Apex summer and fall
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Rock Jock
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Sure looks like you had a good time! Glad to see the Apex cutting notches. Where are you operating generally?
Princess
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Wow, that's an impressive amount of jewelry! Great hunting. 
When I watched the Apex release video, I was intrigued with Garrett's newest detector. It appears to be a capable machine! I would be interested in hearing more about what you think of your detector, since you've had plenty of experience with it. How would you summarize the Apex? Although I'm personally not in the market for a detector (my Ace 250 is just right for me), I'm curious because I do not see many reports from Apex users. The specs of this machine look great, and I think it would be nice to hear some first-hand reviews.
When I watched the Apex release video, I was intrigued with Garrett's newest detector. It appears to be a capable machine! I would be interested in hearing more about what you think of your detector, since you've had plenty of experience with it. How would you summarize the Apex? Although I'm personally not in the market for a detector (my Ace 250 is just right for me), I'm curious because I do not see many reports from Apex users. The specs of this machine look great, and I think it would be nice to hear some first-hand reviews.
Trashfinder
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I am really glad it turned out to be a decent beach machine, I am stuck in the middle of the dry land mass and had hoped it would be a great land machine too, but just could not compete with my dry dirt machines. I look forward to a more elite land model in the future. Great job on the beach!
longbow62
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Good job on all that loot! The Apex appears to get it done on the beach.
Monte
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The Lama: Congrats on your success. It doesn't surprise me that the Apex is performing so well for you. I know I enjoy my three Apex devices, keeping a different coil on each to be reedy to grab-and-go. The Apex is my primary-use unit with Target ID.
Princess: I feel Garrett erred in grouping the Apex with the Ace series. It is not an Ace in deign or function. The Apex is a wonderful detector I have been using mine since it first was released, and I now own 3 Apex units. I keep a different coil mounted on each one, but my primary-use unit has the 'Ripper' coil mounted.
I can use it in urban Coin Hunting applications but also for some of my Relic Hunting tasks where I am working in a lot of Iron debris. I bought all of mine with the wireless MS-3 headphones so they are all paired, and the audio is great. I paid $400 for one of them and $425 for the others.
Monte
Princess: I feel Garrett erred in grouping the Apex with the Ace series. It is not an Ace in deign or function. The Apex is a wonderful detector I have been using mine since it first was released, and I now own 3 Apex units. I keep a different coil mounted on each one, but my primary-use unit has the 'Ripper' coil mounted.
I can use it in urban Coin Hunting applications but also for some of my Relic Hunting tasks where I am working in a lot of Iron debris. I bought all of mine with the wireless MS-3 headphones so they are all paired, and the audio is great. I paid $400 for one of them and $425 for the others.
Monte
Monte
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Sorry to hear the Apex didn't work out for you. I'm not close to a beach (coastal) and use my Apex devices for all sort of land-based hunting. I have three of them and keep the 'Raider' coil mounted on one should I hunt a plowed field, rangeland, pasture, etc. Currently I have a NEL 5" DD on another for working in very dense trash. My full-time use Apex keeps the 'Ripper' coil mounted.Trashfinder: said:
All of mine have the 1.28 update and that eliminated some chatter with one of them and all three units work very well. Good depth in open areas, and quick-response when working in heavy debris.
Monte
The Lama
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Hi Princess.and no Raider 5 i'm not talking to you ,regarding the apex i really like it.The performance on ocean beaches is phenomenal especially on the black sand so much so that i've only used my next favorite ocean detector a couple of times in the last year and half and it cost 3 times the cost of an apex.The other benefit is it's pretty good as a nugget hunter. we tested it at the shop i bought it at and the owner is a prospector.I think i recall you being a park hunter from the central valley in which case your ace is fine ,i think there's very few gold rings in California parks that ultra expensive detectors will hit that the ace 250 would miss.The thing detector snobs don't like about the 250 is the little delay when you sweep over a target but that doesn't bother me at all you get used to it in about 15 minutes so keep at it.
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This is an absolutely fantastic picture and post. Love it!
Princess
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Thanks for the informative responses! I've noted that the Apex hasn't received much acclamation on this forum, and so it's nice to hear from Apex users about your experience with it. Yes, I am indeed mainly a park hunter, though in the Midwest, not the Central Valley. As I said, I'm very content with my Ace 250, so I'm not in the market for the Apex, but I hope Garrett does well with the sales of this detector.
John-Edmonton
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That is just awesome! My Garrett's have always done well with jewelry. Thanks for posting.
mxtswinger
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Holy Moly! That is a nice pile of bling. Still learning my new Apex. Glad to know it likes jewelry that well. Congrats.
The Lama
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Thanks you guys,i do have a question for you other apex users has any of you tried multi salt instead of mf on dirt or dry sand i do on dry sand and suspect the frequencies are a slightly lower range so it's slightly less hot on micro foil but still can nail gold chains and you don't have to back off on sens but then again i could be imagining this
Monte
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I love my three Apex devices, but you are not going to do well trying MS (Multi-Salt) on dry ground because it will not Ground Balance to the more challenging iron mineralized ground. It is best suited for wet alkaline environments or a wet saltwater beach.
Gold chains, if small and thin, can be as difficult as "micro jewelry' in many environments. SMF can do certain things for us, but it is not 'perfect' for all applications. It also might not provide the best depth or other performance depending upon the environment while a Selectable Single-Frequency can have an advantage. Quite often, based on the site I am hunting, I will opt for 10 kHz or 15 kHz. I might get a little better performance, and if there's EMI, selecting a Single Frequency will often eliminate the issue.
Don't hesitate using a Single Frequency instead of MF from time to time and find out what or when it works to your advantage. The Apex was engineered the way it is for good reason.
Monte
Gold chains, if small and thin, can be as difficult as "micro jewelry' in many environments. SMF can do certain things for us, but it is not 'perfect' for all applications. It also might not provide the best depth or other performance depending upon the environment while a Selectable Single-Frequency can have an advantage. Quite often, based on the site I am hunting, I will opt for 10 kHz or 15 kHz. I might get a little better performance, and if there's EMI, selecting a Single Frequency will often eliminate the issue.
Don't hesitate using a Single Frequency instead of MF from time to time and find out what or when it works to your advantage. The Apex was engineered the way it is for good reason.
Monte
Rock Jock
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This is a little off topic, but since you mentioned plowed fields and I am also using a Garrett (ATMax), I thought I would ask you and any others with such experience, how you detect in deeply plowed furrows. Any thoughts to share?
Monte
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Most of the time I'm on relatively flat or or smooth range land or pasture land, and I am fortunate that I do not encounter encounter too many fields with deep furrows.Rock Jock: said:
On my Apex I use the 8.5X11 Raider search coil for coverage and depth. If I encounter deep furrows, then I switch to a 5" or 6" coil that lets me work the bottom of the furrowand the sides.
A lot depends upon the depth and width of the furrow.
Monte
The Lama
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Good point monte regarding switching to single freq for some situations what i was trying to accomplish was lowering the freq instead of lowering the sens where there is annoyingly small aluminum foil shredded by seagulls so i'm slightly less hot on tiny things but still getting great depth on rings, but as i say i only do that at one beach occasionally in dry sand
