Tiger Shark VS Excalibur

Has anyone done a one on one comparison between the excalibur and the tiger shark ? Last week I was in Arizona and stop in a metal detector dealer who carried many brands. He was telling me he felt the tiger shark was hands down the better detector. This dealer sold Minelab ,Tesoro, Fisher, etc. Does any of you brothers and sisters out there have any comment?

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I gotta give the nod to Tiger Shark-for many reasons, cost, weight,warranty,and some other reasons, efficiency-

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  In fresh water, I usually grab the Tiger Shark and the Excal is the backup.  If I'm in a heavy iron area, like folks burning pallets in the winter on ice, and a section I hunt is covered in nails, I use the Excal.  The Tiger is better for small gold and very fine chains...

In salt water, hands down, the Excalibur is the better one.  At least in Connecticut, the Tiger in salt water is useless....To much noise, waves set it off, if you turn down the sensitivity to where it will hunt salt water its almost pointless to have it.  Those are my results with both machines.  I really like both of them when it the type of water they can handle.  The excaliber is fine in fresh water, fact I usually stop at a fresh water lake on the way home from ocean hunting to flush it out good and hunt with it for a bit.  It misses fine gold, tiny ankle chains and even some small crosses. I have them both with me all the time so I do compare them.

These are my results....

George-CT

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 IN fresh water only the Tiger is better on small gold, ear ring backs, tiny fine chains. The Excalibur is fine on rings, or a chain with a pendant on it.  Even large chains, but real fine chains, not so in my experience.  I've had both on the beach and gone and got it.....nada on the tiny stuff....   A lot of people don't like the sounds of the Tiger Shark.  Kinda sounds like
a strangled duck...  I like it.  Once you learn it, and my buddy Viking Ned and I did, its great.
Here is a tip, hunt those really soft Ticks if you get one.... 

Excal is a great machine.  Salt water, I want nothing else.  I usually after rings and it does the job.  Does great on watches also and coins....but not really small stuff.  On ocassion I have gotten small items but usually there is something larger attached to it...   I pretty much hunt in the silent mode and dig everything..  Found my eyes are the best discriminator yet...

Good hunting....   George-CT

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	Thanks George. The info you gave me is real helpful. Happy hunting to you and Viking Ned. George-CT I have some more questions for you about these 2 detectors. Of course everyone's input is welcome. I recently came across some interesting facts and statistics on gold and rings. The average women has 4 pieces of jewelry. The average for a man is 1/2 piece. So thus more women's items would be lost. If the Tiger shark is great at finding small item such as a women's ring ( hopefully with a big diamond in it ) intern would be more valuable than a man's plain wedding band. It seems the Tiger shark would be the only choice to use in fresh water. Tesoro talks about a salt mode for the Tiger shark, Do you find that this mode still does not allow the MD to work in the salt water? Is the Excalibur not able to pick up the small women's ring's?

Excalibur see's rings just fine, even small ones, how small I've never paid attention to but I've found plenty of lady,s rings with it.     But the Tiger, on small gold, rings, ear ring studs, even the clips that hold them on, lead shot from shotgun shells, small cross's, small pendants, and very fine ankle chains, I'd take the Tiger every time, IN FRESH WATER....   Salt, Excalibur is my choice....  My tiger, is useless in salt water...  Maybe its New England waters mineral content, who knows.   The Stingray works fine, but its a different set up, PI I thing....   I have buddies, also with Tigers, no luck in salt water with it.  To much chatter, even small waves will make it chatter...  If  I turn down the sensitivity enough ot make it work, it might see a nickel in the water at 1 inch...     Break back out the Excalibur, I'm enjoying myself again, and finding stuff the tiger missed, in salt water.     Fresh water, the Tiger picks up what the Excal missed in things other than rings.   ON occasion,  The Excal will pick up chains, but in most instances they will have a pendant on them, big clasp, or the chain was on MR. T when he lost it....

Check with folks in your area and see what they are having good results.   I know I really tired to get the Tiger to hunt in salt water.   Even called Tesoro...Forget who I talked to but they told me they test them in a bucket of salt water for setup....  That has nothing to do with real world salt water conditions.   I have heard of guys being able to hunt with them in some areas down south, but thats much good to me... I Hunt, Connecticut and Rhode Island salt water beaches, summer and winter, and Charleston, SC...  Results are the same at all of those beaches for me.......
For me, the Tiger is now way a serious salt water machine....  Fresh water yes.  Not sure where you live, but your welcome to try both of mine if your near me......Then you be the judge.....

George-CT
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