I got a good deal on a Bigfoot coil for Prizm detectors and just had to buy it because I love the clean wide sweep of a Bigfoot - plus I doubt that there more than a few of that type of Bigfoot coils in existence. Problem was I had no Prizm or new Coinmaster detector to use it with. I thought maybe I could use it with my V3 on the middle freq., but - of course, the connectors don't match - ugh.
So I found a good deal on a cherry Coinmaster GT.
So far here's what I think I know.
The Coinmaster is light and handy. It's no depth monster compared to - for example my MXT, but does OK. It has really sharp cut-offs on it's discrimination. Things are rejected or accepted in "zones" or blocks and the cut off is pretty crisp. Crimp-on bottle caps which fool my MXT don't fool the GT.
With the Bigfoot, I get pretty good depth, comparable to or better than the IDX Pro with it's 6.59 kHz Bigfoot. The discrimination is shifted upwards a bit, with many coins reading one zone higher than normal. One neat thing however is that if you exclude all but the last zone, you will only find quarters and above. Should make a real quarter magnet out of the combo.
In any event, I don't have any real use for it, so I guess it will linger on Craigslist here in Phoenix for a while before off to eBay. A nice combination though.
So I found a good deal on a cherry Coinmaster GT.
So far here's what I think I know.
The Coinmaster is light and handy. It's no depth monster compared to - for example my MXT, but does OK. It has really sharp cut-offs on it's discrimination. Things are rejected or accepted in "zones" or blocks and the cut off is pretty crisp. Crimp-on bottle caps which fool my MXT don't fool the GT.
With the Bigfoot, I get pretty good depth, comparable to or better than the IDX Pro with it's 6.59 kHz Bigfoot. The discrimination is shifted upwards a bit, with many coins reading one zone higher than normal. One neat thing however is that if you exclude all but the last zone, you will only find quarters and above. Should make a real quarter magnet out of the combo.
In any event, I don't have any real use for it, so I guess it will linger on Craigslist here in Phoenix for a while before off to eBay. A nice combination though.