I have been reading that there are not alot of De Leon messages or that they are not that great a machine. Well I am here to say that I am a very happy owner of a De Leon and have had many hours of satisfaction with it. I have had it about 3 yrs now and this last summer was one of my best yet. I hunt whenever and where ever I can and I have yet to not find something cool at any site I work. I mainly coin shoot and have dug up somewhere around $400.00 in clad coins not counting pennies. In silver coins I have found 30 Roosevelt dimes, 12 mecury dimes, a Franklin half, and 16 silver quarters. My oldest US coin to date is a 1907 V nickle in pretty good condition. This year, like I said was a great one. I have been digging at a park that has been hit by every machine in town. There is a section that I came across that gives up merc's evey time I hunt there and belive it or not some are 8 to 12 inches deep! One I dug up while my son was with me and we dug and dug and were just about to give up when lo and behold there it was a 1923 merc at a measured 12 inches. I dont know if it is because the ground is good or if my De Leon is that great but, it keeps amazing my with its depth on silver. I have not had a whole lot of luck with gold rings in the past, maybe because I was not digging the right signals, but this year I found four gold rings two with small diamonds and seven silver ones. In the strange catagory I found three coins that surprised me. A Copper Maravedis coin that was in circulation from 1836 to 1858 and an 1897 Queen Victoria copper. So to wrap this up I am a very proud owner of a De Leon, and looking forward to next years finds.
P.S. I will add photos of finds at a later date.
P.S. I will add photos of finds at a later date.
