DiggerinVA
Bronze Member
- Joined
- Sep 16, 2013
- Messages
- 1,673
- Reaction score
- 1,687
- Golden Thread
- 0
- Location
- Shenandoah Valley, Virginia
- Detector(s) used
- GPX5000, AT Gold, AT Pro, Whites TDI, Bandido 2 umax, Tejon, Vaquero, Deus 2, ORX and Legend
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
My biggest obstacle here in my area with hot soil and deep relics is being able to tell a rusty square nail from a deep Minnie ball with a vlf machine. I have owned over 30 detectors and for me the Tejon and AT gold (running all-metal) done the best and we're most consistent at being accurate. The Minelab machines I have had did not impress me when the dirt got hot. Seemed at a certain depth the Minelab would go from accurate ID straight to a nail reading or nothing at all. Machines like the AT gold would go down more gradually in vdi numbers as depth increased, but I could still tell the target was not iron. No test, video or opinion is going to change my mind after digging hundreds of targets myself using these machines. Truth is that your location can have a huge effect on the performance of your machine. What works great in Florida might be useless in Washington state ...