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Golden Umax?
- Thread starter Bling
- Start date
Accurate.
In air tests they work well - in the field they are different. Due to trash and target proximity they can "cross tone."
There are also two extra tones you dont hear much about:
1. Overload
2. Iron "roll"
The overload is a double beep you get when a target is too close to the coil or is very large, or both. A quarter at 1" will cause it, a vienna sausage can lid will do it at 3."
The iron roll is a fluty high-low/low-high sound, rolling from the lowest to the highest tone and back again. Iron that is shaped well, like a washer at some depth, causes this.
All this combines for a musical detector. It is a little disconcerting at first, but you soon grow used to it as your ear trains to the sounds. Minelab Sovereign users have the same scenario.
In air tests they work well - in the field they are different. Due to trash and target proximity they can "cross tone."
There are also two extra tones you dont hear much about:
1. Overload
2. Iron "roll"
The overload is a double beep you get when a target is too close to the coil or is very large, or both. A quarter at 1" will cause it, a vienna sausage can lid will do it at 3."
The iron roll is a fluty high-low/low-high sound, rolling from the lowest to the highest tone and back again. Iron that is shaped well, like a washer at some depth, causes this.
All this combines for a musical detector. It is a little disconcerting at first, but you soon grow used to it as your ear trains to the sounds. Minelab Sovereign users have the same scenario.
Mike Hillis
Well-known member
The only issue with the tones on a Golden uMax are that the two middle tones are too close together, frequency wise. That can sometimes make it hard to figure out whats going on when you get into some of those dual tones. But flicking the notch switch around can help sort those out when your ear can't.
You want to make sure that the tones are adjusted correctly. They are adjusted correctly when the majority of steel bottle caps read a medium high tone and nickels read just at the end of a medium low tone. When set correctly this machine is a joy to use in the trashiest places you could ever encounter.
I believe there are two accessories every detectorist needs; a handheld electronic pinpointer and a Golden uMax.
Happy
You want to make sure that the tones are adjusted correctly. They are adjusted correctly when the majority of steel bottle caps read a medium high tone and nickels read just at the end of a medium low tone. When set correctly this machine is a joy to use in the trashiest places you could ever encounter.
I believe there are two accessories every detectorist needs; a handheld electronic pinpointer and a Golden uMax.
Happy
Bob in Iowa
New member
The Golden Umax is a very good machine in trash, pull tabs and the like. Learn how to use the Notch Disc, You'll really like it.
It's a good machine for competition hunting because it's so fast.
It's a good machine for competition hunting because it's so fast.
The only issue with the tones on a Golden uMax are that the two middle tones are close together, audio frequency wise. That can sometimes make it hard to figure out whats going on when you get into some of those dual tones....I believe there are two accessories every detectorist needs; a handheld electronic pinpointer and a Golden uMax....
Learn how to use the Notch Disc, You'll really like it.
Mike hit a real point the tones are close in the midrange and it can be a little confusing at first. When I first got my Golden, I hot-glued a nickle to my left detecting shoe and a zincer to my right. Then I could test the tones while I was hunting.
Now I just dig whatever comes through clearly. BUT ---
The notch has saved my bacon at the local fairgrounds. Ive told this story before, but suffice it to say that carnies are slobs!
It seems tht when the carnival guys change out the millions of lightbulbs on the rides, they just toss the burned out ones on the ground.
Theses things gave me the fits at first, until I took my Golden there. Between the DISC, the tones and the adjustable notch, I got to where I could tell tabs from nickles from lightbulb bases accurately. I can live with nickels and tabs, but I draw the line at ten million lightbulb bases.
To date, the Golden is the only detector with a full size stock coil that will work there.
Learn how to use the Notch Disc, You'll really like it.
Mike hit a real point the tones are close in the midrange and it can be a little confusing at first. When I first got my Golden, I hot-glued a nickle to my left detecting shoe and a zincer to my right. Then I could test the tones while I was hunting.
Now I just dig whatever comes through clearly. BUT ---
The notch has saved my bacon at the local fairgrounds. Ive told this story before, but suffice it to say that carnies are slobs!
It seems tht when the carnival guys change out the millions of lightbulbs on the rides, they just toss the burned out ones on the ground.
Theses things gave me the fits at first, until I took my Golden there. Between the DISC, the tones and the adjustable notch, I got to where I could tell tabs from nickles from lightbulb bases accurately. I can live with nickels and tabs, but I draw the line at ten million lightbulb bases.
To date, the Golden is the only detector with a full size stock coil that will work there.
Mike Hillis
Well-known member
I hear you Dave.
My Golden is the King of steel bottle cap infested sites. I love using it in those. The vast majority of them mimic a zinc penny and it's easy to notch them out. The few that still sound out in the high tone side give a very harsh high tone that is easy to hear. Much different than the nice smooth tone of a coin. The Golden is a fast enough responder that they don't mask too much either.
HH
My Golden is the King of steel bottle cap infested sites. I love using it in those. The vast majority of them mimic a zinc penny and it's easy to notch them out. The few that still sound out in the high tone side give a very harsh high tone that is easy to hear. Much different than the nice smooth tone of a coin. The Golden is a fast enough responder that they don't mask too much either.
HH