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Field Test Report Viking 5 by David Drummond Viking metal detectors have an established reputation for manufacturing metal detectors that are affordable and which represent good value for money. They are a good beginner's machine and in selected applications are also suitable for the professional.
Controls The
Viking 5 uses
only two. One of these consists of the on/off and fine tune whilst the
other is the course tuning. Discrimination is pre-determined to reject
small pieces of iron in the form of nails etc., Field
appraisal
In
a way, I suppose this section should be under the heading "Beach
appraisal", for in my part of the world, this detector tends to be
used more on beaches than inland. Having said that, the Viking
5
will perform well on inland sites should this be, the type of detecting
you have in mind. I
purchased my Viking
5
in 1993 after reading how useful this little machine can be for beach
work. My Viking
5
has paid for itself in terms of finds many times over. The
first time I took my detector onto an inland site I anticipated that I
would not find any coins, as the detector is not a particularly deep
seeker. However, I was proved totally wrong. On my first day out searching
a field I found two Victorian pennies, a silver three-penny piece and a
musket ball. Admittedly, these were only three or four inches down, but
the Viking 5
had no trouble at all in locating them. The same field, had previously
produced three hammered silver coins, one of which was on the surface and
the others were only about a inch in depth. So if the Viking had been in
use at the time, must surely have located these finds also. Since
searching that field I have occasionally been out detecting with my
brother and he has used the Viking
5 and it has proved to work
well on close-cut stubble fields, but does not care for the long, thick
stubble which spaces the search coil too far from the ground. My
personal use of the Viking
5 is for beach detecting, particularly
dry sand areas. If you can get onto a busy beach with the Viking, on an
early summer morning before other treasure hunters are up and about, you
could find yourself in for a busy time digging up the recently lost coins
and jewellery. The
Viking can drift off tune from time to time, from my own experiences this
has been of the 'upward' drift, where the threshold or background humming
sound gets louder. This has not however, been a frequent occurrence and
the remedy is to simply reduce the level of threshold by turning the fine
tuning control in an anti-clockwise direction, just until the humming tone
is faintly audible. Pinpointing
targets with this detector was found to be very easy and merely involves
moving the search coil in a 'X' across the target. The target should be
under the immediate centre of the search coil where the signal is the
loudest. Since purchasing my Viking 5 I have found hundreds of coins. Most of which have come from the beach. But as I've described the beach is my primary search area. I mainly use the Viking as a back-up to my main detector, but having said that I like to take it out now and again just by way of a change.
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