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My standard F75 with the stock 11 inch coil does very well on very small jewelry, (must dig low numbers) as I’m always finding stud earrings in the tot lots & other small jewelry. I have used other detectors with adjustable higher frequencies and just end up spending 30% of my hunt time digging pieces of chain link fence & other junk metals, where the F75 hated these junk Targets.
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Rob in (ca)
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Garrett had to build a second factory wing, because the Ace Series was in such high demand .......I suspect Minelab will be adding a second wing also.
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Rob in (ca)
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Before I bought my ORX with the 9 inch HF coil ...... I was worried about poor Target ID ( very little information ..... all plowed field hunting) I only hunt for Coin & jewelry at the Active sports fields & Tot lots , mainly digging Low conductors .... To my surprise, The Target ID is pretty darn good....62 is a nickel ... 64 a Modern pull tab.
The ergonomics are a 10++++ I never wan
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Rob in (ca)
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For coin & jewelry on trashy parks & relic hunting.......can’t beat the G2+, with its Rock solid ID, even at max Depth ....Light weight .......wide VDI Range......Only draw back is one tone only ( VCO) AKA ....duck call ......some people don’t like it ....but it gives lots of information on the size of the target & depth of target ........At it’s low low price ....really can’t go w
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Rob in (ca)
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ozzie Wrote:
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> Hard to beat the stock 11" double d coil and the l
> ittle FT 5"....two awesome coils. Why not stick wi
> th them?
Ditto
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Rob in (ca)
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NASA-Tom Wrote:
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> Rob...……. are you having the same/exact problem wi
> th the Equinox?
Yes .....the Nox has a lot going for it, but a wide VDI Range is not one of them.
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Rob in (ca)
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Everything looks good , my only concerns are the dreaded narrow VDI range, where nickels -pull tabs - can slaw all fall in one VDI Number. Making cherry picking trashy parks unproductive.....Is January 2020 still the release date?
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Rob in (ca)
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If it gets Nox / Etrac type Depth ....yes ......but at this Price point ?..... I like the 8inch coil.
It's more of a Replacement for The Safari than The Xterra & The Safari was a Deep Detector, we will know in 4 Months.
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Rob in (ca)
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The spec"s shows it being a basic city park Detector/ Sports Field/ Tot Lot Type Detector. Throw it in your car, hit The city park after work for some coin & jewelry.
The Spec's looks good . Replacement for Xterra Line
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Rob in (ca)
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Ultimate 13 .....get good headphones, as the MXT has that modular audio that you can't turn off...so you can hear those faint whisper signals.
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Rob in (ca)
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The problem is the (deep ) steel bottle caps, once you dig out 5 scoops of sand and the coil is now near the bottle cap, it becomes obvious now that you have a cap.
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Rob in (ca)
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It's has a little slow processor & a little on the bulky side...... but has great discrimination .......if i was going to hunt a trashy park
the V3i would be my first pick. I can ID steel bottle caps instantly & I can cherry pick nickels within 100's of pull Tabs.
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Rob in (ca)
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Keep in mind FTP dramatically reduced the price of F75 .....call dealers.....the used F75's you see ....are darn near priced at what you can get new......good luck
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Rob in (ca)
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Minelabe is shooting themselves in the foot by not offering after market coils on the Nox or just offering a 7-8 Inch coil ...... a Nel Sharpshooter coil on a Nox would be deadly
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Rob in (ca)
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They Just raised the metal detector fees.... come out around 15% with free shipping ...keep in mind ....ebay still charges you the final fee on what ever you charge for shipping..... might as well just make it free shipping.....good luck on selling it.
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Rob in (ca)
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Arkansas Wrote:
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> Rob did you mean Garrett Infinium PI ???. I think
> it had some type of iron check thing.... I cant re
> member....LOL
Yes..... that's it ..... its been a long time... LOL ....$2500 bucks ...I sure hope it don't.
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Rob in (ca)
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