What's the Best detector for Alabama's high iron red clay?

[quest]

What might be the Best detector for Alabama's high iron red clay?
I've been looking at the minelab extera 50/70, but am unsure if this is the best choice or not.
Is there a better detector that I might be overlooking?

Thanks

 

[Rd2nowr]

Quest, Greetings from Geneva County, South Alabama. I hunt with a White's XLT and have a White's IDX Pro for a back up. Some guys I know have the MXT and some of the Prism models do great also. You definately want a detector with auto ground tracking or manual GB for sure. You can't beat a White's! Tim

 

[mitwes56]

A whites xlt spectrum, with several coils. The bullseye 6 inch, the 8 inch and the 9.5 inch. I have never had a problem with it tracking on the red dirt. They recently tore down a very old high school here and put a thin layer of red clay fill dirt over spots where the school stood. so while hunting this area you can go from normal brown field dirt to the red clay dirt in just a few steps. The whites xlt never falters and just automatically ground tracks. I also have the xterra 50 , I have used it in all the same places as I have the whites xlt. Its a manual ground balance machine and works great everywhere.

 

[quest]

A whites xlt spectrum, with several coils. The bullseye 6 inch, the 8 inch and the 9.5 inch. I have never had a problem with it tracking on the red dirt. They recently tore down a very old high school here and put a thin layer of red clay fill dirt over spots where the school stood. so while hunting this area you can go from normal brown field dirt to the red clay dirt in just a few steps. The whites xlt never falters and just automatically ground tracks. I also have the xterra 50 , I have used it in all the same places as I have the whites xlt. Its a manual ground balance machine and works great everywhere.

I am in north Alabama as well.
I am new to this and trying to get as much information as I can on metal detector's that work well in this aria.

Thanks

 

[Canewrap]

Well, I'm near Huntsville and I can tell you that of all the ones I've tried (MXT, F70, F75, Tesoro Eldorado, Tesoro Cibola, ACE 250, and Minelab X-terra 70), the X-terra has been my favorite machine, by far. It works well in the bad dirt, as well as the good. Its worth the money if you can scrape it together. Lightweight, fast, deep, and versatile, its a great machine. I'm not a shill for the company and in no way benefit from anybody buying them. I just tell it the way I've experienced it.

Sincerely,
Bill

 

[quest]

Well, I'm near Huntsville and I can tell you that of all the ones I've tried (MXT, F70, F75, Tesoro Eldorado, Tesoro Cibola, ACE 250, and Minelab X-terra 70), the X-terra has been my favorite machine, by far. It works well in the bad dirt, as well as the good. Its worth the money if you can scrape it together. Lightweight, fast, deep, and versatile, its a great machine. I'm not a shill for the company and in no way benefit from anybody buying them. I just tell it the way I've experienced it.

Sincerely,
Bill

Hi Bill,

So what would the 2nd favorite machine be?
I've been looking and reading about so many machines that I'm just about confused my self with what to get.

So who else in north Alabama and what are the good places to go?

Thanks

 

[Canewrap]

The Tesoro Eldorado (now Vaquero) would definitely be a close second for a do it all kind of machine that's a good price. I started with Tesoros and I still have my Eldorado. The Vaquero would handle Alabama ground just fine, just has a little longer learning curve because you have to learn to identify trash based on the subtle differences in sound. Don't buy a Cibola, the ground balance is fixed and you need adjustable in this ground.

 

[quest]

A whites xlt spectrum, with several coils. The bullseye 6 inch, the 8 inch and the 9.5 inch. I have never had a problem with it tracking on the red dirt. They recently tore down a very old high school here and put a thin layer of red clay fill dirt over spots where the school stood. so while hunting this area you can go from normal brown field dirt to the red clay dirt in just a few steps. The whites xlt never falters and just automatically ground tracks. I also have the xterra 50 , I have used it in all the same places as I have the whites xlt. Its a manual ground balance machine and works great everywhere.

Do you have any tips for using the xterra 50 in the red clay?

Thanks

 

[wayne_etc]

I'm in Huntsville as well. I'd have to agree with Cane's mention of the Eldorado. The Eldo and Vaquero do really well in our red clay. But I have to say the deepest and most stable machine I've used here is the Minelab Musketeer Advantage.

You didn't tell us what kind of detecting you plan on doing? Relics, coins, parks, homesites, and so on.


w

 

[quest]

I'm in Huntsville as well. I'd have to agree with Cane's mention of the Eldorado. The Eldo and Vaquero do really well in our red clay. But I have to say the deepest and most stable machine I've used here is the Minelab Musketeer Advantage.

You didn't tell us what kind of detecting you plan on doing? Relics, coins, parks, homesites, and so on.


w

Hi wayne,

I'll be doing coins, parks, homesites, and some relics.
I think I'm going to go with the Minelab X-terra70.
So is there any good places to go?

Thanks

 

[quest]

Got the X-Terra 70 today.
I'm hopping to get to use it this weekend.