ironmountain
Well-Known Member
Have you thought about a Tesoro Compadre for a backup?
I know quite a few people who have bought that as a backup and ended up using it as their main! no vdi, it's all beep. 180 bucks or so. lifetime warranty. Top end Tesoros go for about 600ish...they're great machines, but you have to work with it to discern what the beeps mean. Most of their detectors (minus the compadre) have manual ground balancing and auto ground balancing built in. Nice to be able to adjust it depending on the soil you're digging.
There are people on the forum I go to that are sponsors and if you PM them on the forums or call and say you're on the forum, they will hook you up with a good deal (just like guitars etc..they can only advertise the company suggested price).
Our librarian is pretty decent too. An older lady who always knows where stuff is (besides in the library)..Last year I was going to do some research on Crystal Lake, which is in front of the people who live behind me. Old park. I knew it was built in the 1800's when iron mining was going on here. She told me about the pavillion there for swimming etc and how there were 300-500 people there per day in the summers. So I'm drooling(I had no idea it was used for swimming)...I pull up google maps and ask her where it was....well we could see on google maps an outline on the flat spot of the park and a light colored line going to the water...that was the pavillion and the steps down to the water. that's where we found the 1877 CC dime.
I asked an "old timer" who was there where the old dumps were. He pulls out an old map and points them all out to me, plus where all the old elementary schools were...most of them are little corner parks and such now that I totally forgot about....One of the old city dumps is right next to a park I md at. wide open surrounded by pines and probably a 20x20 acre field. Owned by the city. Hope they let me in there...Or I might just take a walk in there and play dumb. Alot of walkers and runners go through there, so not thinking it's a huge deal. Plus wife and I know all the police in town.
Above that old school I have permission to detect on is millie hill. it's the backside of an iron mine and you're basically standing on top of it. A ton of huge pines up there. The path leads to an overlook where you can see the whole town. Librarian asked if I'd gone near the old ski jumps there...another thing I didn't know (not from here though...). Guess there were 2 ski jumps up there. I've found bottles on the backside of the hill that slopes to the road. there is an old house in the middle of the woods there on the backside. going to go there and detect with friend. I can't find it when I go back there.
everyone seems to do well at soccer fields. I've hit all of ours around here (the edges, wouldnt ever go on the field directly) and haven't found much beyond a ton of pop tabs and normal coins. That campground and old house sound promising. Anything that's abandoned or not used much is great for MD'ing....good luck there! I'm getting up, getting kids out of the house, walking across the street swinging.
I know quite a few people who have bought that as a backup and ended up using it as their main! no vdi, it's all beep. 180 bucks or so. lifetime warranty. Top end Tesoros go for about 600ish...they're great machines, but you have to work with it to discern what the beeps mean. Most of their detectors (minus the compadre) have manual ground balancing and auto ground balancing built in. Nice to be able to adjust it depending on the soil you're digging.
There are people on the forum I go to that are sponsors and if you PM them on the forums or call and say you're on the forum, they will hook you up with a good deal (just like guitars etc..they can only advertise the company suggested price).
Our librarian is pretty decent too. An older lady who always knows where stuff is (besides in the library)..Last year I was going to do some research on Crystal Lake, which is in front of the people who live behind me. Old park. I knew it was built in the 1800's when iron mining was going on here. She told me about the pavillion there for swimming etc and how there were 300-500 people there per day in the summers. So I'm drooling(I had no idea it was used for swimming)...I pull up google maps and ask her where it was....well we could see on google maps an outline on the flat spot of the park and a light colored line going to the water...that was the pavillion and the steps down to the water. that's where we found the 1877 CC dime.
I asked an "old timer" who was there where the old dumps were. He pulls out an old map and points them all out to me, plus where all the old elementary schools were...most of them are little corner parks and such now that I totally forgot about....One of the old city dumps is right next to a park I md at. wide open surrounded by pines and probably a 20x20 acre field. Owned by the city. Hope they let me in there...Or I might just take a walk in there and play dumb. Alot of walkers and runners go through there, so not thinking it's a huge deal. Plus wife and I know all the police in town.
Above that old school I have permission to detect on is millie hill. it's the backside of an iron mine and you're basically standing on top of it. A ton of huge pines up there. The path leads to an overlook where you can see the whole town. Librarian asked if I'd gone near the old ski jumps there...another thing I didn't know (not from here though...). Guess there were 2 ski jumps up there. I've found bottles on the backside of the hill that slopes to the road. there is an old house in the middle of the woods there on the backside. going to go there and detect with friend. I can't find it when I go back there.
everyone seems to do well at soccer fields. I've hit all of ours around here (the edges, wouldnt ever go on the field directly) and haven't found much beyond a ton of pop tabs and normal coins. That campground and old house sound promising. Anything that's abandoned or not used much is great for MD'ing....good luck there! I'm getting up, getting kids out of the house, walking across the street swinging.