Silver uMax Users!!

Diggin · Jun 19, 2012

Hi all you Tesoro Silver uMax fans, what do you think of the Silver's depth? How deep do you think it hits coins? I know this is a stupid question but I wanted to see what your guy's results were. I have one, but haven't taken it out at all. If you have a test garden that also would be helpful. I think we should have a section on this forum that estimates how deep each detector "detects" on different objects. That way we could tell everybody who asks the dreaded question of " How deep does that thing go?" about this wonderfuls site.

sllingshot47 · Jun 20, 2012

For coins that have been in the ground long enough to blend in with the matrix, I find 6" is about max on a penny. With a slow sweep speed, I can gain another inch. And the a/m mode adds another inch. Other soil factors and time buried can either add or subtract from these figures.

Diggin · Jun 21, 2012

But how do you feel about it's depth? Is it not very deep? Do you wish it went deeper? Or do you think it's good enough?

kireta · Jun 21, 2012

Silver U Max is a good detector period. How deep it will go depends on an infinite number of factors. I loved mine and its as light as a cool whip container.I will be getting another just because of sellers remorse and its build quality is pretty good too. A great company. :cool:

Milhaus · Jun 21, 2012

Depth is about receive sensitivity, coil size, frequency, soil composition and a large variety of factors in the electronics' ability to read what is being received. Silver uMax is a great detector, but it is a basic detector. It runs off of a single 9v battery.

If you can reliably dig targets at 6-7 inches then it is accomplishing the mission it was built to do. Personally, I would be perfectly happy with that. I use my starter detector all the time, after a few hours with an Etrac any detectorist is going to be a hot mess. Silver uMax is like a Caribbean vacation in comparison.

sllingshot47 · Jun 22, 2012

Diggin said:
But how do you feel about it's depth? Is it not very deep? Do you wish it went deeper? Or do you think it's good enough?

Works fine for me-as I mostly hunt parks, tot lots, etc. I once got a signal with my Cz-5. It was a ring at 8". I just happened to have my Silver and it gave a very faint signal-but still there. I most likely would not have noticed it in normal hunting mode, but it goes to show that it wasn't far behind the Cz-and that's a dual frequency, fourier domain detector! I'm sure the Vaquero probably would have matched it easily.

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