Pedlar mills said:
Deeper than all metal? Or just deeper than any disc mode?
If you are referring to the 'DEEP' mode on the Racer 2, note Dilek's response to you below:
"Deep mode is a 2-tone mode designed for relic hunting. It is the deepest mode of the device."
The 'DEEP' mode is a Discriminating mode with two tones, working somewhat similar to the 2-Tone mode. You have the same adjustment functions [size=small](many of which haven't been realized or brought up yet since this announcement)[/size] as in the 2-Tone mode, but it has a little different performance and, very observable, depth enhancement.
Now, Dilek said "
it is the deepest mode on the device" and I am sure she meant to include '
Discrimination' before the word 'mode'. It IS the deepest seeking motion-based Discriminate search mode.
The Threshold-based All Metal mode can provide the deepest depth from a detector. That is considering both modes being set for a similar Gain level and the device being properly Ground Balanced. I located a number of targets I considered to be "deeper" using the 3-Tone mode to compare the others, and then in 2-Tone mode to compare the 'DEEP' mode performance. I also compared the Threshold-based All metal mode.
My Results:
3-Tone, as with the Racer, has a little less depth than the 2-Tone and DEEP modes, for practical design and application reasons.
2-Tone is deeper-seeking mode than 3-Tone and provides excellent performance in a wide range of hunting environments. It is excellent in dense trash, especially iron, and is a favorite choice for most avid detectorists to use.
DEEP is just that, and is the deepest performing motion-based Discriminate mode. It requires a slightly slower sweep speed than 2-Tone mode, but in relatively clean environments where targets might be deep, especially in more challenging mineralized environments, the 'DEEP' mode does a better job of handling the ground signal and passing along a deeper target response.
All Metal mode was deeper, but it does feature an iSAT adjustment feature so the performance will depend on the operators iSAT setting and the sweep speed used. For most hunting with the Racer 2 I use a setting of '01' and occasionally use a little fast retune speed. The '06' iSAT setting is the fastest and can impact depth and performance somewhat, especially with too slow a coil presentation.
Pedlar mills said:
Thanks for the response was waiting on the impact but may have to pull the trigger early for this one!
The model name 'Impact' was wrongly released about a year ago for a product model that was, and apparently is, still under design. I noticed how people keep resurrecting the 'Impact' topic, and I also note where Dilek at Nokta chimes in with it is such ... in development stage. There isn't any public discussion by them about it other than showing a product they envision at some trade shows,
I am sure when they get close to production release they will announce it, and since it is only early February, we can all hope to see something this year. But the Racer 2 is NOW!
Designed, tested, reviewed, and ready to satisfy end consumers. Quite a class act company. No mention, not hints, no tantalizing. No need to show a several second clip of it with no useful details. No factory walk through of people making search coils, and no hiding coins in a banana [size=small](which wasn't necessary anyway if the user is blindfolded)[/size], and no delay to find out details.
Just hard work by a team to do design and development, testing, to get things right. Then this morning, to start the day here in the USA, an Official Announcement, and you can go to the Nokta website immediately and download a Racer 2 Brochure or the entire Racer 2 User Manual. That's the way a class-act company handles detector design and new product introduction, and importantly direct factory-to-consumer sharing of information of a completed product..
Monte
