OK, I have the prizm III, fantastic coin and jewelry machine....I have no complaints, but I want to do some wet sand salt water beach searching and some relic hunting as well, I have set my budget at 800usd for a new machine, I'm looking at the M6....I would like your thoughts on the best machine for that price, is the M6 worth it?
Getting a new detector.....what to get
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I have never used the M6, but you might check out and do some reading on the Sovereign GT.
It is the land version of the ML Excal. You cant get it wet, but it works very well in the wet salt sand and in the water at the shoreline of the salt water beaches.
http://www.garysdetecting.co.uk/sovgt.htm
It is the land version of the ML Excal. You cant get it wet, but it works very well in the wet salt sand and in the water at the shoreline of the salt water beaches.
http://www.garysdetecting.co.uk/sovgt.htm
BioProfessor
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Wet sand and a little salt water will be OK. Black sand and some beach replenishing techniques will shut you down. If there is black sand, PI will be the only way to go IMHO.
Daryl
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Both the ML Excal and the Sovereign handle the black sand well on beaches here that I have been on.
I use both and so far there has been no problems with either. If you use a PI here on our beaches you will be digging a lot of holes to China for bobby pins and tiny pieces of iron. I have seen several hunters do it. On clean beaches they are great, but on beaches around here there are a lot of tiny pieces of iron, bobby pins and nails from docks and structures tore up by the hurricanes.
For me, life is too short to waste it digging those holes, besides I can't see the bikinis from the bottom of those holes
I use both and so far there has been no problems with either. If you use a PI here on our beaches you will be digging a lot of holes to China for bobby pins and tiny pieces of iron. I have seen several hunters do it. On clean beaches they are great, but on beaches around here there are a lot of tiny pieces of iron, bobby pins and nails from docks and structures tore up by the hurricanes.
For me, life is too short to waste it digging those holes, besides I can't see the bikinis from the bottom of those holes
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Tis a difficult choice,i have my prizmIII but want a good, deep detector, I looked at some fishers,but kinda got leary of them after reading about poor service from them, I looked at a minelab, but i dont have a dealer close to me andI like to get hands on.....the local guy here only sells whites and tesoro detectors, which I havent really checked out but here good things about them, the m6 looks like a great detector so far
- Jul 27, 2006
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I bet if you looked on here, you could find someone fairly close to you who could give you a demo on one. It was only a suggestion, not trying to stear you to Sovereign, only that I know it works very well on the beach and have read good things for it on the land hunting.
Either way good luck and good hunting.
Either way good luck and good hunting.
John (Ma)
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The M6 appears to be a good detector for a do all. Although, I like what I hear about Tesoro, only I do not have a dealer close to check them out. I don't think you can go wrong with the M6, but like I say, I would like to check out Tesoro, too.
thompy
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im sure you would be happy with the m6 never heard anything bad about them, are you talking fresh water or salt beaches? read the m6 didwell on both
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robert roy
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Go to www.losttreasure.com
and click on field tests. They have some well done reports on WHites M6 AND the MXT. Personally I think the MXT is the way to go, but you'll befine with the M6.
Losttreasure.com is a great resource. CHeck it out.
rob
and click on field tests. They have some well done reports on WHites M6 AND the MXT. Personally I think the MXT is the way to go, but you'll befine with the M6.
Losttreasure.com is a great resource. CHeck it out.
rob
