The first sentence above is what I was going to say also....it’s VERY difficult to make these comparisons in an uncontrolled atmosphere because of all the reasons being stated. MOST all “mid-level and up” machines will see MOST targets....all other variables being the same,which they never really are....
It’s easy to lose one’s objectivity when there is a “favorite” involved...I know. But it’s not useable scientific data,it’s just opinion. For a Minelab to NOT hit a quarter would be a real trick. For it to miss 38 of them would constitute an entire magic show.
If I hunted really behind any detector that left 38 quarters (and I knew how to operate) I would dump quickly.
I never hunt a small site once or even twice with model X, and the go back with model Y and make finds.
Instead Intry to hunt at least 4 times with model X then go in with model Y, and see what happens.
I try to keep track of any landmarks in the area to give me assurance of just how well certain areas were indeed hunted with model X detector.
But maybe my process is way flawed.
I have never found 38 coins any denomination using a second detector hunting behind a first detector.
Remember I am in poor azz Tn back when, so maybe it’s possible elsewhere.
Now if using model Y detector and the finds seems to ve blazing, a red flag jumps out. Why??Why is this happening. This is when it’s time to break out detector X again and check some of the detectors model Y located targets too see the real deal.
If detector X infact can’t detect detectors mdoel Y finds on this outing. I may be wanting;g to dig carefully and check orientation of find and maybe inspect for ferrous materials.
I sure would want to be careful and not jump too quick think8g detector model Y was the culprit for the additional finds. (Certainly not 38 quarters)
I should point out, it is very possible for a detector to make finds behind another, coin wise,,but it isn’t always because detector X didn’t detect, instead it detected and gave wrong ID. So was detector X, was there anything that could have been done better settings wise to help with this???
I can attest I have found silver coins in areas where Deus and LF coils were heavily used using Equinox. But here I highly suspect Deus was not Iding. Equinox was. Some levels of modern trash in these sites too, and this causes a Deus user to get lazy. Hard to dig all nonferrous in these kind souls of sites.