yeah how would you compare it to the silver umax as far as depth, and what is your opinion on the tones and discimination?
'Bout the same depth. I dug a quarter at 9" last season - measured. On good coin targets, it gets adequate depth. It aint an Explorer, but it doesn't try to be. It costs 1/3 of one of those and weighs about eighty pounds less.
My opinion of the tones? Love em. Discrimination? Excellent.
The reason the Golden exists is to open up the midrange. Otherwise there is little point.... just put a coin check button on a Silver and call it done.
With the Golden you can isolate fine enough to ID particular pulltabs. You can notch out a wide range of targets, or keep them in.
I can spot pencil eraser ends from nickles, and pulltabs from screwcaps. Zinc cents from copper ones? Piece of cake.
But this comes at a price, i.e., you have to work at getting the hang of it. There are six distinct tones, plus the multi-tones you get when targets ride the line between two zones. You need to set up a target map and learnhow various things respond. Start by making two marks on your DISC dial - one where nickels cut out and one where zince cents cut out.
Then do the same with the NARROW notch function, marking where nickels cut out (usually around 9 o'clock). Then hunt in the preset notch below nickel and dig everythig - but not before you get an idea of where the target lies on the ID line.
There are TWO tones in the midrange. They are close in frequency, so I "sing" these tones to sort them in my mind. I literally sing them quietly as I hear them. You don't need to do that with the high or low, just the middle two. After a while, you'll get an ear for them.
And you really should go back about 6 months and read all the stuff on the Golden. It is a smart way to get a jump on learning this great instrument.
. I don't know if they have the 3 3/4 turn 50 k pot but