Mark ( ohio )
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Good write up Rick, had a sov gt for a short while. Had so many detectors a few had to go and that was one of them...
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Detectors that have stood the test of time.
- Thread starter Nauti
- Start date
GeorgeinSC
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I started with the Sovereign GT. Was worried to get very far into the water so I got the XcAl. Can not find any reason to replace them.
Odanscoils
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CoinRobber
Active member
I have owned two X100 detectors , the performance in motion mode did not impress me much at all. Plus too heavy to swing for long.
On todays sites it would miss a lot of good finds for sure. Really not many perfect workers about , most are in need of calibrating.
Treasure Baron Cointrax. I have the late Reg Sniff's personal example. It has the latest chip version. I will treasure it always. I have 3 coils for it. 5.5,8 and rare Hothead 12". It doesn't like iron,even hotrocks! You don't see very many of these anymore.
bigchuckinva
Active member
NAUITLUS DMC2B IN GOOD SOIL WILL SKILLED USER IS STILL THE DEPTH !!!!!!!!!!
I still have a red box with the 2.2 chip and a DD and 8" concentric. Made some pretty good (and deep) finds with it over the years. Awful heavy though.
Confetrit
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I sold my MXT Pro to get my wife a detector. I miss the MXT. It was a very capable metal detector.
Dave Johnson did a very good job in designing the original MXT, but Carl Moreland did an even better job in reengineering the MXT Pro. Personally, I feel XLT, 6000 Pro XL (renamed the XL Pro), and the MXT Pro were the three best multi-purpose detectors that came from White's. I really enjoyed the MXT Pro with the best coil for the task at various sites.
Monte
Confetrit
Well-known member
Yes Indeed. I like so many others hated to see Whites close shop. They Truly had some great detectors.
texkinzee
Active member
Garrett GTA 1000 with multiple coils for coin hunting. Whites 6000 Pro XL, Whites Classic IDX with M. Bill's Mods for any type of hunting and any Mnelab Sovereign. My best pulse was the Eric Foster Goldscan 5C for Hot ground Relic Hunting and on the beach the Headhunter PI. an we can go on as I have tested many hundreds of detectors both foreign and domestic since 1969.
RICK IN KY
Active member
The Fisher 1266x comes to mind for me,bought one new in 1992 and I think it could still hold its own today.It took me years to figure it
out it’s not the detector,because
Really detector is just a tool,it’s all about the Site.If you want to successfull in metal detecting do
Your research and you will be rewarded.
out it’s not the detector,because
Really detector is just a tool,it’s all about the Site.If you want to successfull in metal detecting do
Your research and you will be rewarded.
Nauti
Well-known member
Two old tech detectors that I own are a c scope 1220xd and a saxon sm 45.The Saxons are made by a guy in his workshop I believe and are as basic as it gets......a discrimination and a sensitivity knob.It's unusual in the fact that it is run at full sensitivity and minimum discrimination and is set up to cope with most uk conditions at these settings,I don't think I have ever had to reduce the sensitivity at all.It's not a massively deep machine but it finds very small low conductive items and the discrimination is fantastic.......still finds the goodies and there is no tech on it whatsoever.
The C scope is a non motion machine that was conceived in the early eighties but is still in production.....old style needle type meter,three preset modes and one ground mode,polo type concentric coil,non motion and it is still capable (if you know what you are doing) of giving you a great day out in the fields.The joys of simple old tech.
The C scope is a non motion machine that was conceived in the early eighties but is still in production.....old style needle type meter,three preset modes and one ground mode,polo type concentric coil,non motion and it is still capable (if you know what you are doing) of giving you a great day out in the fields.The joys of simple old tech.
