$600 to spend what should I buy?

[dugpenny]

Hi to everyone and what is the best detector for up to $600? I want to hunt coins and rings. Thanks

 

[gregl01]

OK I'll jump in!!! I assume you'd want a target ID meter and some advance disc ability..... How about White's M6 Matrix. I'd also look into Garrett GTP1350. If you didn't need a meter check out Tesoro Tejon. Good luck!!!!!
Greg

 

[dugpenny]

OK I'll jump in!!! I assume you'd want a target ID meter and some advance disc ability..... How about White's M6 Matrix. I'd also look into Garrett GTP1350. If you didn't need a meter check out Tesoro Tejon. Good luck!!!!!
Greg

Isn't the Tejon hard to use? Seems like I read that somewhere?

 

[Dimeman]

Hi to everyone and what is the best detector for up to $600? I want to hunt coins and rings. Thanks

White's M6 or Minelab Xterra 50

 

[digitalripley]

Fisher CZ20.

Here is a good way to check on the cz20. Do a search on CZ 20 reviews and read what the users say about their machines. Repairs are expensive (the machine is no longer being made) but for the added depth it will payoff. Minelab (forgot the model) and cz 20 have the best depths (whats more important in metal detecting?). Plus the cz20 is water proof to 250 feet.

I just read an article online where they field tested a bunch of machines and it was Minelab and the cz20 that lead the field. Third place was the top White's machine but it was inches less than the leaders depth. I'll see if I can find that website and I'll send you a link to it.

Good luck.

A.J.

 

[Capefearsman]

DP
I read that Fisher was not repairing the CZ20 anymore. Check this site out http://www.staffsmetaldetectors.co.uk/depth_test.htm and http://metaldetectorreviews.net/
Good luck

 

[dugpenny]

This is all so confusing.

Is there really a big difference in the depths of the top model land hunting VLF machines?

Penny

 

[Gribnitz]

Isn't the Tejon hard to use? Seems like I read that somewhere?

It's no harder to use than the fancy bell and whistle machines that make you second guess what your digging. The fancy machines can be a pain with all the programabilty, switching programs, figuring out which program to use, customizing your programs...blah blah blah. The only semi hard thing to learn on the Tejon is how to ground balance, which really isn't too hard. Then you just set your DISC knob for how much 'junk' your willing to dig, the sensitivity for how small and deep your willing to dig, and go for it.

 

[dugpenny]

Isn't the Tejon hard to use? Seems like I read that somewhere?

It's no harder to use than the fancy bell and whistle machines that make you second guess what your digging. The fancy machines can be a pain with all the programabilty, switching programs, figuring out which program to use, customizing your programs...blah blah blah. The only semi hard thing to learn on the Tejon is how to ground balance, which really isn't too hard. Then you just set your DISC knob for how much 'junk' your willing to dig, the sensitivity for how small and deep your willing to dig, and go for it.

Thanks. Is the Tejon really as deep as they say? I've heard it will detect a dime at 8 inches.

Penny

 

[TonyinCT]

There are a few that come in at around 600.00. The ones mentioned are all god choices. Let me know if I can be of any more help to you.

 

[spez401]

dugpenny...
one more question you need to ask, which is just as important as "what do you want to find?"

Where are you going to be doing the searching. If you're near a beach, or have any inclination for water hunting, look at some of the waterproof machines.

steve

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Hi to everyone and what is the best detector for up to $600? I want to hunt coins and rings. Thanks

I'll be different and say a Minelab Musketeer Advantage, a good set of Detector Pro headphones and a good pinpointer (like a Merlin). That's my rig and it gives good service and performance. No display, but never having had one I don't miss it.

 

[dugpenny]

I Ordered The Tejon Today

Thanks to everyone you all are great! 8)

In the end the Tesoro Tejon won the day with the depth, dual discrimination, warrentee, and above all---price

I sometimes hunt relic sites where the finds can be very deep due to farmer plowing and the like.

All the machines mentioned here sound great and I'll bet they all are. It's too bad I'm not rich and could just buy them all

Thanks again! 8)

dugpenny

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Excellent detector. Frequencies a little on the high end for large relics, but you'll make up for it in small gold objects.

If they didn't all have strengths and weaknesses we'd all be using the same units.

 

[dugpenny]

Excellent detector. Frequencies a little on the high end for large relics, but you'll make up for it in small gold objects.

If they didn't all have strengths and weaknesses we'd all be using the same units.

Thanks for the encouragement! 8)

I read where some don't like the Tejon but it seemed to me most who buy it do like it. Some almost love it.

But ya know something? I think this is true with all brands...don't you think so?

dugpenny

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

I really do. People get a brand loyalty or develop a baseless brand hatred for something they've never used (via osmosis?) I think a company that made total garbage wouldn't survive while if some other companies claims were supported by practice they'd drive all comers out of business. I also thing the words "Radical", "Improved" and "Next Generation" are all too often mistakenly confused for words like "Better" and should be more properly substituted for "Confusing", "Frustrating" and "Overly Complicated".

Everyone will find something with any detector, and no one will find everything with any single unit, but some will find more and more often and in worse conditions with the top end devices. Ouch, my brain hurts.

Detecting, whether coin shooting, treasure hunting or relic digging, is 60% detector and 40% brainwork. You ain't gonna find something where nothing is no matter what brand and price you choose.

And if you can't beat 'em with technology, dig everything and take 'em by sheer weight of averages. A crummy detector may pick up 60% trash, but if you dig 100 targets that's 40 good finds.

 

[Gribnitz]

Isn't the Tejon hard to use? Seems like I read that somewhere?

It's no harder to use than the fancy bell and whistle machines that make you second guess what your digging. The fancy machines can be a pain with all the programabilty, switching programs, figuring out which program to use, customizing your programs...blah blah blah. The only semi hard thing to learn on the Tejon is how to ground balance, which really isn't too hard. Then you just set your DISC knob for how much 'junk' your willing to dig, the sensitivity for how small and deep your willing to dig, and go for it.

Thanks. Is the Tejon really as deep as they say? I've heard it will detect a dime at 8 inches.

Penny

8 inches easily, but you will find that with the more you disc out, the more depth you lose. It's not an outrageous lose, but it's there. I usually hunt up in the foil range for relics, the F or O in foil, just to get rid of small iron targets in not real trashy areas. The tejon picks up brass and lead very well. It might not be as deep as the Nautilus, but it's a contender and weighs a lot less.

 

[AgileMJOLNIR]

Dug,

if this is your 1st detector then don't go diving in with the big boys. Many of the more high end detectors have a good learning curve to them so it would be easy for you to pick up on bad habits not to mention out of your $600 price range anyways. Here are the ones I recommend for jewelry and coins in your price range in no specific order.

1) Whites DFX (used)
2) Minelab X-terra 30 or 50
3) Sovereign GT (used)
4) Whites M6
5) Whites MXT

Ask yourself this though. Do you need depth where you will be hunting? Is your ground highly mineralized? Where and how you hunt makes a world of difference when it comes to detector selection.