troy Shadow X5

[Anonymous]

Came across an early version with threshold but no mods.
What is the difference-it has the threshold on the bottom and I have read it is over sensitive without mod and some say no difference what soever?
Now that I have one I will fund out the truth about the X5.
Is it really still good.I have three detectors right now and if it is not for me then I am selling all three of my detectors and getting a Deus and that is that..
I must have had 30 detectors that I have tried.
davidF

 

[Rick(ND)]

I understand that the first 200 were the ones that were more sensitive which would make them not as stable. I had #088 and tried it a little and then sent it in for the mod and really didn't see much difference, but like I say I had only used it a few times before the mod. Some want to buy those below #200 as they claim they were a little harder to get used to, so I think those that were experienced with detectors this didn't bother them and they like the ones with no mods done to them.
I got involved in a trade deal and traded mine off which was a big mistake as it takes a little to get used to them with no meter. air test are OK, but if you put a coin in the ground (freshly buried) the depth wasn't real good, but actual hunting mine was getting 10 inch dimes and seem like many of my other coins came out with nails with them as it could see a coin in with nails if you get to know it well.
The X5 was well built and when and if Troy Galloway ever make another Shadow I will be getting one.

Rick

 

[Mega]

I bought a new Troy X5 back in 2007 over here in the UK,i can only speak from my experiance with this machine,the build quality was the the best on a detector that i have ever had,it was ultra light as well but after using it for a year and putting on 100s of hours on the clock trying too master it it had to go as it liked iron so much.

I had all 3 coils with it,must admit my favourite combination was the 10x6 coil,was lucky that after a year i lost a very small amount of money on it,my verdict on the X5 that in all my years of detecting this is the only machine that i have never kept,i tried everyway to like it but just could not gel with it.Cannot remeber what the serial no was but it was not one of the 1st batch thats for sure.

 

[UK Brian]

The early ones were considered by some to be slightly oversensitive but I quite like a sparky machine. No real problem with iron unless you used the discrimination to low for the site your detecting. Discrim. on mine wasn't linear throughout the range of the knob. With good headphones you could wind up the discrimination until you heard an almost inaudible blip. From that point on the rejection pored in.

 

[HaroldILL.]

I had one for a short time. It was one of the later past 800 serial number detectors. As mentioned before the build quality was great and the detector was light and perfectly balanced. I did dig an Indian head penny at about 10'' in the short time I had it. It had great modulated audio. I just wish it would have had some type of Tone I.D. for the more trashy area's. All in all a great detector and another one I wish I had back as breaks down easy for back packing into the woods. And last,But not least the Battery life you get on one nine volt in unbelievable!

 

[Rick(ND)]

Yes many of us like the tone ID or some sort of a VID for coin hunting as the X5 was more of a relic detector, but could be used for coins by the use of the coin check button which actually was a 2 different disc. I found that if I swing the coil faster and the signal didn't break up it was good, but if it broke up a lot it was iron. There are many that love then and why you don't see very many used one and if you do they are over $500 for a X5. The X3 was less money and was not as good as the X5, but for competition hunting the X3 was great.
I sure liked mine and I really miss it after I did the trade deal.

Rick

 

[Tom_in_CA]

if a person's intention was to work underneath junky bleachers (hard-pan type setting) and intended to (gasp) cherry pick for coins, (pass low and mid conductors) then this wasn't a good machine for that. Just too dang sensitive, even at the lower settings. I pointed that out on forum threads when the machine first hit the market. D/t a buddy of mine close-by got one of the early ones that we tested in just-such conditions. And I was "shot down" in flames by the relic-crowd . Who ..... understandibly .... *bristled* at the thought of passing any conductors .... to begin with. However within a few short months, what-da-ya know: The maker detuned the machine's sensitivity d/t it was just too hyped up hot.

 

[Anonymous]

Well I didn't get it-we could not agree and he listed it on ebay and it sold-which I am glad.
thinking of getting one of the big guns.

david

 

[pasttom]

I've had X5 and will hold on to my X3 for competition hunts. I seemed to recall it was SN# 300 and below that needed the mods.

 

[John in Nawth Carolina]

The X5 was one of the 2 best detectors, and the best non metered detector I've ever used.