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    Gold Bug Pro DP first 3 months

    Just a shout out to say thank you to forum posters and give a little review of the Gold Bug Pro DP. I purchased used last November from a local online classified after doing some research first. The main reason for trying the GB pro was its ability to ground balance to salt and I must say that...
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    $$$$$Listing of Tesoro Diablo uMax $$$$$

    Saw a listing for a Tesoro Diablo uMax and the buy now price was $998 and the auction start price is $599. Its hard to believe one of these would sell for that kind of money. Minas man
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    Vaquero and 5x10 DD

    Out for an hour before sunset on a new patch of ground for me and most signals were beaver tail pull tabs and beer caps. The beer caps do not discriminate out but you can tell by the sound, rough around the edges and very strong, that audio gives them away. Only dug 2 holes with good coins but...
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    Canadian coins eh

    It has been 5 years now since I got into this hobby and despite reading forums for 6 years it was a resent trip to the USA that exposed my ignorance concerning US coins vs Canadian coins eh. My wife and I collected 3 lbs of US change for our trip south this winter but this year before packing...
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    Sovereign meter Question

    Just did the meter conversion from 550 to 180 so now I am on to the calibration. Is there a resting number that is displayed when detector is away from EMI or in a house. it seems to be between the 30s and 55 depending on the both pot adjustments. It is stable on a number when at rest in the...
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    Sovereign xs 2a Battery advice needed

    Hi all, I am new to this Forum but not to findmall as I swing a Tesoro . Here's the scoop, I have just purchased a barely used Sovereign xs 2a my first Minelab :clapping: . I will receive the detector in a little more than 2 weeks at a vacation destination and want to have it up and running for...
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    Safari vs Sovereign for a knob and switch Tesoro guy

    Have been lurking about the Minelab forums since the freeze up as researching for the best detector to get me out on salt soil marshes and salt beaches. Getting ready to pull the trigger on Safari or Sovereign. Being a Tesoro user for the past 5 years I do not mined the manual tunning. In the...
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    The Curse of Oak Island are you watching?

    The Boy's over on the the CTX 3030 forum are buzzing as they saw a glimpse of there detector on the show. Here is what I posted on there forum with and there is a Tesoro twist. I live just a little over an hour away from Oak Island and this past fall happened to meet a diver that went down the...
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    705 stability with 10x5 18.75 elliptical coil in salt water

    I have a Tesoro Vaquero but it is to unstable in wet salt sand or soil conditions so looking for a stable companion detector. Am looking to find out if this coil and detector are going to be stable in a salt water beach and marsh land. We have salt water rock beaches with gold nuggets but what...
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    Lonely Vaquero seeks companion for long term relationship despite soil conditions

    I started out with a failed first owner and a very hard time in Wisconsin and had great hopes when I found my new owner over the Internet some five years ago. I was hesitant to go as this was a cyber match up, and well really, the east coast of Canada so far away. You just don't know if you will...
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    What to look for when buying used Explorer 2

    Just wondering what to look for when checking out a used Explorer II it does not have the rechargeable battery pack, but has stock coil. They are asking $500 . The main reason for considering an explorer is to be able to hunt on re-claimed salt marsh land so looking for a detector that can...
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    Sand & Tiger Sharks old vs new

    Are the old style detectors with the non hard wired coils problematic? Given the choice which is better hard wire or connector. Why did they change to the hard wire? Are seals available for the old style cable connections? Can old style be changed to permanent hard wired? Not to concerned about...
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    Vaquero coil change nets best silver yet

    Was looking for a new detector to hunt on salt Marsh's as my Vaquero with stock coil is to unstable in those soil conditions. Searching on the net for a detector that would handle the salt marshes I noticed that many of the models being offered had DD elliptical coils or upgraded versions of the...
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    Canada to stop production of the penny

    Just heard on the radio that the penny is being phased out as it costs more than a cent to produce. This must be part of the federal governments budget to save money. The budget is is being released today in Ottawa. Minas man
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    Checked baggage or carry on?

    What is the best way to travel by air with my Tesoro Vequero checked baggage or carry on. It brakes down into 4 pieces but do they consider the poles a potential weapon if carried on? It is a direct flight South with no connections. Thanks in advance. Minas man
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    :canadaflag: North South hunting

    I have been hunting an acreage in a mainly north south direction for most of the spring and the results in the past few weeks have really dropped off but today I started in an east west hunt pattern using the early morning dew as my grid lines and this morning came home with a fist full of...
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    Rechargeable 9 volt or Alkaline?

    :canadaflag:When I bought my detector Duracell battery's were on sale 4 pack $4.27 and I bought a large amount of them but now they are running out and the price now for 4 is in the $8 range. Tesoro recommends alkaline battery's only for there detectors. Anyone using a 9 volt rechargeable...
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    Tesoro + Garrett makes a Golden Day

    :canadaflag:I went to my local Tesoro dealer in late winter to order a 5.75 coil but ended up buying a Garrett Pin-pointer pro and now I don't know how I managed with out it. Bought a Vaquero a year ago last February for my first detector and had a year of learning the sounds and controls and I...
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