If money were no object...

RustyGold

Gold Member
Aug 16, 2013
9,372
10,901
Southern California
Detector(s) used
XP Deus I & II
Xterra Pro
Primary Interest:
Other
Depending on the area you hunt, Beach, Water or Field You need to get a detector that suits your environment for the proper operation. The skills will come with whatever the appropriate detector for that environment.
 

DannyB.

Hero Member
Jan 20, 2015
532
514
Washington/Texas
Detector(s) used
Tesoro Compadre
Tesoro Silver UMax
Fisher 1265x
Fisher F75 SE LTD
Bounty Hunter LRP
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
CTX or Deus.. maybe? I'd love to have a good VLF beach machine for wet sand mostly.
 

Charlie P. (NY)

Gold Member
Feb 3, 2006
13,004
17,108
South Central Upstate NY in the foothills of the h
Detector(s) used
Minelab Musketeer Advantage Pro w/8" & 10" DD coils/Fisher F75se(Upgraded to LTD2) w/11" DD, 6.5" concentric & 9.5" NEL Sharpshooter DD coils/Sunray FX-1 Probe & F-Point/Black Widows/Rattler headphone
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
I guess a CTX3030 and all the available coil options.
 

dsdigger

Bronze Member
Jan 5, 2017
1,389
1,191
Shenandoah Valley, VA
Detector(s) used
Minelab Equinox 600, Whites MX Sport, Whites Coinmaster, Minelab Explorer XS, Kellyco Vulcan 360, Lesche Digger, Rattler headphone, Park Ranger Bag by "Freeloader"
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Money no object? The top of each brand. If I have to pick either the CTX-3030 or the XP Deus.
 

Loco-Digger

Gold Member
Jun 16, 2014
11,827
17,744
Northern O-H-I-O
🥇 Banner finds
1
Detector(s) used
F75 LTD, 1280X Aquanaut, & a Patriot (back-up/loaner)
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
If money was no object, I'd retire and buy a 300k motor coach and drive around to meet all the tnet members and dig on their turf. As for metal detectors I would buy a CTX 3030 to replace my 1280x Aquanaut and maybe get a AKA Signum MFD Pro deep search metal detector to do some CW relic hunting. My F75LTD2 and XP Deus would stay in my arsenal, I might buy the 9" coil for the Deus though.
 

bill_wabo

Bronze Member
Sep 12, 2014
1,055
876
Quebec
Detector(s) used
helmet from pomelo
Teknetics Delta 4000,
Tesoro Mojave,
Garrett Carrott
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Since I can't put as much time as I want in the hobby this year, the best choice for me would be to get the 2 or 3 detectors that are the best for my type of hunts. I don't want to buy the top of the line detector, if it takes me many seasons to understand and operate properly, jmho.
 

SusanMN

Silver Member
Jun 1, 2007
4,534
4,098
Minnesota
Detector(s) used
Tiger Shark, Xterra 705, Makro Legend
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
An Deus for land, an Excal for salt water. And a Makro, a White Sport and an AT Pro just so I could compare the three.
 

Geobound

Hero Member
Feb 21, 2017
614
867
Ontario
Detector(s) used
XP Deus (2019)
Fisher CZ-21 (2019)
CTX 3030 (April 2017)
AT Pro
Garrett Carrot
Pro Pointer
Stavr Scoop Moonstrik 6
Stealth 720i (BNIB)
Home made beach scoop
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Radio shack

Like this one?

The last time I checked it still had the Radio Shack batteries for the 70's in it too. LOL

As for modern detector.........probably the CTX 3030
 

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Icewing

Silver Member
Jan 5, 2016
2,633
5,494
NW Arkanslaw
Detector(s) used
Minelab Equinox 900 / Garrett PropointerAT.
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
If money were no object, would you still hunt treasure?
That's a real question.
 

Geobound

Hero Member
Feb 21, 2017
614
867
Ontario
Detector(s) used
XP Deus (2019)
Fisher CZ-21 (2019)
CTX 3030 (April 2017)
AT Pro
Garrett Carrot
Pro Pointer
Stavr Scoop Moonstrik 6
Stealth 720i (BNIB)
Home made beach scoop
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Yep.

I do this for fun, not money.......and I have the bottle caps and ring pulls to prove it. LOL.....
 

BigWaveDave

Gold Member
Nov 22, 2013
9,323
16,998
Mountain Maryland
🥇 Banner finds
2
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
4
Detector(s) used
Garrett AT Pro, AT Max, Minelab
Equinox 800
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
I'd buy back my 350 from a buddy of mine, he never uses it.
 

Cole55

Jr. Member
Dec 29, 2015
67
94
Chester county, Pennsylvania
Detector(s) used
Whites spectrum XLT/ XP Deus.
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
I have always been a whites guy. 16 years to be more exact. But I just got the XP deus.....and I LOVE IT!!!! so simple and yet so effective. I couldn't be happier
 

MrMikeJackie

Bronze Member
Nov 3, 2013
1,751
2,258
Long Island
🥇 Banner finds
2
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
CTX 3030,
Xp Deus,
That's it, I'm done.
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Minelab GPX5000 and 4 orange cones.
 

dsdigger

Bronze Member
Jan 5, 2017
1,389
1,191
Shenandoah Valley, VA
Detector(s) used
Minelab Equinox 600, Whites MX Sport, Whites Coinmaster, Minelab Explorer XS, Kellyco Vulcan 360, Lesche Digger, Rattler headphone, Park Ranger Bag by "Freeloader"
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Icewing, Time for new post!
 

Ammoman

Bronze Member
Oct 12, 2015
2,211
5,348
NC
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
XP Deus, Nokta Impact, Tesoro Compadre..
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Im happy with the detectors i have...if money were not an issue, i would instead purchase every piece of property i ever wanted to detect and have the biggest playground on earth! When it comes to permission, i've never said no to myself.
 

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