Question about detector. Need advice.

[Bama_BigJohn]

I'm trying to narrow down what detector I should go after and hope ya'll have some good advice. I'm a newbie and have never owned one. I will be detecting in the Northern Alabama, middle Tennessee, Northwestern Georgia area. I'd like to shoot for coins, jewelry and I also pan gold so I'd like one that could have a shot at that too. I'd like visual target ID also. Any suggestions as to a good machine to start with? Thanks in advance. John

 

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[mtntrekr2]

Get an Ace 250. Simple to use. Easy to learn. And will teach you a lot. Not to say easy to resell if you loose the bug.

Just my thoughts
Joe

 

[cntrydncr1]

Get an Ace 250. Simple to use. Easy to learn. And will teach you a lot. Not to say easy to resell if you loose the bug.

Just my thoughts
Joe

Ditto! great little machine. I love mine

 

[Sandman]

Hi John, It is hard to have a detector that excels at all types of detection as most of us have one for each type of hunt we like to do. Sort of like golf clubs or firearms. Ya just can't have just one......

With that in mind I think the Whites DFX or better yet the MXT would suit ya just fine. With a couple different sized coils you'd be pretty much set for tons of fun and finds.

For a field test on the MXT http://losttreasure.com/fieldtests/ArchiveView07.cfm?ID=lt20030137

Good Luck,
Sandman

 

[TimC (North Alabama)]

MXT for sure, Its always best to start with the best machine you can afford, that way with an MXT you won't have to upgrade in a month if you really get into it or even if you don't the MXT is really easy to sell and holds a good resale value so you can make a lot of your money back and a transferrable warranty for the new owner.

 

[sqwaby]

I own a ace 250 and think its a good first machine, for coins and jewelry. Don't think its going to work well as a prospecting machine.

 

[thompy]

mxt, xterra 70, t-2, f-75 and f-70 are all sensitive for gold, as far as prospecting

 

[Eu_citzen]

I would never recommend any Ace for prospecting (I don't know ground conditions) because it has preset ground balance meaning it can only "ignore" a certain amount of minerals without turning down sensitivity.

If ground conditions allow it will find gold if it is big and shallow enough.

Ah yes MXT, X-Terra70, F75, GTI 2500 should do fairly well.

I recommend GTI 2500 because your in the US, if your outside the US forget about it.

 

[liftloop]

eu_sitzen, what do you mean out of the u.s. for get about it. I don't understand like,fill us in please?

 

[Ramapirate]

I know y'all are going to ask if I'm bi-polar or something (due to my normal love of the Ace 250)
but it really depends on how much money you want to spend. You will not beat the Ace 250 for
less than $500. That's where you start getting into machines that can do more for you than the
$212.00 or so Ace 250. And I've been told that by the pros. (Get the big coil for it, well worth
the extra money)

My two cents worth,
Ramapirate

 

[Eu_citzen]

eu_sitzen, what do you mean out of the u.s. for get about it. I don't understand like,fill us in please?

I don't think the discrimination is not good for Europe, should have been more specific.
Because I know John Edmonton has success with his outside the US. He's in Canada.

24 notches does not well representing 100's of old coins that you could run your coil over, I know many modern coins will read around even down to the iron area although they are close to completely free of iron.
(there might be some because of ground mineralization among other)

The discrimination here on MY coins is very jumpy, average was 7 "jumps" (between the notches) per coin,.
Try learning 100's of coins if they average with 7 jumps per coin.. I bet you can do the math.

I hope that helps, but yes if there is anything there it will certainly find it if it ain't to small or deep.

It gets coins at 8" in factory presets in my low mineralized ground. (The GTI 2500)

I did have one once.

 

[littletwig]

M6 great for coin and jewelery and pretty darn good for prospecting.