ANNOUNCING THE NEW RACER 2!

[Rick(ND)]

I got one ordered in when they are released and hit the USA so anyone in the eastern ND can come and see it and try it out. I will Let everyone know when I see it and you can and handle it yourself.
Sure sounds like a great detector from the reviews from the testers.

Rick

 

[OlEGoatMate]

Could someone please post a video comparing the red racer and the racer 2
Depth
Separation
Di2
DI3


And in depth of the Deep mode

 

[OregonGregg]

"Sure sounds like a great detector from the reviews from the testers."

Yep it's going to be a good one. After they announced the Racer 2, Monte called me and let me know that he had been testing one. He said come over and take a look. It still has the great original Racer performance with some added benefits. They redid the grip angle....making it more of a lazy S instead of the abrupt angle the original Racer had.....hugh improvement. They also redesigned the standard coil to be more like a original Fors CoRe standard coil.....a very nice well balanced coil. Plus you get Iron Audio Volume, Tone Break, Notch Disc ( if you want that) and a few other options. The ones that got my attention was the Iron Audio Volume and the "Deep" mode.

A lot of folks claim that you cannot compare a mid price machine to the upper price machines. If ever there was a machine that could prove that line of thinking wrong, it would be the Racer 2. I would without a doubt pit it up against a XP Deus in any trashy iron infested site, giving the Racer 2 the edge, simply because it offers a 5 " coil giving it an advantage over the XP Deus's smallest 9" coil. I would also not be afraid to put it up against a E Trac or 3030 with the simple fact that the trashier the site became then the advantage would be mine. But yes if you get a Racer 2, put some hours on it and learn the machine, you will discover, it really can get the job done in almost any situation ya throw at it.

 

[Davethejunky]

I got one ordered in when they are released and hit the USA so anyone in the eastern ND can come and see it and try it out. I will Let everyone know when I see it and you can and handle it yourself.
Sure sounds like a great detector from the reviews from the testers.

Rick

You know I'll be there to see it Rick. I was planning on buying an ATPro for the iron audio, but gonna wait for the R2 now.

 

[kaolinwasher]

lets hope they wait for a few month before they release a Racer 3 its hard to keep up now

 

[HanoverDigger]

Ok, I've been looking at this detector really hard. Just one question...for now. How are the coil ears going to hold up on this one? Hope there are no issues. Thanks, Robert

 

[DetectorCollector]

lets hope they wait for a few month before they release a Racer 3 its hard to keep up now

Man aint that the truth!

 

[HanoverDigger]

lets hope they wait for a few month before they release a Racer 3 its hard to keep up now

Don't say that!!! I'm trying to get the moolah together for one now!!! That's ALL I need!

 

[Ringzapper]

I think they should be a blue racer , then a silver racer , lots of colours to go through

 

[horikindaguy]

I think they should be a blue racer , then a silver racer , lots of colours to go through

you mean blue racer 3, silver racer 4, etc.....that would be great on a yearly basis as long as I can pay them
off in rings/coins in a year....

 

[Ringzapper]

I can't wait to be sweeping with The R2 ,should be a truly superb detector .

 

[Ringzapper]

The R2 is detecting a Coin at 2 foot (in air) in the deep mode. In clean ground i could see it getting certain coins easily to around the 12 inch Mark..

 

[Southwind]

Playing the waiting game myself.

 

[Ringzapper]

On looks alone The R2 is rated 10 out of Ten. The deep mode looks good , i see it detects a coin at 2 foot i n air.

 

[Furious T]

Monte mentioned a new 7" x 11" dd coil (which may be the new standard coil for the R2)...I think I will be waiting to see what that coil is like....ie. heavier, lighter, better balanced. Monte's reference indicated a better balanced coil, but I guess that does not mean it will be lighter. A matter of wait and see.

 

[Sweeping-4-junk]

The coil ears usually break because of people over tightening the coil bolt, I had a coil bolt snap for no good reason , I think it's basically too thin , a thicker bolt would have avoided the breakages of the coil bolt..

 

[vincentvangerven@gmail.com]

Interested, but waiting to see if they addressed coil ear breakage, coil bolt breakage, pole breakage and ' i can not go over 69 on the sensitivity' issues that people have experienced.

Once these things are addressed i'm sure it will be an awesome piece of equipment which i will gladly purchase. Looks like things are going in the right direction, keep up the good work guys.

 

[Tom Slick]

OK, So who has inventory or who's taking orders?

 

[Monte]

Monte mentioned a new 7" x 11" dd coil (which may be the new standard coil for the R2)...I think I will be waiting to see what that coil is like....ie. heavier, lighter, better balanced. Monte's reference indicated a better balanced coil, but I guess that does not mean it will be lighter. A matter of wait and see.

When the Racer was first introduced a year ago, the first thing I noticed when I unboxed my Racer was how nice the 'OOR' coil was on the Nokta FORS CoRe and I was glad to see the Racer came with that in the Pro-Pack.

Then I saw the stock coil ... I gave it a thumbs down because it didn't look as good as the 7X11 on the FORS CoRe. It had a closer-to-the-rear rod mount point that hinted to a poor balance and coil-flop.

I use smaller coils most of the time, with a 5½X10 often being as big as I go with the exception of a beach [size=small](I seldom hunt them)[/size], a plowed field or a sports field or big grassy park. Still, I had to give it a try and just didn't like it. The balance was not comfortable, the coil would flop, and honestly, I thought it kind of looked 'ugly' when compared with the Nokta FORS 7X11 DD.

I did mention that in an e-mail about a year ago, and I also compared it with the well-balanced FORS CoRe. I mounted the FORS' 7X11 standard coil on the Racer [size=small](didn't turn it on as it wouldn't work)[/size] just to see the difference in balance. It felt much more comfortable, and nicely balanced with the rod-mount being closer-to-center. Part of the trouble at the time was also the very abrupt grip angle.

When we were sent a Racer 2 for evaluation, they only had the latest revised Racer 7X11 coil as the finished 7X11 coil project wasn't completed yet. Once again, I mounted my FORS CoRe 7X11 on the Racer 2 and it felt even better due to the improved 'S' curved grip style. I was hopeful at what I heard, and when the Racer 2 was officially announced, I went to the Makro website and looked at the proposed finished product. The coil on the display Racer 2 and in the fellow's hand looks strikingly the same as the Nokta FORS CoRe 7X11 DD coil, so I believe that is what we will see in size and style for the Racer 2.

Specific weight is less significant than the rod-mount location and balance.

Monte

 

[Monte]

The coil ears usually break because of people over tightening the coil bolt, I had a coil bolt snap for no good reason , I think it's basically too thin , a thicker bolt would have avoided the breakages of the coil bolt..

The coil ear problem was quickly realized by Makro and they too care of everyone and improved the thickness an=d durability of the 7X11 coil ears. The original Racer bolts were hollow and that caused their breakage. Makro resolved that problem by using the larger, solid boll and nut set as used on the Nokta FORS series.

Trust me, the Racer 2 is being supplied with the better bolts and will have the new 7X11 coil that shouldn't have any issues.

Monte