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Always a pleasure with such an interesting topic. 'Thank You' for the kind words.Quote
Tom_in_CA
Monte, it is always a privilege for any of us to have you chime in on our posts !
Yes, I have traveled the long trail from 'stone age' detecting era to the present. But I hope to get my book finished up to beat folks to the punch of gathering up a pile of my 20+ years of Forum posts. I am working on it during our down-time wintry cold season.Quote
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I've said it before, and will say it again: Some day, years from now, someone will collect all your posts from various forums, and compile them into a book. And will make a fortune selling the book. Your perspective of having done this since the 1960s, and graduating up through "all the ranks", gives you a unique perspective. And you are good at putting it all into understandable text, helping newcomers, etc.... So thanx again for taking time to chime in here !
The Coin Hustler is a little more limited, when the iron presence gets even more challenging, due to the limited tuning ability as it doesn't have the full range since it lacks being able to adjust to the Mineral acceptance range. I have compared several 99B's to 77B's and while the 77B's do have the Coarse Tune and Fine Tune adjustability, a lot of times it's almost like splitting hairs to discern a difference. With the Mineral - to - Metal tuning adjustment, the 99B does show some performance 'edge' over the Coin Hustler. I just like my Coin Hustler because it is so compact and simple with the one knob for quick work of a small, dedicated area I want to scour at some old sites.Quote
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Yes: the 99b and Hustler were similar in performance to the 77b. Just lacked "fine tune" , or the needle, or sens., etc... But the basic ability to see through nails, and the basic depth, were the same even on those "little sisters" to the 77b.
I am planning to get with my youngest son when he returns from a business trip to Hawaii to do a series of videos that show-and-tell a number of detector comparisons. Naturally, I can't forget to demonstrate why the conventional TR (non-Discriminating) was such a key performer for me, especially from '71 all through the '70s and until the first good 2-Filter unit hit the market in mid-'83. While it doesn't get used a lot, it still gets put to work when desired or needed.Quote
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If you ever have all those machines with you on one of the group hunts, and could repeat these tests on video (like if Brian "Cal Cobra" is present to make a video), that would be a great side-by-side test to be seen on a youtube video !