tnsharpshooter Wrote:
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> Since it's a question mark on where you may live,
> and it also seems it's hard to get one detector to
> do all well, here are my recommendations.
> Discounting the CTX, a minelab etrac with stock
> coil will do. For a second detector hotter on
> jewelry and a better unmasker, the FORS CoRe will
> do. If the Racer is as good as the FORS unit it
> would be a good choice (ergonomics). Also if the
> Racer is as good as FORS unit, expect the bottom
> to fall out on used FORS units. So you could pick
> one of those units
OK - not a Secret - I live in Omaha. I am up for several promotions if they go through I will either be in Northern California, Southern California, Houston, or El Paso TX. The reason I mentioned Beach is if I move to California or Houston - I would like to add beach hunting to my list of detecting pleasures. If I go to the El Paso - Gold, and Ghost Town hunting, in some pretty red soil ,may be added. Right now the most interesting hunting for me is Silver in Old parks in the area. It seems that a lot of old Silver is down 8 inches or more - I know a good hunter that would say it is more like 10 to 12 - so the good stuff is getting deep and it is covered by trash - a lot of trash in some areas.
Funny you mention waiting for the FORs to drop in price - I have thought about that - as far as I can tell - since all the top secret testers are not able to talk yet - the FORs Core and Racer will have very similar performance. If I went with Racer would go with stock unit not Pro package. I find it best to use only one coil when learning a machine. If I like then adding the extra coil down the line is a no brainer. I wonder if the FORs CoRe will drop enough to make it the clear -Cheap Detector Buyers - choice on a budget.
I think I have a pretty good idea how the Etrac would perform in my area since I had a Safari - not as much info as Etrac but pretty much the same technology. My Safari Nulled a lot - Iron Trash - so something that is good in an iron infested area and has some good - very good depth would be high on my list. Not sure the Etrac has any secrets up its sleeve the Safari did not to help with the Nulling - maybe it does.
CTX sounds nice but even used it is a 1500 to 2000 dollar investment. I can get several other used detectors for that price.
The New F75 LTD2 sounds nice I know they are deep and pretty good separation - My soil is not so bad so would be perfect for F75 - which I hear suffers a little in High Mineralization.
I am surprised no one has mentioned the XP Deus as an option.
White's MXT all Pro or the V3i or VX3 have some appeal since I started my Detecting career with White's. But I am afraid neither of them have the punch I need for deep silver - but I do think they booth could do well in Trash if set up right. I Have a strong electronic and RF background and I love the info options the V3 offers - No other Detector comes Close - even CTX and Etrac in my opinion. I think White's was on too something with the V3 - Multi Freq, Lots of Control of signal processing, and multiple ways to display the data received - but they have not moved the ball forward technology wise for quite a while. I do believe the next big thing in detecting is pattern recognition (multi Freq,some smart programers and lots of field work required).
I had not mentioned Budget but $750 is my target - Less is OK more is not unless I find a really sweet deal. :-)
Bryanna - Nebraska
Current - New to me but not new MXT Pro and T2 SE2 - Previous Minelab Sovereign GT, Minelab Safari, Whites DFX, Whites Eagle Spectrum
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