Dime slayer.....my old 6000DiPro

[Wyatt Earp]

I've noticed that since I got the newer 6000DiPro, that my finds of larger silver have increased, but I don't seem to find nearly as many dimes. I may have to go back over these places with the old machine with it's 8 inch search coil and see if the new one with the 9 1/2" coil is missing some dimes.

I just read on white's site....that when you go to a larger coil...you lose some sensitivity to small coin sized objects. Hmmmmm.

The whole thing may be my imagination....but when my old machine gets back....along with the weather....I'm going to revisit some of these places. That may be why my old 6000 was so good at picking up silver dimes that others leave behind. Folks get to thinking that "bigger is always better"...and manufacturers have gone along with that thinking to satisfy the desires of their customers.

The weather here stinks....it's raining and getting colder. It will be a long time before I get to see if I'm right or wrong about this.

Wyatt

[hoser]

I too have read that a larger coil isn't as sensitive to smaller coin size objects. So that is one reason I'm gonna get one of the 5.3" coils. Hopefully it will let me hunt in the trashier areas. There are some places in the woods I want to hunt, and swinging a larger coil through the tall grass is kinda a pain. Now that you mention it, my old Garrett ADS had a smaller coil and I found a lot more of the small dime size coins with it. HHHHUUUUMMMMMMMMM!

[Gregory]

Hi Wyatt,
I'm not sure about that. I've found well over 100 dime with that same detector. It was very good on locking in on Quarters.
I think its about where you hunt.

I do like the smaller coils though, I removed my 10.5 and only use my 8 inch coil now but most of my detecting is in wooded areas.

[Wyatt Earp]

HI Greg,

Like I said, it might just be my imagination. I like the new one...it finds quarters and walkers really well .....and I've found some dimes with it too, just not as many as I'm used to finding....which could just be the sites I'm working. Maybe there are fewer dimes there. I like having 2 machines, and if it takes both to clean up those pesky silver dimes...no problem for me.

I talked to the guy downtown again....the one who insists that the old school was hit "really hard"...and he still claims that it was hunted to death. I found 25 silver dimes there with the old machine, and just one more with the new one (note...the old one won't find anymore there either). He was at the garage at the bottom of the hill when I found the 41 walker and 2 silver quarters last night. I went down there to wash them because I figured he'd be there, and he was flabbergasted. I thought he'd like 'em.

I've been over the yard that gave up the 42 walker on saturday a few more times and I can't find any more silver there. That yard would be a good test of my theory once I get my old machine back, since I've only hunted that place with the newer one.

It could also be that I overlap my swings better with the smaller coil. It's worth looking into just to satisfy myself that I'm doing everything I can to make my cookie tin as heavy as possible.

Do you want to look for that class ring with me if we get a warm day? There's probably silver there too, but I'd like to find that ring for her.

Wyatt

[Wyatt Earp]

Hey Greg.......Remember the first thing I said about the newer 6000 when I switched it on? I remember telling you that the sound was higher pitched, and that I thought it operated at a higher frequency. I think they're "the same thing..only different"....and that having both in tandem will turn out to be very effective.

Wyatt

[Gregory]

You may be right about that but that will have to wait till spring to tell unless we have a warm winter.

Yea, I'll be happy to go along...Hope my new 6000 di pro gets here soon! (just kidding )