WHICH IS THE BEST METAL DETECTOR IN THE WORLD???

[colin]

on ploughed i would say the Deus & f75 two fast recovery machines,think it was neil who
done a field test some time back on a piece of gold in a packet and the only detectors
that managed a decent signal were the t2 & f75 cant remember where i seen it though
 

[Dale]

Too many variables and what terrain?
I think most would agree that FBS takes the medal on id'ing targets.
BBS has no VLF competition  on the beach
Deus or GMP will kick arse on ploughed.
Easy tones? Well you have to go some to beat the simple 2 tone all metal of the T2/F75 or the Xterra 705
 
But then you have to add in machine/coil combinations.

Tesoro's or better still Lasers have been left behind a little though the Trident II is a great hammy hoover.

Geoff I agree on the T2 it was a toss up between mine and the T2, its looking to be my next machine.

[joross]

That's awesome ill look that post up

[Chef Geoff]

Sorry Dale I forgot the "Animal" Yes T2 would be my choice after the FBS and only second because I know my machine.
The gold test was by Avalon and is more to do with the shape of the gold, I dare say that a 30 year old T/R machine would find it without any problem

[joross]

As DALE. N me were in it together and researched a machine from feedback or YouTube for around the £600 mark the tejon or badger (or ANIMAL lol ) was the best machine at that range,quite close to a t2 or goldmax we both went for the tejon,I'm happy with it... Dales banged out 10 hammereds in four weeks alone... So it can't be a bad machine,I would like a test bed with all the top ten machines tried n tested for everyone to see how each machine preforms obviously different conditions equal different results but in fair weather on a ploughed field would be a good test,I also must mention a change of coil and do lots for a machine also one to take into account

[Dale]

Sorry Dale I forgot the "Animal"

Geoff my land has been hit by laser Tridents for years and years, including my power max, running the tejon next to these machines really is no match, pentechnic told me if my power max is working ok its not worth up grading to the Trident II as the gain is not worth it, he knows his machines, as you know.

My hammered count for the year with the laser was 3 its a big difference

  

  

[Dale]

I would like to have a go on a FBS machine just to see what it is like for id'ing targets, because usually I id my hammies when I wipe the mud off just a little banter lol  

[Chef Geoff]

You have always got to factor in the land of course in 2011 I had 18 hammies in a month and 35 for the year and I have a headphone customer in Essex with a Cscope cs3mx who's found 56 so far this year
One other factor is the amount of man hours spent using machines, a few years ago everyone was using minelabs and therefore the majority of finds came from using that machine, now Deus is the flavour of the month and so it's finds are in vogue. If we looked at finds from machines alone to decide, then most of us would be using a Garrett Ace 250 purely because there are more people using it and therefore more finds

[celticspikey]

Hi to all members,the oldest/biggest question is 'which metal detector is the best?'

I'm opening this topic as a non-biased one,

Best for price?

Best for depth?

Best for accuracy??

Your answers should take these three questions into account...

Also..

 Weight

sounds I.e if their annoying or not

Reliability

I'm looking forward to hearing your views

I reckon the "Tandy Micronta 4001" turbo, it can pick up silver foil and nails that other machines leave behind , it runs on 6x AA batteries which is ironic as they cost more than the detector hard to find a good one thou

[Chef Geoff]

Dale the FBS can id pretty precisely because it's the only machine that id's two dimensionally...Conductive and ferrous

[Dale]

You have always got to factor in the land of course in 2011 I had 18 hammies in a month and 35 for the year and I have a headphone customer in Essex with a Cscope cs3mx who's found 56 so far this year
One other factor is the amount of man hours spent using machines, a few years ago everyone was using minelabs and therefore the majority of finds came from using that machine, now Deus is the flavour of the month and so it's finds are in vogue. If we looked at finds from machines alone to decide, then most of us would be using a Garrett Ace 250 purely because there are more people using it and therefore more finds

True

[Dale]

Dale the FBS can id pretty precisely because it's the only machine that id's two dimensionally...Conductive and ferrous

Im sure it is pretty precise... to be honest Geoff I do not really under stand the differences between FBS, VLF to comment.

[welshjohn]

No easy answer to this one; depends what you know and like.  For me, the Minelab Explorer SE fitted with a WOT coil really takes some beating.  Crank it right open on the pasture / clean land.  Add a bit more discrim and turn the sensitivity down on the beach.  Great set up.

For the dry stuff / ploughed and rolled I use an X-terra 705.  Its not as deep as the FBS machines but it really beats the multi frequency machines hands down on the light and airy soil.  The single frequency seems to punch through the fluffy soil a lot better and pinpoint.

Still miss the old faithful Minelab Sovereign Elite as well.  Hip mount the control box in a bag and put the search head on a straight shaft and you can go all day at the beach.  Great set up.

What about the C-Scopes? Many on Detecting Wales use them?

WelshJohn

[rjm]

Gosh, so many variables!

Probably the best jack of all trades is the BBS like E Trac/ Explorers etc. best for beach.

The nicest/ easiest to use/ versatile is the Deus.

The deepest, on land, if used/ set up properly is The BLISS V3.

Having said that, it's how the user uses his machine a lot of the time. Knowing your machine can push up your finds.

[diggerdave1]

The Deeptech...stable of machines plus the...Sorex..Nokta...Rutus. ....are all excellant machines,,,with reviews to match,,,,cmon guys open yr minds alittle,,,,,,its not allways just the usual bunch........................