All Metal Detector Brand Stories
My wife and I just got our Fisher CZ-6a. We have had it in the back yard
for practice, but have come to the conclusion the ground is trash. We can
not wait to go to the beach, actually we are waiting for a nice storm to
move the sand for us. I sneak off from work to look for spots to hunt! I
think we are going to end up fighting over who gets to use it.
We bought the Fisher because of the light weight, and the ability to go salt and
normal. Looking forward to reporting some real good finds.
Eugene Rogliano
copycore@cyberspy.com
Last year after having just bought a Fisher cz6a I was talking to my
buddy at work about spots to go to.We both got fired up and decided to
go out during our lunch hour.The place we went to dates back to the
mid 1600s.Not expectibng to really find anything I must have forgot
my spade.Sure enough,I got a good signal 10 minutes after getting
there.Probably looked pretty stupid digging w/hands.Lo and behold
up popped a 1854 1/2 dollar in what easily must be au-50.Now I try
to spend every lunch time detecting!!
fuller@cove.com
I went to a river crossing site I've been looking for. I found a map to
the area a week ago. I went and found a two acre field. I parked my
truck and started searching. I had hunted for about a hour and a half
and hadn't found anything. I went to one end of the field and thought
I'd take a horse trail thats still being used back to my truck. As I
turned toward the truck I got a bell tone (coin) on my AT3. It was in
one of the horses hoof prints. I thought OH great I've found some ones
clad quarter that dropped while they were riding. I put the shovel in and out
popped a 1869 seated liberty half. I searched the area for a while
longer, but no other finds. I'm going back to look for more.
Norman Sihock
nsihock@primenet.com
My mom is the manager of the Sweetwater Pawn Shop, which is located
in Sweetwater, Tennessee. My dad and mom both work, and during Summer
Vacation, when school is out, I have to go with my mom. Well, I was new
to the hobby than. I had a Radio Shack detector, and I was ready to make
some finds. I looked behind the pawn shop, and there was a field with a
picnic table in it. Also behind the pawn shop are apartments. I had
noticed that a lot of activity had been taking place there, and decided
to try my luck at it. I detected it for 2 hours, with not a single coin
to show for it, I finally gave up.
A year later, I was back armed with my Fisher 1265-X. I went back to
the field, and this time I actually found some coins. All where clad,
and I had one Wheat Cent in the bunch. I made several more trips to the
field with my 1265-X, and always returned with a Wheat Cent.
Now it is 1996. For Christmas, I recieved a Fisher 1266-X. Well,
summer vacation is here now, and my finds are the best yet. I went to
the same field again, and found several more modern coins, and another
Wheat Cent. I had learned that I wasn't finding much by running at a 7
or 8 Disc level. I now run it at 4.3. One day, I found 2 Wheat Cents,
and a 1945 Merc Dime, which was my first silver coin. Several more trips
have been made, and the finds seemed to be thinning out. I than
purchased a "High Energy" Hot Head Coil from Kellyco. What a nice coil!!
I returned to the field armed with 1266-X and Hot Head Coil. Well, I
always came back with a Wheat Cent or more. Than, one day this week, on
a Thursday, my greatest coin find came. I was detecting the field, with
1266-X and new coil. I got a signal that turned out to be a Wheat Cent.
Than a fainter signal came through. I dug to about 8", through very
rooted soil. I ran my coil over the hole, and it was still there. I dug
about 2 more inches, and checked the hole again. It was out of the hole,
and visible on the mound of dirt I had pulled up. I saw it was a penny,
and rubbed for the date. To my suprise, it wasn't the old Lincoln saw on
Memorial Cents or Wheat Cents. It was an Indian Head Penny!!!!! I grade
it as VF condition. I didn't even check for the date I was so excited.
I than washed the coin off, and saw the date 1895. The very next day, I
was back. Looking for another Indian Head Penny. Well, I found 4
Memorial Cents, and you guessed it.....a Wheat Penny.
Daniel Teague
teagued@ns.cococo.net
Actually, this is a Tesoro story, too. I have been TH'ing since 1964
(when TH'ing was the term used to describe what we were doing), and I've
used many different brands of detectors. My favorite of all time was a
Wilson-Neuman Daytona Rangar--a deepseeking TR-type detector of the
1970s. On "sweet" ground (low mineralization) that machine beat just
about every other detector made. I say just about because I got a Tesoro
Aztec that pretty well matched it inch-for-inch. We're talking routine
finds at 6 to 9 inches (in sweet ground, remember), with a few going
beyond 9 inches. I stuck with the Daytona only because the Aztec wasn't
going any deeper. Also, I found many gold and silver rings at pulltab
discrimination with the Daytona (I know, it's impossible, but the
machine didn't know it).
Then White's brought out their 6000-series and the world changed.
Finally, it was possible to eliminate mineralization almost ALL the
time! So I went to the White's, and eventually I sold the Daytona and
the Tesoro.
It's now 16 years later, and I have just sold off my White's Eagle
Spectrum after an unsuccessful three years of use. Actually, I traded it
for a Tesoro Bandido II, because I haven't dug a coin deeper than four
inches all the time I had it! The White's motion machines are good basic
detectors, but I remember a time when I could reach down deep in the
earth and find real TREASURE!
I recently bought a used 6000 Di Pro, which I'll use with my Bandido in
the following way. If the ground is trashy, I'll use the White's,
because I can run it at low discrimination and use the meter to tell me
when to dig or not. But, if I start finding wheat cents or, God forbid,
a silver coin, out comes the Bandido! Also, if the area is relatively
trash-free, I'll start with the Bandido set at foil and dig all targets.
Back in the olden days, when I used my Daytona, I could actually HEAR
the difference between the types of targets, and knew when to dig or
not. The White's I have now has a limited capability for that. For
instance, you can certainly tell when it's a bottlecap, as the signal
breaks up in a characteristic way. And, if the needle pegs on the "N" in
nickel on the ID meter--it's almost ALWAYS a nickel.
So I'm back to Tesoro, after all these years. My Bandido is due in about
a week, and I can't wait to get it into the field. One of the first
places I'll go is a campus where I've been getting hits at four inches
but no lower for the last three years!
Tom Gaylord
airgnltr@clark.net
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