maxxkatt said:
and what is your current "go to" detector that you use most of the time?
and PLEASE no comparisons!!!! but answering why are your reasons for your selection is helpful to others.
I do not have a single-use detector. Instead, from using many makes and models, with coils best suited for me and my wants and needs, I have 'assigned' my detectors to three 'teams':
'Regular-Carry' are units that I keep in my vehicle for daily travels in case I chance upon a new site to hunt, or just want to get out for some relaxing detecting. These include my Nokta / Makro Simplex + w/11" DD and modified White's IDX Pro w/6½" Con.
'Relic Team' for those times I head out for a long day or week outing of searching ghost towns, homesteads, old encampments, or select activity places like dance hall, stage stop, RR depot, or other remote type places likely to have building rubble and a more dense amount of nails and other ferrous and non-ferrous debris to deal with. These units are my Nokta / Makro FORS CoRe w/
'OOR' DD and FORS Relic w/5" DD,
XP ORX w/5X9½ DD HF and Tesoro Bandido II µMAX w/6" Con.
Coin & Jewelry Team for day-long or week-long trips to concentrate on urban Coin & Jewelry producing sites such as parks and schools, tot-lots, picnic areas, sports fields, private yards, and any popular-use urban location. For this I load up a Nokta / Makro FORS Relic w/5" DD, Makro Racer 2 w/7" Con.,
XP ORX w/9" X35 DD and Tesoro Silver Sabre µMAX w/6" Con.
'maxxkatt' to understand WHY I selected what I use, Jeff describes it well in his reply:
jmaclen said:
After burning through at least 20 great detectors since I retired two years ago during which I accidentally became a used detector dealer (at least it seems like it), if you asked me to go detecting with you at any place anywhere I would pick up my Equinox 800. If you said I could bring a second detector it would be a Tesoro Cibola. These two detectors have found me the most amazing things and I feel right at home with them since they just clicked with me.
I've been at this longer and have 'burned though' a lot more units as I 'adjust' my Detector Outfit based on any remarkable changes in detectors that come on the market. And like Jeff,
"I feel right at home" with these because they 'clicked' with me for where I use them.
jmaclen said:
Most detectors take all of my attention while I try to understand what they are saying to me and I have to really concentrate on just operating them. These two detectors spoke languages that I could immediately understand. I can't really explain it. I have used other Minelabs and Tesoros and that connection did not happen. ???????
Jeff
I rely on an audible response more than a visual display, and each make and model detector seems to have their own 'language', too. It takes ample time afield with your detector(s) to learn their language and get comfortable with how they work and what we hear conveyed to us.
There's my long but simple answer.
Monte