Metal Detector Retirement Planning

I've been doing some retirement planning and that eventually got around to metal detectors. I know my fun money will get a bit restricted after I retire, which leads to me consider what detectors I'll be wanting to go into retirement with. I know I'll want at least 4 and I have three of them already selected but I'm not sure about that 4th spot.

Spot #1 goes to the F75LTD.
Spot #2 goes to the V3i
Spot #3 goes to the Golden Sabre II / Cleansweep coil combo.

Spot # 4 is vacant....

Looking at my list, what would you put in that 4th spot?

HH
Mike

Nokta Impact, or Makro Multi Kruzer.

Better save some money for a bicycle – if the price of gas keep going up you may not be Able to afford to drive to your favorite detecting site! Lol

Rick Kempf
Gold Canyon AZ- where there is no gold

tesoro mojave!..best "bang for the buck"...tons of fun!
ALMOST as good as sex!

(h.h.!)
j.t.

[www.ebay.com]

Fenn's treasure awaits you

HA! Now that is funny, shoveler. While I do expend a little effort on Mr Fenn from time to time I have never thought about using a long range locator to find Indulgence.

WhoDoo VooDoo anyone?


I currently also have an Etrac, a 8500, a G2+LTD, and a RA71 but I'm not sure any of these should be in the #4 spot.

HH
Mike



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/10/2018 03:39PM by Mike Hillis.

Never know........... you might just want a waterproof machine..... it is retirement you know and clad and silver dont pay like gold.

I would toss one of the DeepTech Vista's into the mix.

Another Fisher F5.

Keep the #4 spot open until after First Texas puts a couple of their new machines on the market. You never know if one could/will be #4?

I don't think your ability to enjoy some quality detecting will suffer in the meantime with what you have.

After having all three on your list I'd pick:
Equinox 800 - for all around hunting for silver, water, and beach detecting. If I didn't detect the beach I go with a Makro/Nokta detector such as the Multi Kruzer, Racer 2, or Impact, something that will hunt iron infest sites better that what you've listed.
Get rid of the Golden, and get a BigFoot coil for the V3i. Then you can get the Nox and the MMK.
My retire list:
DFX with Bigfoot (and other coils) Sold the V3i and went back to the DFX. I only really use the BigFoot on it for Clad stabbing and recent jewelry drops, same thing the V3i got regulated to doing.
Nox 800
MMK (still have a Racer 2 for friends and Family)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/10/2018 04:40PM by Tom Slick.

At the rate the Turkish economy is crumbling today you will be able to buy their entire detector lineup for the cost of an Equinox.

I do pretty good on land with the jewelry so I don't feel a need to water hunt. I don't post them here very often because I can't upload photos directly.

I found this on my last outing...using the G2+.....[www.detectorprospector.com]
I found this on the outing before that with the F75....[www.detectorprospector.com]
I found this on an outing before that with the Etrac...[www.detectorprospector.com]

I expect a good jewelry find nearly every day from land sites after retirement.

If I WAS looking for a water unit it would be one that would allow me to strap the control head to my wrist like a watch and could disguise the coil to look like a hand held swim fin and snorkel with it.

HH
Mike

I don't know Mike, the fun money may not be too bad with the finds you make.

A Hot CZ-3D as You should have at least one analog TID Machine when the disposable digital detectors finally break down.

Hey its the 21st century already. I vote with Slick on the 'Nox. As close to a complete do all as I have found. Makro Kruser is a worthy second place. I have some CZ3Ds I'll let go cheap if that what you want.

Past(or)Tom
Using a Legend, a Deus 2, an Equinox 800, a Tarsacci MDT 8000, & a few others...
with my beloved, fading Corgi, Sadie

Pasttom Wrote:
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> Hey its the 21st century already. I vote with Sli
> ck on the 'Nox. As close to a complete do all as
> I have found. Makro Kruser is a worthy second pla
> ce. I have some CZ3Ds I'll let go cheap if that w
> hat you want.

Yep, and those CZs will still be going when You throw that Nox in the trash. Ha!

Mike...….. are you 'coins only', relic, partial prospecting, cache hunting, wet-salt????

Mike Hillis Wrote:
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> I've been doing some retirement planning and that
> eventually got around to metal detectors. I know
> my fun money will get a bit restricted after I ret
> ire, which leads to me consider what detectors I'l
> l be wanting to go into retirement with. I know
> I'll want at least 4 and I have three of them alre
> ady selected but I'm not sure about that 4th spot.
>
> Spot #1 goes to the F75LTD.
> Spot #2 goes to the V3i
> Spot #3 goes to the Golden Sabre II / Cleansweep c
> oil combo.
>
> Spot # 4 is vacant....

>
> Looking at my list, what would you put in that 4th
> spot?
>
> HH
> Mike

Another f75 for back up.

I'd just save up for The Next Big Thing.

hey harold!
don;t forget the "dead nuts" accurate 6000 pro xl!

(h.h.!)
j.t.

You will find once you retire you will have more time to research and such....put some bucks away for your retirement and make that decision once you find how you retirement and hobby come together...haste makes waste and bet your boots new units will hit the bricks...heck your loaded for bear as is....

electric will be here sooner than folks think

For me and the type of hunting I do, the Multi Kruzer and Equinox 800 are the only machines I need, they pretty much covers all the bases.

If I were you, I’d do as others have suggested and bank the #4 money a future model that catches your fancy.

That depends on a couple of factors Mike.----How much time do you have to go to retirement?----If it's going to be awhile, you could set up a little "fun money account" & do as others have suggested---set back & wait to fill that #4 spot with what you have.-----or----you could fill #4 & #5 with what you already have--the ETrac & G2+.------Or--you could fill #4 with an E800.---------Having said all that--your choices would not be my choices!------Now, if you want to do it the "perfect" way--do like I have in our retirement with this list!----CTX, ETrac, F-19, G2+, E800 & Fors Relic.------Also, I have to buy two of everything as my wife detects also--sometimes three so as to have a "back up" in our travels.---How's that for complicated?---------All joking aside--I ALWAYS tell everyone that will listen---"retire as early as you can"---for we know not what tomorrow brings.------My wife & I planned (financially) for years for early retirement & was blessed to be able to retire when I was 58 & she was 54 & have NEVER been sorry in our decision.----I am now 79 (pushing 80) and she is 75----and I can tell yah, those years go FAST!------Enjoy them in The Lord, some humor & hopefully good health!---------Del

horses for courses
iow, it depends

If it was me, and I don't know you're sites or your quests, I'd replace the F75 with an Impact or Multi Kruzer, and add a Deus with a 9 inch HF coil. I'd probably replace one of your others with an 800 Equinox, too. It's just a fun, all around, waterproof machine. You dig a lot of trash, but if there's good stuff in the ground, you're gonna find it, too!

Wayne

explorer II with Sunray probe. But then again, I'm lazy and biased. But , heck, .... it keeps up with Cal Cobra ! Doh !

Tom_in_CA Wrote:
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> explorer II with Sunray probe. But then again, I'
> m lazy and biased. But , heck, .... it keeps up
> with Cal Cobra ! Doh !


It's the masking tape on it that's getting you all those gold coins Tom! Yeah, that's what it is--the MASKING TAPE!!!

Tom_in_CA Wrote:
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> heck, .... it keeps up with Cal Cobra ! Doh !


Not any more

Lobo ST would be up your alley.