Detectors. What are the popular brands?

[Norvic]

Nah ya got it all wrong RR, in the UK the Deus is the Toyota they are everywhere, over here the CTX will be the Toyota I suspect. The Ferrari well that`s for us one-eyed huuuumans. The Whites, buh!!!!!! the what.................?????????????? Thought they were like dinosaurs..........extinct

 

[Ridge Runner]

Nah ya got it all wrong RR, in the UK the Deus is the Toyota they are everywhere, over here the CTX will be the Toyota I suspect. The Ferrari well that`s for us one-eyed huuuumans. The Whites, buh!!!!!! the what.................?????????????? Thought they were like dinosaurs..........extinct

You might be right, now they are getting the coils for the MXS made by detech, extinct ? Time will tell aye.

I still would not swap it for any other brand or model, there is a huge difference depending on who is using it.

I think I own two of the best machines ever made and they are very similar in a lot of ways, Not including the 5900.

John.

 

[Norvic]

Nah wrong again RR, everything else beats em by 40% or more, for sure. Eve me old A2B

 

[Ridge Runner]

Nah wrong again RR, everything else beats em by 40% or more, for sure. Eve me old A2B

Lol, Nup, I cheated and added a 15" Concentric and closed the Gap down to about 10 or 15%, So I might not catch ya on the Straights, But when ya get to the corners Your Toast. :lol: :lol: :lol:

John.

 

[Norvic]

Nah, you didn`t cheat you are only trying to play catchup, the A2B with a 14" Dtek Concentric 35 years ago, was up to 40% deeper & better. Crikey everything is light years ahead, get with it RR. Get a Deus and a Z, you`ll capice then....no....yes....

 

[Ridge Runner]

Nah, you didn`t cheat you are only trying to play catchup, the A2B with a 14" Dtek Concentric 35 years ago, was up to 40% deeper & better. Crikey everything is light years ahead, get with it RR. Get a Deus and a Z, you`ll capice then....no....yes....

Bugga, You don't Cheat Fair

Ok time to put a 15" on the 5900,,, Brace ya self,.. It is time to power up the One from the Dark Side,

I will unleash He who must not be Named

 

[Heatho]

Can't tell the CTX owners. On a couple 9f FB groups they are going on that the stats are rigged. They have only ever used one detector but know it's the best. :lol:

They are ok for big targets like coins etc but they are Blind to small and tiny items and even more so when it comes to Gold,

They cost too much for a coin and large item machine, Trouble with this hobby is you never know what is in the ground So you never know what you leave behind until you go over the ground with another machine, That is why we need more than one because no machine gets it all,

You will never convince anyone that the CTX type machines might not be the best choice, It's only when you hunt along side some one with a Deus type machine does it drive it home and then and then it's either the wrong coil or the wrong program, Even with the 6" coil or the Joey the CTX is well off the pace of other Single frequency VLF's, my dealer always has a couple of second hand CTX's in stock that were trade in for Deus's. Shame really because it is a good machine, but people buy them and try to use them in the wrong surroundings and that does not work well with any machine,

John.

That's why you need more than 1 detector John..... I've got my bases covered, would'nt much bother with my CTX on the goldfields unless I had a bit of relic hunting in mind also. The CTX is awesome on tiny little silver coins such as the Aussie Threepence, got a few today that were pretty deep. Actually to be honest is there anything worth detecting that's smaller than a threepence apart from small gold nuggets?

BBS FBS, all awesome in anyones language. :lol:

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=273832#p273832

 

[Heatho]

I'm glad there aren't many CTX swingers in my area, leaves all the deep silvers for me to vacuum up.

Though yes you'll always see more Toyota's than Ferrari's on the road too, lol.

Cheeky bugger

It did actually take me a few minutes to think of something sooo rediculously and absurdly cheeky.

 

[Ridge Runner]

That's why you need more than 1 detector John..... I've got my bases covered, would'nt much bother with my CTX on the goldfields unless I had a bit of relic hunting in mind also. The CTX is awesome on tiny little silver coins such as the Aussie Threepence, got a few today that were pretty deep.

