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Favorite metal detector
- Thread starter leroy1937
- Start date
Nauti
Well-known member
Hi Leroy,that is a difficult question.I have owned many different machines but three stand out for me.......minelab sovereign gt,whites m6 and the nautilus dmc2b.Out of all my detectors it has been these three that have given me the most finds and most enjoyment.Do you own any of these?
You coin shooting for new coins with a few random silvers every once in a while, or only silver coins?
I hunt coins/jewelry with the F70...it is one quick broom for clad and the occasional silver. Got 10,185 for 806.29 in clad last year with it.
I hunt parks, beaches, totlots, etc. I get maybe 15 older silvers per year with it, accidentally. Several gold rings and whatnot..
Mud
I hunt coins/jewelry with the F70...it is one quick broom for clad and the occasional silver. Got 10,185 for 806.29 in clad last year with it.
I hunt parks, beaches, totlots, etc. I get maybe 15 older silvers per year with it, accidentally. Several gold rings and whatnot..
Mud
Rick N. MI
Member
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Critterhunter
New member
Owned or used most of what's out there. Sovereign GT all the way for my wants and needs. I could never find a machine with all the combinations of features and abilities I want. Some had this. Some had that. Some had the depth or tone alerts but not long detailed audio along with that. Some had some of these features but not high enough conductivity ID resolution for my tastes in the low and mid range of conductivity to split hairs on things like rings or nickels and tabs. Some lacked a large selection of quality aftermarket DD coils to push depths deeper or unmask better in heavy trash. Finally I'm home. I may stray to other machines to add to my arsenal, as I always have, but for the first time I can say this one detector ain't going nowhere God willing. Too unique of a beast, and with too much ability in what I'm after- old coins at dead sites, and rings and relics on both land and in the water. It can do it all for what I was looking for.
It all depends on what your wants and needs are. Swinging fast? Then buy a fast machine. Light weight? Better do that then. My GT wasn't light enough for my tastes, so I built a light weight shaft and dropped a ton of weight so it weighs about what my Whites did (actually a bit lighter than an MXT Pro now). Another thing I like about it, is that right out of the box, with the extra long coil cables and detachable control box, it's ready to also go water hunting by chest mounting it in a bag, and then in minutes I can throw it back on my land shaft with the meter and be ready to old coin hunt. It's a dual land/water amphibous machine, and if you want to go deeper than waste deep easy enough to throw the control box in a $20 waterproof Plano box real quick for the day.
It all depends on what your wants and needs are. Swinging fast? Then buy a fast machine. Light weight? Better do that then. My GT wasn't light enough for my tastes, so I built a light weight shaft and dropped a ton of weight so it weighs about what my Whites did (actually a bit lighter than an MXT Pro now). Another thing I like about it, is that right out of the box, with the extra long coil cables and detachable control box, it's ready to also go water hunting by chest mounting it in a bag, and then in minutes I can throw it back on my land shaft with the meter and be ready to old coin hunt. It's a dual land/water amphibous machine, and if you want to go deeper than waste deep easy enough to throw the control box in a $20 waterproof Plano box real quick for the day.
7centsworth
Well-known member
My favorite I have had is my xterra 70.
Flintstone
Well-known member
Hi 1937, I would have to say my favorite detector would be, My MXT, OR no maybe my Eagle II sl, OR no Maybe my 6000 Di PRO, NO my Fisher CZ6a, NO maybe my CZ70 PRO NO my Garretts Grand Master ADS 7, OH Hel- I just love them all. If i have a detector i love it. Good Luck finding just one. Flintstone
Digger70pa
Well-known member
T2se & CZ/3D are my favorite One two punch. Deep & easy to use. Both have a nice coil size selection. In water it's the CZ21 with the 10.5" loop.
For parks and general hunting my Sovereign,Explorer is a nice detector I use for deep silver sometimes,Fisher 1235X for Comp hunts and a great turn and go detector.Good Luck HH Ron
dirt lizard
Member
I love my FisherCZ70 pro and my 1236x2. If it's old and its deep these two gals will find it.