Wearisome test..

[slingshot]

Took my Tracker IV, Ace 250, Silver umax, and Compadre at a local school plot. Used the Tracker first, Ace second, Silver third, and saved Compadre last since it had least(?) depth. Tracker was in tone mode, Ace in Relics, Silver in min. disc. and Compadre iron nail reject. Tracker was good for first 3", Ace and Silver were about equally matched to 6" and the Compadre hit on all deep targets (large) that were left in the ground over 8". As expected from previous hunts, the Compadre found some 2-3" targets that were probably masked, one of them being a "soft sounding" quarter.. My conclusion: With all preset g/b machines, depth doesn't vary that much if you know your machine. Operator skill and being able to handle iron masking mattered. If you're not gonna get a machine with g/b capabilities-and can do without ID, might as well get the Compadre.

 

[amberjack]

beep dig love it no fuss detecting i have a fandangled detector coming and am worried i will not use it much as have to learn all these different settings turn on set disc swing and dig sounds better to me but time will tell how i do!

 

[Hombre]

Slingshot, nice test

The Compadre is an awsome old house, renovation, demolition, iron discriminating son of a gun, best detector in the nails I've ever used, just need to get some rain and get out with it more.

 

[slingshot]

beep dig love it no fuss detecting i have a fandangled detector coming and am worried i will not use it much as have to learn all these different settings turn on set disc swing and dig sounds better to me but time will tell how i do!

My Ace and Tracker fare well as "cruising" units. With the heat and such, and in some cases the amount of trash it's nice to have a "newfangled" detector to cherrypick and get back to the water fountain. I can't for the life of me say that there's a bad detector out there (by reputable companies) but when it comes to being "thorough" the Compadre still surprises me.