Mell0w Sl0w
Jr. Member
- Sep 7, 2015
- 76
- 33
- Detector(s) used
- whites coinmaster pro, whites bulls eye TRX
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
ive been going crazy for about two months now trying to figure out which new detector suits me, only the more I look into it the more confused I become. So, im gonna try to give a bit of a detailed description of the terrain I am hunting, my experience with past machines and my overall expectations of what would make me happy with my new rig.
I live in north GA and I hunt in very dense red clay soil, My current metal detector is a whites coinmaster pro. While this has been a perfectly acceptable entry level machine, I think Its time for me to graduate into something a little more advanced. My main complaint with the coinmaster pro, other than the fact that it sometimes spazzes out for an hour or two at a time (kind of scaring me away from whites electronics) is the depth. I realize people in different areas, in different terrains report decent depths out of the coinmaster, but for me, 3 or 4 inches is about it. A bit deeper if I go out after a hard rain but I think my findings have been really limited by the fact that im just not getting deep enough. I have hit tin cans close to 10 inches in a wet, sandy creek bed......but not that red clay.
so I guess my first question is, what is the best, most reasonably priced machine that will get me some deeper readings? I have been seriously looking into a garrett AT PRO....I have watched lots of review videos and I really like what I see. Plus it is right in my price range, but do you guys think I will again, outgrow the AT PRO and be looking to upgrade again in a year? if that is the case than I have also been looking into the Minelabs ETRAC.......or are these two machines so far different it is not even worth comparing them? The etrac is really out of my comfortable price range, but would spend it if I was convinced the AT PRO was going to be a let down and not too much better than what I currently have.
I don't want to take the easy way out, I believe in really truly learning to use your detector to the best of it's abilities but with that said I am also not interested in overcomplicating things with an over abundance of bells and whistles. I honestly, probably wouldn't be looking for an upgrade if the coinmaster pro went deeper.
I guess that about explains my situation, but I have one final plea......please don't post here "hey you should check out a *insert random detector" just because that is what you use.....I am mainly interested in hearing peoples opinions regarding my type of soil, depth and the machines I have mentioned. If u are familiar with red clay soil and u are using a machine I haven't mentioned than I would like to hear about it, but my main goal is to be LESS confused after I get some replies here, not to have 100 more detectors to look at and an even more frazzled mind
thanks in advance for all the shared wisdom
I live in north GA and I hunt in very dense red clay soil, My current metal detector is a whites coinmaster pro. While this has been a perfectly acceptable entry level machine, I think Its time for me to graduate into something a little more advanced. My main complaint with the coinmaster pro, other than the fact that it sometimes spazzes out for an hour or two at a time (kind of scaring me away from whites electronics) is the depth. I realize people in different areas, in different terrains report decent depths out of the coinmaster, but for me, 3 or 4 inches is about it. A bit deeper if I go out after a hard rain but I think my findings have been really limited by the fact that im just not getting deep enough. I have hit tin cans close to 10 inches in a wet, sandy creek bed......but not that red clay.
so I guess my first question is, what is the best, most reasonably priced machine that will get me some deeper readings? I have been seriously looking into a garrett AT PRO....I have watched lots of review videos and I really like what I see. Plus it is right in my price range, but do you guys think I will again, outgrow the AT PRO and be looking to upgrade again in a year? if that is the case than I have also been looking into the Minelabs ETRAC.......or are these two machines so far different it is not even worth comparing them? The etrac is really out of my comfortable price range, but would spend it if I was convinced the AT PRO was going to be a let down and not too much better than what I currently have.
I don't want to take the easy way out, I believe in really truly learning to use your detector to the best of it's abilities but with that said I am also not interested in overcomplicating things with an over abundance of bells and whistles. I honestly, probably wouldn't be looking for an upgrade if the coinmaster pro went deeper.
I guess that about explains my situation, but I have one final plea......please don't post here "hey you should check out a *insert random detector" just because that is what you use.....I am mainly interested in hearing peoples opinions regarding my type of soil, depth and the machines I have mentioned. If u are familiar with red clay soil and u are using a machine I haven't mentioned than I would like to hear about it, but my main goal is to be LESS confused after I get some replies here, not to have 100 more detectors to look at and an even more frazzled mind
thanks in advance for all the shared wisdom