GibH
Silver Member
I just bought one for giggles. It was cheap enough, 200 shipped new. It is the same detector sold as the Cobra Beach Magnet. I know there is an older thread here discussing it, but I thought I would try and get a newer take on it.
My thoughts so far, a depth demon it ain't. It seems to pick up most objects at about 6" or less. After testing it out in the yard, I can say the discrimination actually works. I've seen people write that using any disc at all and it kills any depth. I found that turning the disc up to about 5 and it gives a broken signal on ferrous metals without loss of depth on gold or coins. AS I said before, not really a depth demon anyway.
The specs I've seen have said it operates at 12.5khz, but the manual says 2.4khz. I don't have the equipment to say one way or the other, but I know with the $50 MD6000 I tried from Wallyworld last year, you had to shove a gold ring in the hole of the coil to pick it up. It was 2.4.
The 10" appears to be joke. It doesn't pick up anything until well inside the outer ring. I haven't tried it in the water yet, but will do some tests in both brackish and salt water and see what happens. I'll post the findings here. The purpose here is to see if there is a cheap alternative for people who have limited funds to get started water detecting. The MD6000/MD9600 is an absolute waste and was overpriced at $50 wallyworld sold them for. It only cost me $.99 ship to home to find it out.
Kind of a weird set up. It's heavy and not well balanced. If I keep it, I will drill some holes in the s-rod and add a spring clip to the lower rod. Right now the lower rod just slides in and it has a twist lock to tighten down on it. It will also be easy enough to make a hip mount for it.
My thoughts so far, a depth demon it ain't. It seems to pick up most objects at about 6" or less. After testing it out in the yard, I can say the discrimination actually works. I've seen people write that using any disc at all and it kills any depth. I found that turning the disc up to about 5 and it gives a broken signal on ferrous metals without loss of depth on gold or coins. AS I said before, not really a depth demon anyway.
The specs I've seen have said it operates at 12.5khz, but the manual says 2.4khz. I don't have the equipment to say one way or the other, but I know with the $50 MD6000 I tried from Wallyworld last year, you had to shove a gold ring in the hole of the coil to pick it up. It was 2.4.
The 10" appears to be joke. It doesn't pick up anything until well inside the outer ring. I haven't tried it in the water yet, but will do some tests in both brackish and salt water and see what happens. I'll post the findings here. The purpose here is to see if there is a cheap alternative for people who have limited funds to get started water detecting. The MD6000/MD9600 is an absolute waste and was overpriced at $50 wallyworld sold them for. It only cost me $.99 ship to home to find it out.
Kind of a weird set up. It's heavy and not well balanced. If I keep it, I will drill some holes in the s-rod and add a spring clip to the lower rod. Right now the lower rod just slides in and it has a twist lock to tighten down on it. It will also be easy enough to make a hip mount for it.
