yet another question about detectors

[boojagirl]

are the higher priced detectors really better than the cheeper ones or are you just paying for more or better add on's.

 

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[hollowpointred]

it depends on the detector really. in some cases all you are paying for is more features but no real differance in depth. in other cases there is a huge differance in depth. it really depends on which two models you are comparing.

 

[DANGLANGLEY]

You can really increase the price of any detector a lot with all of the extras they offer with a new one. If you are just interested in general coin/jewelry hunting you really don't need all that stuff.

I have been looking at the very expensive detectors myself....Just looking and wishing right now. The very best detectors will cost a lot but if you just need a pretty good detector check out the link below. It's on ebay and there's a bunch of them for sale. I have one and it does a very good job but I guess we all would like to have another, lol...

http://cgi.ebay.com/GARRETT-ACE-250...ryZ14955QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

DANGLANGLEY

 

[diggerfororo]

I guess I am oldfashioned but I want a simple machine. I use an analog machine with a meter.(which I very seldom look at) My machine has 3 tones most U.S. coins fall in the high tone range. I dig all high tones. I run at "0" descrimination and here all metals in the ground. I could care less what the conductivity No. is . I have hunted with people that check the digital readout and try and decide whether to dig or not. while they are messing around with the numbers I have dug 3 or 4 coins before they make up their mind. I think you need a machine that 1. gets good depth. 2. has good seethrough ability in trash. 3. has tonal I.D. You don't have to spend a grand to find a machine to do these things.

Les

 

[Rob66]

are the higher priced detectors really better than the cheeper ones or are you just paying for more or better add on's.

Usually....lately, I'm not too sure....I paid $350 for my minelab musketeer.And just the other day I found the first metal detector by: (First Texas) now.. known for making Bounty hunters.
$10.00 I paid for it.And it is just as good as my minelab
When you do decide to upgrade (ground balance )is very important.
RD

 

[teverly]

hmmmm..never heard that before..
I have a cz6a and i use it to teach people that ask me about detecting.
I have one each of the minelabs and like them.....again just depends on how much you want to hunt and where you hunt.....

 

[erikk]

Well if you think a $200.00 detector will go as deep as the EX2 or the F-75 and make as many finds (specially under difficult conditions-iron, trash) I wish you all the luck as you are going to need it

 

[desertfox]

Boojagirl, have you ever opened up the " Can Of Worms ". Each and every one of us will have a diffrent answer for you. I'm glad to see you enjoy the sport enough to think about upgrading to a diffrent detector. I have friends that most of the time can find just as much as I do with my highend machines (White's XLT and Minelab Exp) and them with the lower end Tesoro's, BH's and Garrett's. The main thing is: How much are you going to use it! Get to know your machine and what it's telling you.
Practice, practice, practice is what it takes..... Check your yellow pages and see if there is a dealer in your area that handels 3 or 4 diffrent brands and check them out. Good luck Girl.
HH

Desertfox

 

[TonyinCT]

price is a relative thing with detectors.Usually higher price means better detector.It is however the user that can decide whether or not they are successful. Often it is what you put into the hobby that makes it rewarding.Someone who uses a low end detector and finds a lot of clad coins can be happy and considered successful.For myself and many others , we want to find older and possibly more valuable targets.It takes longer to recover them so we don't find as much but the rewards (in my opinion) is greater.Generally though , the higher the price the more control you have and the better the finds.

 

[erikk]

price is a relative thing with detectors.Usually higher price means better detector.It is however the user that can decide whether or not they are successful. Often it is what you put into the hobby that makes it rewarding.Someone who uses a low end detector and finds a lot of clad coins can be happy and considered successful.For myself and many others , we want to find older and possibly more valuable targets.It takes longer to recover them so we don't find as much but the rewards (in my opinion) is greater.Generally though , the higher the price the more control you have and the better the finds.

Well said

 

[Rob66]

Still like my minelabs too....It does make a difference.Manuel ground balance and sensitivity.
RD

 

[Mike Silver -gold]

Tony is right, I bought a low end detector 28 years ago and found nothing but new coins and junk. After a month of hard detecting I got rid of it and got the top of the line whites at that time. The first time out I found silver and lots of it. It is a lot harder now. Most places I hunt are almost picked clean. I still will save and sell finds to buy the best detector I can find. Our time is worth a lot. Once you learn a good detector well,if you work at it,you will find good stuff. Good luck. Mike.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

boojagirl: yes, there are better machines that go deeper, have better TID, cost more, etc... But in reading your posts, I don't think the machine is the culprit in your not finding lots of goodies. Sounds more like the sites you hit. Ie.: to hit a church yard simply because there was a function there today, isn't much of a reason to hit a church yard.

I mean, yeah, if you're looking for a few clad, ok. But if you want OLD coins, you have to research out where functions were 100+ yrs. ago, and where hopefully NOTHING goes on today (ie.: the place doesn't even exist anymore, like an abandoned picnic site, etc.... so no new junk/coins are added). Most of the reales seateds, and gold coins I find are not a function of deep, but more a function of where I'm detecting.