Need opinion on which detector to use

Recently re-located to southern Colorado. The ground here is highly mineralized. Reads 86 on my F-19 when trying to ground balance. Needless to say performance sucks. Any recommendations on a VLF detector that wil work here. Mostly relic hunt and some prospecting. Any model not brand loyal. Many thanks Txques

Txquest Wrote:
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> Recently re-located to southern Colorado. The gro
> und here is highly mineralized. Reads 86 on my F-
> 19 when trying to ground balance. Needless to say
> performance sucks. Any recommendations on a VLF de
> tector that wil work here. Mostly relic hunt and s
> ome prospecting. Any model not brand loyal. Many
> thanks Txques


My recommendations.
Xp Deus with Hf coil and or X35 coil.
Minelab Equinox 800
Minelab CTX 3030
Minelab Etrac
Tarsacci MDT-8000
Whites MX Sport
AKA MFD 7272
Minelab Equinox 600

Good luck. The above detector models are listed random. Meaning not in any specific order.



Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 05/30/2019 03:12AM by tnsharpshooter.

A Minelab Musketeer Advantage goes deep in mineralized soil.

I live in Northern Utah and also have the f19. My ground here is at 83 on the f19. The 3 detectors I found that work the best are the XP Deus, Minelab GPX and Minelab Equinox. CTX and etrac are OK. Even with the Deus or Equinox I'm still barely hearing a dime at 6 inches.

CZ 5 with an 8" coil.

At some point ground minerals will force you into all metal operation. If you want to keep using a disc mode in hot ground you either have to expand the ferrous TID range and/or expand the conductive high end wrap range to such a point that non-ferrous stays in the non-ferrous range longer.

The Fisher Coin$trike offers both an expanded 99 points of ferrous id and an expanded high conductive wrap range. You'd probably love it there.

HH
Mike