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Has anyone on here used a nexus detector or any experience of them ? The write up about them claims that they are the deepest ever, I'm wondering if there's any truth in this or is it just marketing hype ?

my first guess would be hype as most people wont have heard of them and if they are as good as they claim they would be everywhere ,just my guess though

They will go deep and as far as I know it's the only machine that has passed Gary's hoard test but depth has never been a problem with machines but depth with stability is where the problems arise and while it may get great depth on larger and deeper targets to hunt in every day conditions you have to turn down the sens and you're suddenly back to using a standard machine :-\ They have been around for a good few years now and as Justin said if they were that good loads of people would be using them ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcXynMzXN3Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcXynMzXN3Q) Deus found it  :D

I think that highlights the point as the 13" is not a great coil for normal searching but for larger targets at depth it wins so if you want to detect in the faint hope of walking over a hoard the the Nexus is the one to choose ;D

well i have had some good finds with the large coil so cannot be that bad. Have you tried one? try picking up a thin good chain with minelab no signal at all, but Deus with large pick up at 6 inches even ace 250 picks up at 2 inches :D

Yes and like most who owned them realised that they don't have the depth increase that you would expect  though I think some have found if you drop the frequency to 4kHz then the difference is noticable but its greatest drawback is a bad design making the machine toe heavy and as it's elliptical it is in reality just over 11.5" whereas the newer 11" is a very good performer. BM don't fall in to the newbee trap and think you found "good finds" because you you used the 13", without a different machine in each hand nothing is ever certain or prooved ;)

may be toe heavy but half the weight  of a minelab better design alround , first use a detector in the 1970s so not totaley a newbee chef , minelabs are good machines but in my view the xp Deus is better that is my view which i am entitlied to . So why dont minelabs pick up small gold i think this is bad design or am i wrong ?

Uhhh ??? who mentioned Minelab? this is a thread on the Nexus and it's relative points. I'm afraid you've picked the wrong person if your looking for a "tribal" contest of mines bigger than yours I use a tool to do the job not for a comfortable Sunday stroll, I've got land that the Minelabs are useless on given the mineralisation but the Deus loves it but I've also got land that has deep sandy loam and the minelabs eat the Deus for breakfast, so horses for courses ;)

yes but you said that  the nexus was the detector  that picks up garys hoard which is not correct is it or am i seeing things? you started slaging off the Deus or am i wrong. Yes i only use my for a sunday stroll lol :D these are MY views which i am entiled to

why bristolminelab  :-\ :-\ surley its time for a name change , bristoldeus , bristolnexus or just bristol sounds nice  :D :D :D :D :D

yes i would be up for a Charge mike :D you pick the name i will go with it :)

Well what I said was "as far as I know it's the only machine that has passed Gary's hoard test" so thank you for educating me I'm afraid I can't see anywhere that I've slagged off the Deus only stating the view, which is held by many, that the 13" coil for the Deus is badly designed and is a disappointment in terms of depth expectations compared to the 9" ???

what ever. i wanted a new coil to make a spare Deus for the wife so i choose the 13"  life is all about choose cheff ;)

Wish I hadn't asked now  :'( :'(

 ;D ;D Yeah keep your questions to yourself in future....coming on here asking about Nexus whenever you feel like it what's the the world coming too :o

There's a British dealer going to be importing Nexus machines very soon.

As for older reviews there has been some radical changes to the designs recently so it would be well worth taking any opportunity to try the new models out.

You're always causing trouble.  :)

I wouldn't give a hoot who made it if it went deeper, was stable, and allowed me to find more.

I was going to buy a Lamborghini out of my pension pot but a nexus would be more appropriate ( champagne tastes and lemonade pockets )  ;D ;D ;D

Thats the most sensible thing ive ever heard on this forum  ;D

I think nobby is going to have a nexus to match his phone  ??? ;D ;D :o

I hear Matchbox and Corgi do lovely Lamborghini models lol!  ;D

Interesting bit at the end.


http://youtu.be/MX8uCSVuBvs (http://youtu.be/MX8uCSVuBvs)

Well tried a Bonanza on the beach and was not to impressed but its a cheap detector and only running a single frequency at a time so not suprised.

As for the Nexus being the only detector to find Gary's hoard that test referred to ALL METAL MODE. If you limit detectors to all metal you may as well use a P.I. and I had non motion machines over twenty years ago which would hit the that size/depth target with no trouble.

Just watched that video & can't quite see what they are trying to prove. The ground mineralisation (rocks) are not moving in relation to the coil & therefore the coil nulls them out, they may as well test in fresh air, I'd like to see the same test with the rocks and coins passed over the coil which is what they should be doing to show correct results as that would emulate reasonable working conditions.

Well on Sunday I let several owners run their detectors ranging from Nokta to Nexus, T2/F75 to Whites V3i /TDI along my 20 years plus test bed (same copper coin type buried at increasing depths from five to twelve inches) and there was no wonder break through. At some (fairly shallow) point a good pure copper target indicated as iron or just dropped out and couldn't be heard.

Hi Brian.  Have you tried the Safari.  Many of us detecting in All Metal with it (or I did) . Being a multi frequency machine it still picks up everything else in All Metal.
Last time I saw you, you were trying out that Polish thing, can't remember the name, it was that good  ::)

Val

Yes I have but still am not a great fan of multifrequency whether Minelab, Fisher or Whites. The Whites V3 and V3i do have the big plus of triple or self select a single frequency which I prefer but Whites still haven't got on top of the coil problems and I find I have to do a master reset every two months or so thus needing programmes to be reloaded and things like icons re deleted which is a real pain.

Though I have tested many Polish detectors (Rutus,Armand etc) I have never taken any of the nine of them to any rally just because its to easy to give a false bad or good impression of how well they work. Same applies to detectors from the Ukraine, Czech Republic, Russia, Bulgaria etc. Thinking about it I've only been to one rally in the last five years !

Brian

Hi,

I use Nexus for some years
Coronado old and new MKII   (dual 6 & 9 for the two )
of good machine deep enough, especially in compacted land
meadow, forest ..... the last MP, seems to be better in tillage (not tried)

got some gold coins isolated with mine, if you compare at the large coil Deus / MKII Dual 9pouces
they will play equal / all metals / own land / forest
on a nice gold coin or 18k alliance from 5 g to 40 cm deep

the big difference is the sound  !!
clear sound on the Nexus, while passing 30 cm Deus gives his rotten on gold .... 
and even before...  (being its only defect)

- On the beach, they pass correctly, but the high voltage PI will ever deeper

for the test of the treasure with Gary, the Nexus was a Dual Coil 12-inch
it is not available in the catalog and that's a shame
the 20-inch seems impractical and its exorbitant price

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