Metal Detector Sounds/ Tones Question

[reddirtfisher]

Hi guys, I was wondering about your opinions concerning detector beeps, tones, etc. Which brands make the most pleasing sounds? Which do you like best? Or least? I would appreciate some input on this because I am shopping around. Thanks, RDF

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

I have an XLT and the tones are excellent to ID whats in the ground.
Good targets usually mid to high tones while iron mid to low growls.

 

[XLT-user]

n/t

 

[tab-nabit]

I came to really like the audio Tesoro machines produce. I always use quality headphones too.

 

[tab-nabit]

The bell tones drive me nutz-o also. It may be alright for others, I just don't prefer it. I'm not stuck all against it - just glad there is a choice out there.

 

[tabdog]

n/t

 

[I a thr]

This is just my opinion but, I would never pick a detector based on a pleasing sound. I have used just about every make of detector and have never been bothered by any of the sounds after using for a while. If you use the machine and make good finds that's what matters. Sounds you will get use to. Believe me when I first started detecting in all metal mode with many tones available, I thought that was the most ridiculous thing a person could ever do. After listening to the multiple sounds I have found it to be a much better than running audio discriminate, allowing much better separation. I hunt heavily trashy areas too but the tones you will get use to. JMHO!
HH
Bill

 

[jim tn]

I am with Bill on this one, too. Sounds/tones are just that and are simply a matter of getting used to. How well a detector works in trash via target separation and target response time to me are far more important. JMO, anyway. HH jim tn

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Don't forget that just because something isn't "pleasing" or familiar or whatever, doesn't mean it isn't possibly better, and simply must be "learned". I used to hate the sound of the Excaliber (but simply got it because I was sick & tired of wrapping my Whites up in plastic to head out during beach storms). At first, I thought it was a big mistake, as the sounds drove me crazy. But after "forcing myself" to learn the sounds, I began to like them, get more depth than the Whites discriminators had given me on the beach, etc...

Then when the Explorer came out a few years later, I saw that those guys were getting more depth in the turf than Whites guys around here. So I checked into them, and initially hated them too! Everything sounded the same, like a flock of sick geese. But I couldn't argue with their superior depth over flagged deepie signals, so I stuck to it, forcing myself to learn. Now I wouldn't have it any other way! I use it for all land hunting.

So each person's view of the "most pleasant sounds" will vary simply based on what they were/are used to, perhaps based simply on what they picked up first in the hobby, or what they forced themselves to learn, and NOW like, etc.... It's an un-answerable ford/chevy question. Heck, I have even heard someone tell me they love the Garrett "bell-tone". But that's something I don't care for, in the few times I've fiddled with them. But if a person used it enough, they'd come to learn its language too I suppose.

 

[Deno]

I like the tone id on the xlt.

 

[Carolina Phil]

The Minelab X-Terra 70 provides the option of one tone, two tones, three tones, four tones or multiple tones (the detectors LCD display labels this setting as "99 Tones", but it is presumed by many including myself to actually be 28 tones).

In the Prospecting Mode, the pitch of the threshold can be adjusted, but the pitch can't be adjusted in the Coin & Treasure Mode.

It provides more through tone options than any other detector which I am aware of. I have one which I relic hunt with and prefer to use two tones.

 

[reddirtfisher]

Thanks for all the input. I am always amazed at the knowledge and skill that many of you on these forums have.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, RDF

 

[littletwig]

This is just my opinion but, I would never pick a detector based on a pleasing sound. I have used just about every make of detector and have never been bothered by any of the sounds after using for a while. If you use the machine and make good finds that's what matters. Sounds you will get use to. Believe me when I first started detecting in all metal mode with many tones available, I thought that was the most ridiculous thing a person could ever do. After listening to the multiple sounds I have found it to be a much better than running audio discriminate, allowing much better separation. I hunt heavily trashy areas too but the tones you will get use to. JMHO!
HH
Bill

What Bill said!!!!