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NEED FEEDBACK ON OLD M/L DETECTORS

C.J.M.

C.J.M.

Well-known member
Could someone give me some feed back on the 705,505,305 detectors .Need a back up cheap detector that is in good working shape. At 84 can still swing one:thumbup:Would appreciate any feed back.Looking for any that still uses AA ,AAA, OR 9 VOLT. Thank you guys:help:
 
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C.J.M. said:
Could someone give me some feed back on the 705,505,305 detectors .Need a back up cheap detector that is in good working shape. At 84 can still swing one:thumbup:Would appreciate any feed back.Looking for any that still uses AA ,AAA, OR 9 VOLT. Thank you guys:help:
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I never bothered with them because you need a bunch of different coils to change frequency. Now you can do it all with one machine and just buy one smaller or larger coil to fit your hunting location.

There's been some pretty cheap Deus 1 on the market. Extremely light weight if you just swing the rod & coil You can mount the remote on your arm to read numbers or just use tone ID.

Rather own one machine with one coil vs a bunch of other coils.

HH
Donna(NJ)
 
I personally love my 705 and will NEVER give it up! It was cutting edge technology when it was introduced, and there has never been another single frequency machine built that can do what it can. Its versatility is unmatched to this day, and about the only drawback is the need for additional coils to change frequency, but that's not in any way a deal breaker. These days the additional coils can be had cheap enough to make it a non-issue.

The ONLY real deficiency of the older single frequency X-Terras is their inability to hunt in wet salty conditions. They simply don't work well in wet salt sand or salt water.
 
I started out with the XTerra 50 which was the older version of that line and did well with it, even financing other detector buys with what I found with it.
They came with a 7.5 khz concentric coil and had several other coil sizes and frequencies to suit your needs… pretty versatile detector even now.
Battery life is good with it and it will work on rechargeable batteries too.
I love the large TID display.
 
C.J.M. said:
Could someone give me some feed back on the 705,505,305 detectors .Need a back up cheap detector that is in good working shape. At 84 can still swing one:thumbup:Would appreciate any feed back.Looking for any that still uses AA ,AAA, OR 9 VOLT. Thank you guys:help:
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The Xterra 705 was one of the most underrated metal detectors to have ever been produced by Minelab, I still feel that way about the xterra 705 to this very day, I still own my 705 and still pull it out at times when I do get to go out and detect, which is pretty much never at the moment, my only dislike that I could ever say about the Xterra 705 was having to change coils to change frequencies, the Xterra Pro is what I always felt the 705 could have been, the only reason I have not jumped on the Xterra Pro Band wagon is because the pro does not have a prospecting gold mode and the 705 had a fantastic prospecting gold mode with a true live threshold also that 3 KHz frequency that the 705 was capable of running when paired with the 6 Inch Coil tech Digger coil was one deadly detector on deep silver (high conductors)
 
@C.J.M. Here is a great learning tool if you do decide to pick up one of the older Xterra's
called Understanding Your Xterra written By Randy Horton who went by Digger of the Forums the link is from the Mine Lab Site you can download it and print it out Link below is to that book


Understanding your X-TERRA (US Letter size)
 
I have owned them all. Dislike them around LARGE iron. Like them most everywhere else. They have quirks like any detector. I added a 705 back to my collection in 2022 for the prospecting mode and iron mask. You can get dual frequency coils for them now, even three frequency coils in some sizes. I got a dual freq 6x10 coil - 7.5 & 18.75 kHz at a reasonable price.

I'll probably add more coils at some point. They sweep nice and performance is pretty good. Biggest quirk is they are top heavy and turn over easily which can some times cause the batteries to bounce on their springs and turn the unit off. I got a control box cover and just lay it on its side now and that fixed that.

I'd say you could get a 70 or 705 and hunt down a dual freq coil or two and make out pretty nice.

HH
Mike
 
Old Longhair said:
I personally love my 705 and will NEVER give it up! It was cutting edge technology when it was introduced, and there has never been another single frequency machine built that can do what it can. Its versatility is unmatched to this day, and about the only drawback is the need for additional coils to change frequency, but that's not in any way a deal breaker. These days the additional coils can be had cheap enough to make it a non-issue.

The ONLY real deficiency of the older single frequency X-Terras is their inability to hunt in wet salty conditions. They simply don't work well in wet salt sand or salt water.
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Digger {Randy} will appreciate your comments!
 
oldkoot said:
@C.J.M. Here is a great learning tool if you do decide to pick up one of the older Xterra's
called Understanding Your Xterra written By Randy Horton who went by Digger of the Forums the link is from the Mine Lab Site you can download it and print it out Link below is to that book


Understanding your X-TERRA (US Letter size)
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Thanks for the mention. I'm still hanging around, although I'm not as engaged as I once was, due to some health issues. That book was truly a labor of love. I spent well over a year working with Minelab on developing the X-Terra series and several more years writing the book. In addition to the X-Terra, I also was the official Minelab Field Tester for the E-Trac, CTX and Equinox. A couple heart attacks in 2017 knocked me off my feet just a month or so before I'd finished my Equinox testing. Minelab had me ship the test model to Nasa Tom, who unexpectedly took credit for the months I'd logged on US field tests. Regardless, IMO the audio responses provided by an X-Terra are second to none when sorting through an old homesite. In my opinion, the 3-digit notch segments of the 505 better identifies extremely ferrous targets better than any other machine I've used. But as I've said for more than 50 years of detecting.....there is no magic wand.
 
Old Longhair said:
I personally love my 705 and will NEVER give it up! It was cutting edge technology when it was introduced, and there has never been another single frequency machine built that can do what it can. Its versatility is unmatched to this day, and about the only drawback is the need for additional coils to change frequency, but that's not in any way a deal breaker. These days the additional coils can be had cheap enough to make it a non-issue.

The ONLY real deficiency of the older single frequency X-Terras is their inability to hunt in wet salty conditions. They simply don't work well in wet salt sand or salt water.
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OLH is one of the most knowledgeable X-TERRA users I've had the pleasure of knowing. Together with Old Longhair, we helped both Minelab and Coiltek develop and text several X-Terra coils.
 
Digger said:
OLH is one of the most knowledgeable X-TERRA users I've had the pleasure of knowing. Together with Old Longhair, we helped both Minelab and Coiltek develop and text several X-Terra coils.
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Good to see you back posting
 
You did a.great job on the Etrac, Randy. It turned into my favorite FBS model.
HH
Mike
 
Digger you were my favorite of all time with the x terra. I learned a lot from you. You were never hateful like some people n hear have been in the past. I have an autographed book from you. The xterra 70 is my all time favorite detector. I had many coils for mine. Loved how smooth the older x terra 70’s were. Found many civil war relics with it.
 
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