Vaquero relic hunt

[kansa54]

I took my Vaquero out yesterday for a 3 hr. hunt in not so good conditions. The field was wheat stubble that had been chiseled and was real clumpy with a lot of stubble and grass. I did find some good artifacts though, a couple of complete iron pts., main spring from a muzzle loader, pewter button, and a piece of an iron kettle that still had one leg attached.
I started to wear down after about an hr. of hunting because I was digging, what I consider to be very deep targets. One of the iron pts. was dug at 10 inches. The main spring was dug at about the same depth and I was still getting a strong signal after retrieving it. I dug down to about 16 in. and finally just gave up. Probably left the rest of the gun in the hole. Man, the Vaquero will give you a workout.
One thing I noticed was that when super tuned it seems to go way deeper than the all metal. Also, the pin pointer is virtually useless. With that being said, I still believe it is going to be an awesome relic machine.
Clint

 

[tabman]

Get a bigger shovel.

tabman

 

[kansa54]

You got that right Tabman. Very few times have I felt the need for a bigger shovel but will definately carry one the next time out with the Vaq.

 

[kaolinwasher]

I hear you on that digging it uses up your calories fast , when the stuff is 10" deep and clay is in the ground .

 

[TabMagnet]

I remember once on the beach at night myself and a couple of friends kept getting a signal in a hole... but no goodies... We dug that thing almost 5 feet deep before we gave up and cursed that metal detector for all it was worth. Took 2 people to get a guy out of that hole...
The magnetic sand was driving the detector crazy I suppose.

 

[BarryL]

Yep the Vaq is a deep unit next to the Tejon and you are absolutely correct when supertuned the Pinpoint is totally useless I traded mine for some older Tesoro Units and may regret it later . But I did dig some target holes at over 15 inches deep and never found the target but kept hitting a strong signal over the center of the hole gave up once and then the next time it did this I kept digging and finally dug up a ax head at over 22 inches

 

[kansa54]

Wow Barry, an axe head at 22 inches! I would love to dig an Indian trade axe or rifle at any depth. The site I'm searching has that potential and apparently my Vaquero does too.
Clint

 

[Dtektor]

Just for my info, what settings were you using on this hunt? I swing a Vaq myself and have begun to lean more toward relic hunting than just coin shooting. Also I would like to know your results with the Discrim control as I cannot really ever discrim out iron objects. I haven't tried nails lately but I dig alot of iron stuf with the Discrim control on 1st mark below 5 cents.

 

[kansa54]

Just for my info, what settings were you using on this hunt? I swing a Vaq myself and have begun to lean more toward relic hunting than just coin shooting. Also I would like to know your results with the Discrim control as I cannot really ever discrim out iron objects. I haven't tried nails lately but I dig alot of iron stuf with the Discrim control on 1st mark below 5 cents.

I'm probably not a good one to answer your questions. The site I am searching, I set my disc. right above all metal mode. I want to dig most iron signals, just not small pieces of wire.
I have hunted an old farm site a couple of times this year and had good luck with disc setting below nickel and sensitivity at 9. This site is loaded with iron but I thought the Vaq did a great job.