Steve77
Elite Member
I started on a compadre with 5.75 coil and found plenty of coins, but I wanted to cover more ground when I was in big open areas like ball fields. I found a deal on a silver umax and have done ok with it, found lots of wheats, a 1865 indian, war nickel and all the ordinary stuff. I put in hundreds of hours on both machines, I can usually tell what is in the hole before digging. I actually dumbfounded a guy with a Whites M6, he told me he couldn't believe I could tell what was under my coil. So we took turns sweeping over the same targets and guessing what they were before digging them, and I was right as much as he was.
I dig every solid repeatable signal above "o" in foil. I dig plenty of tabs, I do lots of research and have some great sites with compelling history but silver seems so elusive.
Now I am hunting mostly old homesites and parks and I wanted a bit more depth and coverage because sometimes it is a long time between solid signals. I found a deal on a 10x12 coil and have around 20 hours on it. It pinpoints far better than I expected! It seems a bit more chatty and as I expected it is useless in trashy areas.
Now the strange thing is it doesn't seem to be going any deeper than the stock 8" coil. It does cover ground much faster And target Id is as good or better than the 8" donut.
Any of you folks using this setup that consistently find silver coins have any suggestions? Are those deep silvers quieter, softer, scratchy or what? I dig nickels all the time that are scratchy and break up at tab, especially when they are on edge instead of laying flat. I'm not frustrated, just looking to hone my skills and shorten the learning curve. I like relics as much or more than coins, but silver is a pretty universal treasure
I dig every solid repeatable signal above "o" in foil. I dig plenty of tabs, I do lots of research and have some great sites with compelling history but silver seems so elusive.
Now I am hunting mostly old homesites and parks and I wanted a bit more depth and coverage because sometimes it is a long time between solid signals. I found a deal on a 10x12 coil and have around 20 hours on it. It pinpoints far better than I expected! It seems a bit more chatty and as I expected it is useless in trashy areas.
Now the strange thing is it doesn't seem to be going any deeper than the stock 8" coil. It does cover ground much faster And target Id is as good or better than the 8" donut.
Any of you folks using this setup that consistently find silver coins have any suggestions? Are those deep silvers quieter, softer, scratchy or what? I dig nickels all the time that are scratchy and break up at tab, especially when they are on edge instead of laying flat. I'm not frustrated, just looking to hone my skills and shorten the learning curve. I like relics as much or more than coins, but silver is a pretty universal treasure
Silver Umax hasn't lived up to it's name yet...
