The experienced here may find my revelations on this post old hat but for the newbie Tesoros users like myself, this may have some helpful info for you.
I had the day off today and decided to take the new (to me) Cutlass II Umax out for a spin in the park. The last time I was at this particular park was November 2008'. I had the Golden Sabre II there a few times and was curious how the new Cutlass would do.
The first spot to scan was part of the picnic area. Lots of trash, especially soda cans buried deep in the ground. If they are deep enough, they sound just like a quarter that is near the surface...frustrating!
I kept the discrimination above the pull tab range and in a half hour or so found just a few coins amongst the garbage.
A couple of park workers drove by on a nearby service road and slowed down to check me out. On the way back a few minutes later they stopped and joked around with me. I asked if they ever saw any other MD'ers in this park and they replied that they did every once in a while. I thought to myself that that must be why I hadn't found much in the usual good spots. It also presented a challenge. I headed to the tot lot to see what I could find since the last time I had been there. The goal was to test the Cutlass for depth by seeing what it could find that had been missed previously. I had gone over it carefully last fall with the Golden Sabre and it probably hadn't seen much kiddie action over the winter.
This Cutlass gives soft tones for deep targets, unlike the Golden which signals a fairly constant volume regardless of depth. I dialed the discrimination below the pull tab range and listened for soft, but solid repeating signals and started finding them here and there. Sometimes it was a pull tab but mostly they were coins. I was surprised at the depth performance. I was digging coins out of the dirt below the wood chips. 7+ inches deep. Not bad for this little Tesoro!
A few times I dug carefully with my hands to try and find the coin at it's actual depth. Pics here...
You can see that the digger is in the hole well past where the blade meet the handle (6") and the 3rd pic shows a quarter at roughly 9-10" below the surface of the wood chips. That quarter's signal was soft but more than a whisper and the signal was unbroken and repeatable.
After a round in the tot lot finding several deep coins, I moved on to the horseshoe throw area and discovered badly dug holes from a previous Md'er
The holes were unfilled and dirt was all over the place. It was obviously a kid or someone who had no clue what they were doing. A few of the holes still had a signal and coin still in them. I cleaned them up as best I could and before I knew it, it was time to go.
Roughly 4 hours spent. No jewelry or silver coins but a fair mix of clad and a fanny pack with about 5 pounds of trash.
7 quarters, 10 dimes, 1 nickle, 1 token, and 22 memorial pennies for a total of $3.02.
I had the day off today and decided to take the new (to me) Cutlass II Umax out for a spin in the park. The last time I was at this particular park was November 2008'. I had the Golden Sabre II there a few times and was curious how the new Cutlass would do.
The first spot to scan was part of the picnic area. Lots of trash, especially soda cans buried deep in the ground. If they are deep enough, they sound just like a quarter that is near the surface...frustrating!
I kept the discrimination above the pull tab range and in a half hour or so found just a few coins amongst the garbage.
A couple of park workers drove by on a nearby service road and slowed down to check me out. On the way back a few minutes later they stopped and joked around with me. I asked if they ever saw any other MD'ers in this park and they replied that they did every once in a while. I thought to myself that that must be why I hadn't found much in the usual good spots. It also presented a challenge. I headed to the tot lot to see what I could find since the last time I had been there. The goal was to test the Cutlass for depth by seeing what it could find that had been missed previously. I had gone over it carefully last fall with the Golden Sabre and it probably hadn't seen much kiddie action over the winter.
This Cutlass gives soft tones for deep targets, unlike the Golden which signals a fairly constant volume regardless of depth. I dialed the discrimination below the pull tab range and listened for soft, but solid repeating signals and started finding them here and there. Sometimes it was a pull tab but mostly they were coins. I was surprised at the depth performance. I was digging coins out of the dirt below the wood chips. 7+ inches deep. Not bad for this little Tesoro!
A few times I dug carefully with my hands to try and find the coin at it's actual depth. Pics here...
You can see that the digger is in the hole well past where the blade meet the handle (6") and the 3rd pic shows a quarter at roughly 9-10" below the surface of the wood chips. That quarter's signal was soft but more than a whisper and the signal was unbroken and repeatable.
After a round in the tot lot finding several deep coins, I moved on to the horseshoe throw area and discovered badly dug holes from a previous Md'er
The holes were unfilled and dirt was all over the place. It was obviously a kid or someone who had no clue what they were doing. A few of the holes still had a signal and coin still in them. I cleaned them up as best I could and before I knew it, it was time to go.Roughly 4 hours spent. No jewelry or silver coins but a fair mix of clad and a fanny pack with about 5 pounds of trash.
7 quarters, 10 dimes, 1 nickle, 1 token, and 22 memorial pennies for a total of $3.02.
