Kicking a Not so Dead Vaquero Horse...Part II....

[Hombre]

You guys are better than I am. I have had a Vaquero for about eight months and I can't tell a difference in the sounds other than most coins I find are smooth and don't brake up when you sweep it different directions. Now that I have a 5.75 coil I get a little more feedback. With the smaller coil I can tell the size and shape alot better which is now mostly how I discriminate what I dig. If it is coin/ring size and doesn't brake up when I sweep it I will dig. This way I hunt as low of a discrimination as I can stand. ( usually between foil and nickel. depending on the site.) and dig all small repeatable target. I just wise I could distinguish the sounds of the tone like you guys can. May need more practice.

wheatymike,

Great post, probably the best of the "Kicking a Not so Dead Vaquero Horse" It sounds to me that you are learning the Vaquero very well and will find some good stuff if you continue to use this technique.

 

[BillF]

"Most coins I find are smooth and don't brake up when you sweep it different directions. Now that I have a 5.75 coil I get a little more feedback. With the smaller coil I can tell the size and shape alot better which is now mostly how I discriminate what I dig. If it is coin/ring size and doesn't brake up when I sweep it I will dig."
WheatyMike
Obviuosly I am learning this machine, not sure what makes this one so different that the learning curve is so steep. Yesterday there were so many washers in the area, they had good sounding signals, but after the first couple of pennys I did notice a slight difference in tone and felt confident in skipping what sounded like a washer. Every few hits I dug one up to be sure, and it was still junk, but what sounded like coin was a coin. Am I going to remember this difference next time I am out? Doubt it. The few deep coins I've found so far did have that smooth sound you mentioned with a definite size to it. That was great description.

 

[GaryF]

Well I think you have snatched the pebble from our hand glasshoppah....

Have fun

Gary

 

[wheatymike]

This thread has prompted me to show you guys a couple of my finds with the V. using this method. I dug these targets at an old school/house site that was from the late 1800's to 1968. My father in-law owns the property. I hunted it for aprox. one hour and dug aprox eight targets including these.

 

[BillF]

This thread has prompted me to show you guys a couple of my finds with the V. using this method. I dug these targets at an old school/house site that was from the late 1800's to 1968. My father in-law owns the property. I hunted it for aprox. one hour and dug aprox eight targets including these.

Those are great finds, I think that's the start of something good. Keep it up Mike.