Racer2 Coin hunter detector or relic March 30, 2016 09:43AM |
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Racer 2 is both a Coin Hunter and Relic Hunter unit. March 30, 2016 04:03PM |
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Folks like Keith Southern live in the SE USA where they have the enjoyment and opportunity to 'Relic Hunt' a lot of Civil War era battle sites. I think a lot of folks think of that type of a location when they use the term 'Relic Hunting', but I don't. Relic Hunters search for ANY item they consider to be a 'keeper' that represents a desired lost object from past human activity there, such as lead bullets, brass/copper cartridge cases, complete cartridges, spurs, bridal bits and other similar hardware where there was mounted cavalry action, and many other things associated with battle activity.Quote
sonny(ON)
Seems like the r2 is more for relic hunting from what I can find to read. Toooo bad they do not concentrate on a coinunit.
You are correct, we do not all 'Relic Hunt' but that is really a matter of site selection and techniques to best handle dense iron and unmasked difficult-to-find targets.Quote
sonny(ON)
We all do not relic hunt. Some just coin hunt...Sad the e trac is so darn heavy as probably none can beat them (minelab) for deep silver coins. Maybe and I said maybe the IMPACT. but not holding my breath
Congrats! I enjoy working the Racer 2 and FORS Relic in some very challenging sites where many/most competitor's detectors don't work so well.Quote
ghound
I've 3 short outings with my R2 in an area i avoided with my etrac as it was too trashy, 6 coins 3 of which were silver.
I love the Racer 2, and most of the places I hunt so far this year are producing 4 bars on the ferrous read-out. I have most of my programs saves with a Gain of '85' and have been finding a lot of good targets. Most of them are relatively shallow, at 4" or less but in amongst ferrous trash. Places where most FBS models won't match their performance.Quote
ghound
I really like the R2 so far. My soil was giving 3-4 bars on the scale but i could run max sensitivity, though on a test coin i maxed out at low 6 or so inches and after 3-4 inch the tid was all over the place, it would never follow an etrac on clean ground with the standard coil in my soil, maybe a bigger coil would give more depth?
I use both a Makro Pointer and a Nokta Pointer and have never had any problems. I do know some batteries I have had in the past were a tad bit shorter and such a case could allow movement to disrupt contact. I have also seen some that were a bit too wide or long or thick and they created problems with some detector models as they wouldn't fit in the battery compartment or could, but would bind. But I haven't had an issue with any of the quality batteries I have used in my Pinpointers..Quote
ghound
And on a niggle list, the cam lock doesn't tighten enough on the lower limb so the coil moves a little side to side and the makro pointer i got with it switches off if you hold it upside down as the battery probably loses contact.
Hummm ... don't know what to say except the Iron Audio Volume is a great addition to the Racer 2 and Relic, and I am not bothered at all about putting my units to work up against any Minelab or other competitive models. No, there is no 'perfect' detector, but I have enjoyed the fact that the Nokta/Makro Team is doing all they can to provide us with some of the closest-to-perfect detectors to chose from.Quote
ghound
The iron volume is a big plus, its light, the backlight and screen are tremendous compared to the etrac, however (at the moment, but it might change when i try a bigger coil) i would sell it in a heartbeat and have another etrac as it hits deeper and gives the user more useful info in my soil.
Coke/coal can be a challenge for many detectors unless the settings are adjusted to reject them or deal with them as best we can. I have a few 'coke' specimens in by seminar tote that I use when I evaluate any detector and I haven't found one yet that ignores them while still operating with a very low rejection setting. They are what they are, just like pull tabs ... an annoyance.Quote
ghound
oh and it loves coke/coal, it does give a messy signal on it but it also gave a messy signal on 2 of the coins i got!!
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