Advice on buying a new detector

[sscindercoop]

I posted in this forum because it seems like most of you have a lot of experience with different detectors. Im looking to buy another detector mostly for coins and a little jewelry hunting. I have a gtp 1350 and i think its a pretty good machine. Im looking to spend up two 400 or so. Ive read so many reviews and its just so hard to choose. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Indyfan73]

i bought the whites classic 5ID back in march and love it check out my listing to see why

 

[dfx willy]

400 bucks id check out some used mxt,s i have a dfx 300 but thats to pricey dont tell anybody but i have been checking out the mine labs they seem to go to some great depths. willy.

 

[CRUSADER]

Land or beach?

 

[DMN]

I have a Minelab xTerra 70 and while I like it, it is tricky to get the settings right. I am still tinkering with mine to get it to locate targets without the broken signal. I guess you can't avoid those pulltabs, but it seems to skip alot on the nickels too. If you can get a unit with a depth meter, you're way ahead.

 

[Dan32981]

Whites Prizm III is a great turn on and go machine and runs about 350-400. I use a Whites DFX and the Whites Prizm III as well as a Whites Classic II.

-Dan

 

[Fr3nchy27]

I would try to find a Fisher 1225 or 1236. These are awesome machines. The 1225 runs about $270.00 and the 1236 runs about $330.00.

 

[ivan salis]

a lot depends on where you hunt and what your after --in the water or dry land only --in a area with high minerals or no ? -- all these factors matter when choosing a "best" for me machine in my area / budget .

 

[Detectingfreak]

If you can save a little bit more then get the whites MXT! Even though I have a minelab, my buddy JuJu uses his MXT and goes out every day and gets tons of cool stuff!

 

[fatheadnc]

The MXT is a great machine for copper,gold and relics but it falls short on silver. I tested it against several higher end units and on silver it is only an average detector. On gold and copper however it is a nice easy to use deep seeker. Minelabs(Explorers,Sovereigns) and Fisher CZ's are the best deep silver hunters.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

I see that you are in New York so, Heavy mineralization is not a concern. I would recommend One of the new Minelab exterra's Either the (305)-->$398.00 (505)-->$549.95 or, the sweet little (705)--> 698.95 I have the pricey etrac that sells for abour 1,895 bucks. I also have a musketeer which I had found a lot of goodies and still use that sells for $698.95 Go with the exTerra (505) or (705) ideally if, you can excuse the pun, Swing it. It's not rocket science so, don't get confused with all the different types of machines out there. I had my choice of companies to deal with and chose Minelab because (a) they donate machines for kids (b) The electronics used in Minelab are used for Misc. US government gadgets. Minelab metal detectors are used solely by the US government in military minesweeping......I did not go with Whites because they are not concerned on donating for educating kids ....that's what they basicly told me in Oregon 2 years ago. Not to say that they arent a good machine, they are! but thats the way I went. Keep it simple and have fun!

 

[ivan salis]

dfferant freqs are better at finding differant stuff find the sweet freq for silver and look at the machines that use it

 

[allen]

good luck....

 

[sscindercoop]

I will be hunting land not the beach here in ny. I thought about the mxt but Ive herd not to good for deep silver.

 

[W6PEA]

I will be hunting land not the beach here in ny. I thought about the mxt but Ive herd not to good for deep silver.

I have a Sovereign GT, I use the 10 in stock coil on it. I also have a WOT Coiltek for it, I get about 1 ft. to 1.5 ft with the 10 in. With the WOT I get about 3ft in sand at the beach. In hard pack ground about the same maybe a little more depending on the mineralization. I also have a SD2200v2 but haven't used it yet at the beach or anywhere for that matter, it depends on how much I want to dig. With either coil.

 

[Bridge End Farm]

hit up your local club or MD shops

they know best what works well in your area

plus you can try them out and see how they feel to you

we all have different tastes and different styles

kinda like cars some like chevys, some like fords, and some like desotos

400 can get you a fine machine in any of the manufactors machines

 

[STH69]

Start small and work your way up, I have the ACE 250 and it has paid for itself in 2 months! So any clad now goes to the big dawg and it will be a high end MD, GL!