Initial Impressions of the New Teknetics T-2

[Ralph Bryant]

....with most manual GB machines is to off-set the ground balance point to the positive side, do the usual "coil pump" and just compare the distance your coil is off the ground before you start hearing the ground signal. The closer you can get, the lower the strength of the mineralization. Good way to "guesstimate", but only if you have a standard of comparison.

Ralph

 

[Jeff in MI]

Does the T2 feel like a quality machine like Whites or Minelab? or is it more like a department store Bounty Hunter?, which to me just feels cheap. I know some of the Bounty Hunters have nice features, but nevertheless, to me they are not in the same league with Whites or Minelab. Also, does anyone know when Whites or Minelab going to come out with a new "top-end" machine?

Thanks, Jeff

 

[Jeff in MI]

Does the T2 feel like a quality machine like Whites or Minelab? or is it more like a department store Bounty Hunter?, which to me just feels cheap. I know some of the Bounty Hunters have nice features, but nevertheless, to me they are not in the same league with Whites or Minelab. Also, does anyone know when Whites or Minelab going to come out with a new "top-end" machine?

Thanks, Jeff

 

[Ralph Bryant]

.....much better than the typical "muffler on a stick" BH. As with most every machine made these days, there is still some plastic involved, namely the control and battery/speaker pack housings, but they are not "cheap looking" or "cheap feeling" like some machines. Everything is very solid, even the pole locking system, with no wobble noticed whatsoever. The lowest clevis insert at the bottom of the rod assembly is the only plastic section, nearest the coil. Overall quality of assembly and design seems on par with most higher end machines. Very "clean" design without the high compression, digitally phased performance graphic decals seen on some of the newer Chinese-looking machines. It's not Nautilus "industrial strength", but it's nice.

Ralph

 

[Big Red]

n/t

 

[John in Florida]

Probably more than any other manufacturer.

 

[Mike Hillis]

It's designed only to use DD coils. There is some movement for a smaller DD, but it will not be in the near future. Maybe toward the end of the year.

 

[Ralph Bryant]

Mike

I'm almost beginning to think that maybe there is no real need for a concentric on this machine, and maybe not even a smaller DD. I got curious (more than usual ) after I read your post, so did a little more experimenting.

I took two coins (copper cents) and placed them side by side, touching at their edges, with the intention of seeing just how far I had to separate them to get them to separate cleanly in the audio. Well, I didn't have to go far. With the bottom of the coil about 2 inches over the coins, I could get a good clean audio "double-beep" with the coins just 1/2 inch apart. Probably could have done even better scrubbing the coil against the coins, but got the tell-tale "overload siren" when attempting to do so. Raising the coil in about one inch increments made it necessary to separate the coins a bit more to keep the separation however, due to the field pattern produced by the DD type coils. But even that 1/2 inch separation with such a large coil is excellent. Remember, this is lateral separation, not fore and aft where the EMF pattern is much wider with Double-D designs. What is a real mind blower is that my little Compadre with the 4 inch (concentric) will only separate down to about 1 inch on those same coins. The 8x11 beats it by a 50% margin on close separation ! This kind of minimal separation distance can also in part be attributed to the T-2's quick target response and recovery speed no doubt. It sure seems strange hearing that kind of target separation coming from under such a large coil.

Ralph

 

[Mike Hillis]

n/t

 

[RD3D]

Ralph,

I enjoyed reading your 'initial impressions report' and wanted to know how many hours you had on the machine prior to the report being published? Was it a 'demo' you were testing or production model?

Thanks!

 

[Ralph Bryant]

"Initial Impressions" were just that. Post was made the first day I received the machine. It's a production-run unit with no "special tuning" or other tricks of the trade. I wrote about the machine as I was seeing it right out of the box for the first time. Had read up on it earlier, and had somewhat of an idea what to expect as far as features, but that was it. Several hours on it since then, and my opinion of it hasn't diminished whatsoever. Just a nice unit with some neat features.

Ralph

 

[keppy]

Now this was some good reading..