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General Metal Detector Discussion
Metal Detector advice $500 or under
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<blockquote data-quote="PhaseTech" data-source="post: 313411" data-attributes="member: 3149"><p>Units that can do beach and a bit of gold need the following:</p><p></p><p>- A beach GB or salt mode that can actually ground balance to the wet sand - otherwise you are restricted to dry sand</p><p></p><p>- A threshold based motion all-metal mode with a good ground balance, and preferably auto tracking for the goldfields. </p><p></p><p>The units I know that fit these requirements starting from most expensive to cheapest are:</p><p></p><p>PI's</p><p>GPX5000 *</p><p>GPX4500 *</p><p>SDC2300</p><p></p><p>VLF's</p><p>Nokta Impact - out in about a month *</p><p>Nokta Fors Relic</p><p>Makro Racer 2 *</p><p>Nokta Fors CoRe</p><p>X-Terra 705</p><p>Makro Red Racer ($750)</p><p></p><p>* Is for units that have a stability control, so you can control how stable you want the threshold. This helps in pinging smaller targets in mineralised soils, and more critical for the VLF units. E.g. the SDC doesn't have stability control and is probably the best unit for small gold in highly mineralised soils. But when comparing say the Racer 2 all-metal mode to the CoRe all-metal mode, Racer 2 wins hands down. </p><p></p><p>Cheers,</p><p></p><p>Nenad</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PhaseTech, post: 313411, member: 3149"] Units that can do beach and a bit of gold need the following: - A beach GB or salt mode that can actually ground balance to the wet sand - otherwise you are restricted to dry sand - A threshold based motion all-metal mode with a good ground balance, and preferably auto tracking for the goldfields. The units I know that fit these requirements starting from most expensive to cheapest are: PI's GPX5000 * GPX4500 * SDC2300 VLF's Nokta Impact - out in about a month * Nokta Fors Relic Makro Racer 2 * Nokta Fors CoRe X-Terra 705 Makro Red Racer ($750) * Is for units that have a stability control, so you can control how stable you want the threshold. This helps in pinging smaller targets in mineralised soils, and more critical for the VLF units. E.g. the SDC doesn't have stability control and is probably the best unit for small gold in highly mineralised soils. But when comparing say the Racer 2 all-metal mode to the CoRe all-metal mode, Racer 2 wins hands down. Cheers, Nenad [/QUOTE]
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General Metal Detector Discussion
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