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LASER RAPIER PLUS TESTS Comments In the 90’s I always liked to take a Rapier everywhere with me, it was not going to set the world on fire, but was lightweight and could be stored in a small bag. And most of all it had a nice audio tone It originated from the Tesoro Silver Sabre U Max, which was a smaller revamped version of the original Silver Sabre, bought to the UK and called the Rapier under the Laser name. There have been a few different Rapier models but they are all the same, Tesoro/Laser did what they did with all their Detectors, changed the coils, moved the knobs around, painted it a different colour and reissued it under a different name, or am I being clinical? Every time a New/Tesoro/Laser came out I knew exactly what it would do on my test bad before I switched it on, it would perform the same as the previous 30/40 I had tested. Looking at the test results below makes me cringe, the amount of stuff I must have walked over does not bare think about Pros Good on shallow targets Ideal on Plough/Stubble Cons Not great depth Useless among iron, although at the time they were thought of as the detector to have on iron infested sites |
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DEPTH TESTS The depth tests are set up to gauge the power of the detector, all iron is removed from the hole. Various size items are buried at good depths |
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COIL SIZE |
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Coil Size |
Tesoro 11’’ X 8’’ |
Tesoro 9’’ X 8’’ Web Coil |
Tesoro 8’’ ‘Polo’ Coil Concentric |
Tesoro Coil |
Tesoro 7’’ Solid Concentric Coil |
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CAN A CARTWHEEL PENNY BURIED AT 16’’ GIVE A SIGNAL |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
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GEORGE 111 HALFPENNY MAXIMUM DEPTH |
8’’ |
8’’ |
8’’ |
6’’ |
6’’ |
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5 PENCE MAXIMUM DEPTH |
7’’ |
7’’ |
8’’ |
6’’ |
6’’ |
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CUT ¼ OF HAMMERED PENNY MAXIMUM DEPTH |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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CAN A HOARD OF 100 MIXED COINS BURIED AT 18’’ GIVE A SIGNAL |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
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DISCRIM TESTS The tests below are to see if the detector is capable of giving a signal on a non ferrous target while iron is placed on top of it and around it at different depths |
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CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A 20 PENCE BURIED AT 8’’ 2 NAILS BURIED AT 2’’ DIRECTLY ABOVE IT |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
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CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A 20 PENCE BURIED AT 8’’ 2 NAILS BURIED AT 5’’ DIRECTLY ABOVE IT |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
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CAN A GET A SIGNAL FROM A 20 PENCE BURIED AT 8’’ 2 NAILS SITTING ON TOP OF COIN |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
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CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A HAMMERED PENNY 20 NAILS ALL AROUND IT BURIED AT 2’’ |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
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CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A HAMMERED COIN BURIED AT 2’’ A LARGE/RUSTY IRON HOOK IS BURIED 3’’ BELOW IT |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
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CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A HAMMERED PENNY NEXT TO 4’’ BOLT BURIED AT 2’’ |
YES |
NO |
NO |
NO |
YES |
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CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A 20 PENCE BURIED AT 2’’ 2 NAILS ALSO BURIED AT 2’’-NAILS 4’’ APART COIN BETWEEN THEM |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
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CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A 20 PENCE BURIED AT 5’’ 2 NAILS BURIED AT 2’’ DIRECTLY ABOVE IT-4’’ APART |
YES |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
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CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A 20 PENCE BURIED AT 8’’ WITH 2 NAILS BURIED AT 2’’ DIRECTLY ABOVE IT 4’’ APART |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
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CAN I GET A SIGNAL FROM A 20 PENCE BURIED AT 6’’ WITH 4 NAILS BURIED AT 5’’ DIRECTLY ABOVE IT 4 NAILS AT 7’’ DIRECTLY BELOW IT AND 4 NAILS ON THE SAME LEVEL |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
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COKE/SENSITIVITY A few low conductive targets will give the same signal as Coke , so if you are rejecting Coke you may miss them |
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CAN IT FIND A GOLD CHAIN WHEN COKE IS REJECTED |
NO |
YES |
YES |
NO |
NO |
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CAN IT FIND A LOW CONDUCTIVE CUT ¼ WHEN COKE IS REJECTED |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
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CAN A GOLD CHAIN BE FOUND WHEN COKE IS NOT REJECTED |
NO |
YES |
YES |
NO |
NO |
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CAN A LOW COND CUT ¼ BE FOUND WHEN COKE IS NOT REJECTED |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
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CAN IT FIND A LOW CONDUCTIVE VERY THIN SILVER EARRING BURIED AT 2’’ |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
NO |
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PERFORMANCE POINTS |
19 |
19 |
20 |
14 |
15 |
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