I am a Whites MXT user of about 4 years. My main interest is hunting parks and schools for clad and jewelry. I would also like to be confident in hitting the rare older silver that is masked by other junk.
I was thinking of getting a used machine to experiment with, and had been looking at the ID Edge and Excell. Are they basically the same machine, what coil is stock, and how do they handle in the trash? Are there smaller coils readilly available?
What about the Coinstrike? How does it do whth small jewelry, and what about the coil situation? I believe there is also a CZ-3?
Some of you that have grown up with Fisher may like to rate the good and bad about these different machines. Perhaps there are some models I have overlooked. If so, I would certainly like to follow along. Another concern is reliability. Are there any models to stay away from?
Any discussion would be much appreciated!
I was thinking of getting a used machine to experiment with, and had been looking at the ID Edge and Excell. Are they basically the same machine, what coil is stock, and how do they handle in the trash? Are there smaller coils readilly available?
What about the Coinstrike? How does it do whth small jewelry, and what about the coil situation? I believe there is also a CZ-3?
Some of you that have grown up with Fisher may like to rate the good and bad about these different machines. Perhaps there are some models I have overlooked. If so, I would certainly like to follow along. Another concern is reliability. Are there any models to stay away from?
Any discussion would be much appreciated!
Whats not to like about the Edge? The audio is nearly perfect with well defined tones and quick accurate responses. The sounds are modulated just enough to let you know you are over a deeper target without having to pinpoint. It handles uneven ground (freshly plowed fields) as good as anything out there and like the C$ it is just as hot on small low conductors as it is high coins. Coins on edge?.. no problem! coins near iron,,again no problem. When I hunt older sites I usually prefer a single tone beep-dig machine at low iron disc settings. The Edge is one of a very few multi tone machines I feel confident with in that same scenerio. I have not spent much time in parks with the Edge but, as good as it performs everywhere else I gotta think it would be a good choice. Its light and well balanced while in use. Some machines feel well balanced when you pick them up but get a little clunky when actually swinging them, the Edge doesn't.