rayoh
Full Member
- Jan 13, 2017
- 161
- 466
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab Etrac-Notka Legend
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I recently took possession of a used Legend version 1.09. I had watched many videos on youtube and had a pretty good idea on how to adjust it, but it is always better to have the detector in your hands. I assembled it and took it to my test garden. The detector seemed very well built, but within the first minute of swinging it, I noticed a bad to me wobble in the shaft. I traced it to the lower cam lock. As much as I fussed with it, it would not hold tight. Not bad, but not something I expected from this company.
Now for the test garden. Park one, multi one, sens 25, iron bias 3, recovery 4, 4 tones, and volume to suit me. It hit every target with excellent tones and steady numbers. I took a quick spin around my yard and did not expect anything good as it has been hit with all my detectors over the years. I purposely headed to where I had found a wheat penny spill last year. I had taken my Etrac to clean it up and if I found anything, it would be a testament to the Legend. Got some iron grunts and a faint whine of a signal that flashed intermittent low 40 numbers. I dug to about 8 inches before it got a signal with Carrot. I was expecting rusty iron, but not to be, a green wheatie from about 9 inches. Low and behold, I got another signal with my pinpointer and found another wheat penny. Not bad for a new to me detector
Now for actual hunts. Favorite park where any older coins are few and far between. Loads of modern trash, but still holds older coins, but most are in the 8 inch deep range. I used the same settings and realized that the tabs and most junk was in the 32 to 36 range. There are loads of bottle caps that are from the surface to 5 inches or so deep. The ferro check worked absolutely perfect on these caps and also, the tones seemed much harsher. This is a "huge plus" for park hunters. I started zeroing on nickels and in my ground, they read 24-26. I have dug at least 10 nickels and the Legend is as good as any detector identifying nickels. No silver, but I did dig three deep(8-9 inches) wheat pennies. This am, I headed back in between rain storms and headed to the trashiest pavilion at this park. I had an amazing experience on my very first target. Got a strong 38 signal, but when I slowed up, I got an intermittent high whine with a NOT repeatable 42 number. It was faint and I could not use the pinpoint button, but I did my best to "X" the faint signal. From about 5 inches I found an aluminum screw cap. I knew there was another target in the hole and sure enough, I did find one with my pinpointer about three inches deeper. It was a 1936 Canadian penny. At exactly that time, the rain came in buckets and my morning was done. This detector is showing to be as good as it's intended competition.
Now for the test garden. Park one, multi one, sens 25, iron bias 3, recovery 4, 4 tones, and volume to suit me. It hit every target with excellent tones and steady numbers. I took a quick spin around my yard and did not expect anything good as it has been hit with all my detectors over the years. I purposely headed to where I had found a wheat penny spill last year. I had taken my Etrac to clean it up and if I found anything, it would be a testament to the Legend. Got some iron grunts and a faint whine of a signal that flashed intermittent low 40 numbers. I dug to about 8 inches before it got a signal with Carrot. I was expecting rusty iron, but not to be, a green wheatie from about 9 inches. Low and behold, I got another signal with my pinpointer and found another wheat penny. Not bad for a new to me detector
Now for actual hunts. Favorite park where any older coins are few and far between. Loads of modern trash, but still holds older coins, but most are in the 8 inch deep range. I used the same settings and realized that the tabs and most junk was in the 32 to 36 range. There are loads of bottle caps that are from the surface to 5 inches or so deep. The ferro check worked absolutely perfect on these caps and also, the tones seemed much harsher. This is a "huge plus" for park hunters. I started zeroing on nickels and in my ground, they read 24-26. I have dug at least 10 nickels and the Legend is as good as any detector identifying nickels. No silver, but I did dig three deep(8-9 inches) wheat pennies. This am, I headed back in between rain storms and headed to the trashiest pavilion at this park. I had an amazing experience on my very first target. Got a strong 38 signal, but when I slowed up, I got an intermittent high whine with a NOT repeatable 42 number. It was faint and I could not use the pinpoint button, but I did my best to "X" the faint signal. From about 5 inches I found an aluminum screw cap. I knew there was another target in the hole and sure enough, I did find one with my pinpointer about three inches deeper. It was a 1936 Canadian penny. At exactly that time, the rain came in buckets and my morning was done. This detector is showing to be as good as it's intended competition.
