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DeepTech

Looking at the Silver Umax

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Dinger51`

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I am looking at the Silver umax and I had a question. I have always had a machine that gives you some depth information on the target. With this machine, how do you differentiate between a 2 inch target and a 5 inch target. This machine will be for my kids and, from what I hear, I will be using this a lot as well. I don' t want to dig a 6 inch plug and then destroy the plug trying to find the target. Any information will be appreciated.
 
so if the target is deeper than that then I'll take out a 2/3 in plug and recheck the hole with the pinpointer and repeat the process again....this is a great machine....at fresh water beach's it's a killer on small earring's that other hunters have missed....some are junk and some are 925 Silver.....also have found Silver and Gold rings with this unit....it is by no means just a kid's toy....I dig coins 7 to 8 in all the time....for the price and the weight you just can't beat the Silver Umax.....hope this helps....HH...Tab.
 
Thanks Tab,

There is one on Ebay used for 198.00 with the 9X8 coil, or should I buy this machine new with the 5.75 coil?
 
I haven't noticed any difference in depth on mine useing the 9X8" or the 8" donut (stock) coil--I guess you would get a hairs worth of more coverage with the 9X8.-----If you got clean ground & put that 10X12" coil on the Silver, it makes it a DEPTH MONSTER!---Yes, adds weight out there on the end of that stick, but I'm just sayin.----The 5.75 is an excellent coil on the Silver in trash--so is the 7" concentric.----This has been my experience anyway.----------Del
 
For that price I would buy new and have a lifetime warranty with the detector. Also buy the 5.75' coil if you can . The 8x9 coil doesn't give much more depth than the stock brown coil from my experiece.
The small coil works great in the trash and most likely will be the most used coil. Like the other posters said, shallow coins will sound louder and deeper coins will have a nice soft mellow tone.
The Silver
 
you can lift the coil up and see when the signal stops for a indication to depth,,,,great machine love mine
 
slingshot said:
Silver umax for coins and Compadre for gold.:yo:
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Hello SlingShot,
Could you offer reasons why one is better then the other for gold? I have only owned the Tiger Shark made by Tesoro and I am looking for a light weight detector to cleanup the beach before I go at it with the Tiger Shark or the Excal.

Best regards,
Steve
 
ToniSteve said:
slingshot said:
Silver umax for coins and Compadre for gold.:yo:
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Hello SlingShot,
Could you offer reasons why one is better then the other for gold? I have only owned the Tiger Shark made by Tesoro and I am looking for a light weight detector to cleanup the beach before I go at it with the Tiger Shark or the Excal.

Best regards,
Steve
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Hey, Steve. It's mostly the smaller gold as far as the Compadre is concerned. The Silver hits well on the larger gold. The Compadre can be set to low enough levels to reject a paper clip and small nails while STILL picking up gold chains! Sorry I don't have my camera set up on this laptop-my other main computer crashed or I could show pics of the small gold chain I found while rejecting at the lowest iron level. What's so special about that? Well, I RUBBED the chain on my Silver umax's coil in ALL METAL mode and only got a few scratchy sounds! It was the same for ALL MY OTHER detectors except a '60's BFO detector. Just yesterday, I found a 14k gold bracelet (child's) at a tot lot and the pawn shop gave me $115 for it-that plus a few gold rings I found a couple of weeks ago easily paid for the Compadre. For clarity's sake, the Silver DID pick up the gold bracelet and rings in min. disc. Now, this also can lead to many teeny targets like flakes of foil and etc. that the Silver would naturally bypass and it's a little deeper and hits harder on coin and larger gold targets. I have to admit though, once you start finding the gold, it's hard to put down the Compadre because you're afraid you might miss something.
 
Slingshot,
Thanks a lot, that is just the info I was looking for! If you can read my post below afew posts below this one., the title is:

"Need Help making a detector choice"

Let me know what you think if you have the time.

I have Tiger sharks which hit on chains but they heavy machines!


Thanks again!

Best Regards,
Steve
 
ToniSteve said:
Slingshot,
Thanks a lot, that is just the info I was looking for! If you can read my post below afew posts below this one., the title is:

"Need Help making a detector choice"

Let me know what you think if you have the time.

I have Tiger sharks which hit on chains but they heavy machines!


Thanks again!

Best Regards,
Well, I'm probably gonna take some flak for this, but I am so impressed by the Compadre that it would be my choice in every area except depth.
(1) The discrimination is so precise that you can actually not have to fool with the teeny iron hairpins, paper clips, nails and still find gold.
(2) It detects objects in the nickle/tab area deeper than coins-it picked my 10k wedding ring up at 8".
(3) Although not the final decision to dig, it has sizing abilities that almost "tell" you the size and features of the objects-but it takes a while and I'm still beep-digging and learning-I probably would not have gone for the gold chain if I wasn't in a tot lot where all I had to do was stir back the gravel.
(4) You mentioned depth reading and the Compadre easily gives an idea of the depth-deep targets are really soft.
(5) Pinpointing is so accurate, after you've practiced it that you can set a pinpointer by it! I have regularly placed the tip of my thin screwdriver on top of pencil ferrules and the tiny charms, etc., that it constantly finds.
(6) Finally, as a coinshooter, you can set the disc. up to just click on foils and still have great hopes for finding even tiny rings.








Steve
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Thanks slingshot, sounds like a winner!

Steve
 
Just one final note and I'll get off the bandwagon. The high-gain, low noise circuitry which gives the Silver umax quietness with depth also keeps the Silver from finding the small gold. It also keeps coinhunters happy because they don't have to mess with the small stuff and the small rings and larger bracelets are still found. I've found some really nice stuff with my Silver umax. Here's how I rate them: Silver umax-highly effective;; Compadre-extremely thorough.
 
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