BBS FBS, all awesome in anyones language. :lol:

yeah, I never did find a real good place to run them, Over here I tried down south and way up north it was all Iron everywhere I went, curses

I got my MXT A/P that's good and that 5900 is the deepest VLF I have ever come across by a huge margin, I still have the TDI SL and the GMT, And my latest project is sorting out my GP3500, Can't wait to get out there with that, It is my favourite all time PI and The MXT because of it's Gold getting ability,

If I had to pick 2 machines to take to The GT it would be those 2 because they are so much alike where you click a switch or turn a knob and away ya Go, The GP3500 has had less than 15 hours use and it is a bit special/different compared to the GP3500 that I bought new back in 2006.

If I buy a GPX4500 I will still keep the 3500 because of what it is. But I also have the SDC in my sights,

John.

 

[Heatho]

Seriously if you're having trouble with a CTX in the junk infested ground a PI like a 3500 with cause you 10 times more grief, it will detect specks of iron that a CTX would just ignore and that a human can hardly see....

With a GPX or SDC sometimes the targets are so small they slip right between your fingers during target recovery.

In the junky type ground you describe I'd probably buy a Deus.

Different story on the goldfields, both great detectors the 3500's and SDC.

 

[Ridge Runner]

Seriously if you're having trouble with a CTX in the junk infested ground a PI like a 3500 with cause you 10 times more grief, it will detect specks of iron that a CTX would just ignore and that a human can hardly see....

With a GPX or SDC sometimes the targets are so small they slip right between your fingers during target recovery.

In the junky type ground you describe I'd probably buy a Deus.

Different story on the goldfields, both great detectors the 3500's and SDC.

Yeah I tried my first 3500 over here and it was torture, but now I found where the Gold Is I will give it a bash and then I will bring it home with me, I will still use the VLF's for everything else,

But I got enough machines for now to give me headaches,

John.

 

[Ridge Runner]

Nah, you didn`t cheat you are only trying to play catchup, the A2B with a 14" Dtek Concentric 35 years ago, was up to 40% deeper & better. Crikey everything is light years ahead, get with it RR. Get a Deus and a Z, you`ll capice then....no....yes....

I love my GP3500 Plus it is a bit of a special one and has only 15 hours use from new, But I got an urge to have a 4500, But I love the tone of the 35 and the simplicity of it, The 5k is cool but it just don't have the Mojo of the 45, The 45 feels/sounds like the true workhorse of the GP/X machines past and present, That's part of the reason I like the MXT's so much because you can run them like a GP machine and hear them faint whispers from the rise of the threshold,

The MXT and the GP3500 are a lot alike in many ways, Only difference is one is a VLF and the other is a PI, They both have serious power and are switch on and go machines, Both with knobs and switches, And the more coils you have the more you can achieve, I have at leased 8 Coils for the MXT and more on the way but I could pick just 4 Coils that would take care of business, Same with the 3500, Two must have coils for it would be that 15" Detech Nenad has and the little joey and then a couple more in between. But I think they are about the best two all rounder machines, Nothing else impresses me no where near as much or on such a regular bases,

John.

 

[Heatho]

I love my GP3500 Plus it is a bit of a special one and has only 15 hours use from new, But I got an urge to have a 4500, But I love the tone of the 35 and the simplicity of it, The 5k is cool but it just don't have the Mojo of the 45, The 45 feels/sounds like the true workhorse of the GP/X machines past and present.

John.

Statements like that John are enough to make me have a good ol chuckle..........

 

[Ridge Runner]

I love my GP3500 Plus it is a bit of a special one and has only 15 hours use from new, But I got an urge to have a 4500, But I love the tone of the 35 and the simplicity of it, The 5k is cool but it just don't have the Mojo of the 45, The 45 feels/sounds like the true workhorse of the GP/X machines past and present.

John.

Statements like that John are enough to make me have a good ol chuckle..........

Well after that model they gave all the functions fancy names and even added a few extra to keep ya guessing, But move one of them the wrong way and ya Toast,

Many modern manuals.tell you what the controls do but they don't tell you the cause and effect, That's another reason people like the SDC, It's simple yet one of the most successful Gold machines ever made, Machines like that put the fun back in to detecting. :8 :8

John.

 

[Wishfull]

Yep the SDC is simple to use and in all weather conditions as well.

 

[Ridge Runner]

Yep the SDC is simple to use and in all weather conditions as well.

It's got me buggered as to why they can make all Gold machines that simple, Apart from a few low budget detectors The SDC has to be the most Basic machine on the market yet it is the most successful at it's target of Choice, Which goes to show that most of the excess stuff is not needed,

John.