What brand of metal detector do you use?

[Andee]

Bounty Hunter Tracker IV here. Got it for my birthday 3 years ago, so that's what got me into TH'ing. Only problem is it's lack of depth and no Target Id. Oldest coin I've found with it is a dateless wheatie and oldest (and only) relic I've found with it is a satchel buckle from the 20's-30's. Who knows, maybe someday I'll upgrade.

 

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[grizzly bare]

Garrett user here. An older CX II with deep seeker and an Ace 250. Planning to get an IDX Pro SOON!
grizzly bare

 

[Monty]

Garrett, Garrett and Garrett!? GTI 2500, ACE 250, and Sea Hunter Mk II.? Very happy with all? three!? ?JIM

 

[jerryshunt]

just got a minelab quattro . isee no one uses one did i get gyped lol

 

[tallpaul]

i use a tesoro laser trident 1 and a whites classic sl ll with bm 950 coil

 

[nevrdundetecting]

I started out with a Bounty Hunter Pioneer EX that my wife and kids bought me for fathers day of this year, about three months later I purchased a White's Prizm III and I love it!!

HH

 

[rasrandy]

Started with whites coinmaster classic II, currently hunting with whites XLT.

 

[tallpaul]

i just became the proud owner of a brand new just out minelab x terra 50,, and ive tested this machine out what a beauty, i'll be useing this alot, great depth great discrim great sensitivity, great pinpointing, just a great machine, very light well balanced,, i recomend this

 

[Born2Dtect]

Minelab Quattro MP. Backup is a Whites IDX Pro.


ED

 

[TXKajun]

New MDer here. Ace 250 with the large coil and a TinyTec probe. Love 'em both!

HH, ya'll!

 

[Urban Gopher]

Whites DFX

 

[lou423]

I have 4 detectors

tesoro golden sabre...that is my main detector....it has three coils.

fisher 1212-x... back up detector...i use it on kid's playgrounds.

tesoro sand shark...i use it on the beach and in the water..wadding...

minelab sovereign gt... i use this one when i do not mind digging a trench to find the target.

i allways fill the holes...

 

[frogsmile]

I used a bounty hunter big bud for about 3 years and when i wanted more depth i went to a whites xlt. For the water i have a fisher impulse it is a great machine and it is a silent non motion machine so it is so easy to use and to pin point with.

 

[1liquigirl]

I use a Garrett Ace 250 and Automax Precision V2 Pinpointer. Just love my Garrett , anybody hear me?

 

[Gabbit]

I hear ya -- !! Used an ace-250 myself for about 4 months ? had to get myself an explorer2 not long after I started ? Addictive hobby isn?t it?

 

[1liquigirl]

Gabbit, You'll have to let us all know how the Explorer2 is, I bought the Garrett since I had heard so many great things about it. I'm very pleased with it. So to all of you who have been thinking about getting one, buy it!

 

[bobm31]

Garrett Ace 250

 

[Gabbit]

Gabbit, You'll have to let us all know how the Explorer2 is, I bought the Garrett since I had heard so many great things about it. I'm very pleased with it. So to all of you who have been thinking about getting one, buy it!

Liquigirl,

I read someplace that you should expect to pay about $100 per inch in depth. The explorer cost about $1,200 and I am getting up to 12? deep on some of the coins I dig. I have been going to an old ball field that has been hunted over and over again and in my past 3 trips I have pulled ?

27 wheat pennies
9 mercs
2 barber dimes
1 Indian head penny
1 Silver ring

I like to believe that the reason that I found all of this in a heavily hunted area is because I have one of the best detectors on the market. I just added the sunray x-1 probe to the EX2 about 2 weeks ago and I love it. I would rather have the V-2 pin-pointer for shallow targets ( 2? or less ) but anything deeper than that the x-1 will save you a lot of time trying to fide those deeper targets. Some of the bad things you will hear about the EX2 is it plays flute music ( to noisy ) and it is way to heavy. I find neither of those to be a problem ? I am still pretty young ? in about 30 years the weight might become cumbersome, but they do make contraptions that help distribute the weight to other places than your arm/shoulder (the swingie thingie). The one thing that I don?t like is I can?t get close to any large pieces of metal such as metal fence w/out the detector going off. I am sure you have read many of the posts on the form and most people seem to be pretty brand loyal ? I could care less about what name is on the detector I just want the best. If Whites were to make a detector that performs hands down better than the EX2 I would want one. In the end though the most important part of a metal detector is the user. You have to understand what any machine is telling you, you won?t find anything if you don?t get out, and when in doubt dig it. I started less than a year ago, but so far I love the hobby ? I enjoy reading the posts on this forum, which I also consider to be the best on the web. Metal detecting has renewed my curiosity and given me something to look forward to on the weekends.

 

[1liquigirl]

Gabbit, thanks for filling us in. It looks like the EX2 will be my next purchase, it sounds great.

 

[Ray-King]

I'm a Newbie too and i've had my Garrett Ace 250 for 3 or 4 weeks now.
It's a good machine but it don't like salty WET SAND. Apart from that,
I LOVE IT.!!! and i have found 2 Silver rings, SO FAR.