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Well, I have come full circle....back to the Cortes.
I have read, read, read. Detector catelogs, detector manuals, field tests, reviews, old timer sites and new timer sites, engineering reviews, how metal detector work articles. You name the machine, I can tell you its features and quote it's spec sheet.
In the meantime I continue to hunt with and enjoy my Tracker IV. And the more I hunt and think about what features "I" need to have on my upgrade machine, in conjection with some old timer advice and from the knowledge I have learned from all that reading (and rereading and rereading) is that the Cortes meets my feature needs better than the others.
I person I consider a friend turned me onto the MXT, then I got off on the DFX. But when I consider what I really wanted, the Cortes really seems to meet my wants with a better fit. So my second machine will be the Cortes. My third machine may be the DFX (if the wife every allows a third <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol"> )
<STRONG>First </STRONG>fit is weight. That doesn't really seem all that important to me now, but advice from an old detectorist that I have come to admire tells me that this really is important. He also spoke about Tesoro seperation in iron. So I chose to take his advise about weight being important.
<STRONG>Second </STRONG>fit is frequency. The Cortes runs at 10khz. That means it gets a good spread on low conductivity targets, but it's still low enough for mineralize ground. The bargraph spread seperating out the iron and foil and the round tab and square tabs shows this in action.
<STRONG>Third </STRONG>fit is the Meter itself. It may be small...but it shows EVERYTHING all at once. Depth, TID number, bargraph, a target category. A quick glance at one display and I know everything the machine can tell me.
<span style="background-color:#ffff00;"><STRONG>Forth </STRONG></span>fit is...the Meter works in NO MOTION ALL METAL <img src="/metal/html/shocked.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":shock"> This is the one single feature that has overridden my desire for the MXT or even the DFX. The fact that I could hunt in this mode with a working meter is the greatest thing since sliced bread. I have options due to this feature. I can hunt in Disc mode with a working meter and preset ground balance, or in All Metal mode with a working meter and manual ground balance. If I need it for pinpointing or profiling a target-I got it. If I need it for a search mode-I got it.
<STRONG>Fifth </STRONG>fix is the Sum mode. Weak signals can be enhanced.
The only missing feature that I will be missing is a Tone ID. To me this is a big feature that I will be missing out on, but one I am willing to trade for the All metal mode meter feature.
The only bad news is that I haven't saved up enough to buy one today. But by the end of the year for sure.
Happy Hunting All.
I have read, read, read. Detector catelogs, detector manuals, field tests, reviews, old timer sites and new timer sites, engineering reviews, how metal detector work articles. You name the machine, I can tell you its features and quote it's spec sheet.
In the meantime I continue to hunt with and enjoy my Tracker IV. And the more I hunt and think about what features "I" need to have on my upgrade machine, in conjection with some old timer advice and from the knowledge I have learned from all that reading (and rereading and rereading) is that the Cortes meets my feature needs better than the others.
I person I consider a friend turned me onto the MXT, then I got off on the DFX. But when I consider what I really wanted, the Cortes really seems to meet my wants with a better fit. So my second machine will be the Cortes. My third machine may be the DFX (if the wife every allows a third <img src="/metal/html/lol.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":lol"> )
<STRONG>First </STRONG>fit is weight. That doesn't really seem all that important to me now, but advice from an old detectorist that I have come to admire tells me that this really is important. He also spoke about Tesoro seperation in iron. So I chose to take his advise about weight being important.
<STRONG>Second </STRONG>fit is frequency. The Cortes runs at 10khz. That means it gets a good spread on low conductivity targets, but it's still low enough for mineralize ground. The bargraph spread seperating out the iron and foil and the round tab and square tabs shows this in action.
<STRONG>Third </STRONG>fit is the Meter itself. It may be small...but it shows EVERYTHING all at once. Depth, TID number, bargraph, a target category. A quick glance at one display and I know everything the machine can tell me.
<span style="background-color:#ffff00;"><STRONG>Forth </STRONG></span>fit is...the Meter works in NO MOTION ALL METAL <img src="/metal/html/shocked.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":shock"> This is the one single feature that has overridden my desire for the MXT or even the DFX. The fact that I could hunt in this mode with a working meter is the greatest thing since sliced bread. I have options due to this feature. I can hunt in Disc mode with a working meter and preset ground balance, or in All Metal mode with a working meter and manual ground balance. If I need it for pinpointing or profiling a target-I got it. If I need it for a search mode-I got it.
<STRONG>Fifth </STRONG>fix is the Sum mode. Weak signals can be enhanced.
The only missing feature that I will be missing is a Tone ID. To me this is a big feature that I will be missing out on, but one I am willing to trade for the All metal mode meter feature.
The only bad news is that I haven't saved up enough to buy one today. But by the end of the year for sure.
Happy Hunting All.
"> and this means that on a 'quiet' site, you can gain the depth advantage of running in all metal, and simply discriminate out targets by confirming their identity on the meter reading! It's a great system, and you would think that the R&D at Whites would have thought to use this on their machines <img src="/metal/html/confused.gif" border=0 width=15 height=22 alt=":?"> never mind, I'll stick with the Hawkeye now! <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="