RelicHound
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I traded off a whites XLT for a Troy shadow X3...it arrived last saturday and the test began...at first glance it looked like a glorified Tesoro Cibola and I expected it preform as such.
Air test: The air testing did not go as well as I hoped..almost disappointing,the Troy had a hard time picking up a silver dime at 6" where my cibola super tuned would pick it up at 8" with no problems. a silver dollar was barely audible at 10" where my cibola would sing like a bird at it. air test are always good to preform but they are not completely accurate...so off to the test garden.
Test Garden: the Troy preformed better then expected in the test garden after the sub par performance with the air test I did not expect it to be able to pick up much in what I call the "deep end" of my garden where i have coins buried up to 12"...boy was I wrong. the silver quarter at 11" was audible...just barely but still a clean tone...the silver dime at 9" was a audible crisp clean tone and the silver dollar at 12" was unmistakable...these depths may or may not be completely accurate as Ive had the garden out for several years.
next to the iron laced part of the garden....the Troy did very well and very little masking was noticed. I have a CW eagle button buried at 6" with a piece of iron that is 2"x3" laying directly beside it...all of my machines have trouble with this target including my tesoro cibola,the tesoro tejon is the only machine ive ever owned that wouldnt null out or break up on this target. the Troy picked it up like there was no iron there at all.
next to the field
Actually hunting with the Troy: In the field the Troy preformed flawlessly,ran very smooth and I found the coin check feature on the Troy to be extremely valuable when hunting trashy areas. tho ive not had alot of time with the Troy in field yet I know this is a killer machine. my best find with it so far was a IH cent at roughly 5".
all test and even hunting was done with the disc set at 2{one notch below factory} and sens set 9{all most full bore} and using the stock 7" coil. they dont make the shadows any longer but if you ever come across one used dont hesitate to check it out...its great machine and very comparable to the tesoro tejon minus the manual ground balance..which the X5 has that feature..the X3 is automatic.
Air test: The air testing did not go as well as I hoped..almost disappointing,the Troy had a hard time picking up a silver dime at 6" where my cibola super tuned would pick it up at 8" with no problems. a silver dollar was barely audible at 10" where my cibola would sing like a bird at it. air test are always good to preform but they are not completely accurate...so off to the test garden.
Test Garden: the Troy preformed better then expected in the test garden after the sub par performance with the air test I did not expect it to be able to pick up much in what I call the "deep end" of my garden where i have coins buried up to 12"...boy was I wrong. the silver quarter at 11" was audible...just barely but still a clean tone...the silver dime at 9" was a audible crisp clean tone and the silver dollar at 12" was unmistakable...these depths may or may not be completely accurate as Ive had the garden out for several years.
next to the iron laced part of the garden....the Troy did very well and very little masking was noticed. I have a CW eagle button buried at 6" with a piece of iron that is 2"x3" laying directly beside it...all of my machines have trouble with this target including my tesoro cibola,the tesoro tejon is the only machine ive ever owned that wouldnt null out or break up on this target. the Troy picked it up like there was no iron there at all.
next to the field
Actually hunting with the Troy: In the field the Troy preformed flawlessly,ran very smooth and I found the coin check feature on the Troy to be extremely valuable when hunting trashy areas. tho ive not had alot of time with the Troy in field yet I know this is a killer machine. my best find with it so far was a IH cent at roughly 5".
all test and even hunting was done with the disc set at 2{one notch below factory} and sens set 9{all most full bore} and using the stock 7" coil. they dont make the shadows any longer but if you ever come across one used dont hesitate to check it out...its great machine and very comparable to the tesoro tejon minus the manual ground balance..which the X5 has that feature..the X3 is automatic.
