Difference between Golden and Silver Umax?

[mrmerck]

Newbie here...I have been told that both are great clad finders and probably a good beginner machine.Can someone who has owned both or knows detectors tell me the difference between the 2? Would one be better for clad hunting over the other?

Thanks!

 

[slingshot]

The Golden has tone ID and notch to eliminate most pulltabs. I think the Golden would have been my choice had I thought it out before I got my Silver umax. Not that I made a bad choice, but rather that I would have had 3 detectors in one-a tone detector, a notch detector and a beep-dig detector should I ignore the tone ID. Not only that, but the discriminate level can be lowered to almost a/m mode, whereas the Silver's either minimum discriminate(iron discriminate) or a/m. I still wish I had one.

 

[Smudge]

Slingshot pretty well nailed it.

The Golden is a more versatile machine.

The notching feature allows you to cherry pick better than the silver will, but you will likely lose some depth in the process.

I tend to run without notching unless there are a lot of screw caps.

The tone feature is my favorite.