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My neighbor goaded me into choosing a metal detector over a GPX 6000 for our club hunt in Ohio last month
Dave said the GPX 6000 was overkill for the old mining camp we were hitting near Zanesville. I went with his pick, a used Minelab Equinox 800, because he swore it would handle the iron trash better. First hour I dug up three shotgun shells and a rusted horseshoe, pretty much nothing good. But after 4 hours I pulled a 1937 silver quarter from 8 inches down, so I guess he was right about the balance. Anyone else get talked into gear that worked out way better than you expected?
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laurar387h ago
Read something similar on a detecting forum a while back. Some guy tried a Tesoro Vaquero at an old park everyone said was pounded out, pulled a Standing Liberty quarter from under a rusted nail. Kinda makes you wonder if the right machine for the trash is more important than raw depth. Your buddy might have saved you a lot of headache with that pick.
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rosebennett4h ago
Three inches down under a bottle cap last week I pulled a 1918 Merc with my old Vaquero. Those things just seem to punch through iron trash better than most modern machines. Dark arts of detecting I guess.
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