the latter released thicker brown 8".
Monte
BarberBill
New member
I agree with the comments on detectors with the manual ground balance and if a person is going to have only one machine, that's the way to go IMO. However, the Silver Saber umax's preset ground works well in my area and I've had very good results and lots of fun with that model.
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