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

[probono]

]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

Aw, you should have said - I recently got rid of one (I really did)

[galoshers]

best for what ? you need a few for differing jobs, and a PI as well

[dances with badgers]

my etrac and sov will be hard to beat on beaches

[joross]

best for what ? you need a few for differing jobs, and a PI as well

As I said on fresh ploughed fields in fair conditions

[Chef Geoff]

I wouldn't base a machines credentials on fresh ploughed as generally you only have a month or so in a year that it's available?
Many of the higher frequency (14kHz or above) would be the machines to use on fresh plough, definitely not FBS or BBS though.

[joross]

Yes you are right Geoff pasture or ploughed I should say lol quite different in that sense but still the mostly used places with a machine

[woodbob123]

Mine LOL

[woodbob123]

why not have 3? didn't post then all three came up together typical

[marknewbury1]

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

[legio11augustus]

for me to give an honest opinion , i would have to have owned ,or at least used a vast spectrum of machines.on the same land at the same time over the same targets.....its all a matter of opinion ,and saying well i found 35 hammies this month with my Deus, so its the best right ? wrong...would not another make/model of machine not found those 35 hammies  in the same conditions treading the same footsteps.......you might as well get every machine there is ,every ground condition there is ,lie coins or artefact on different angles in the ground and..............................make a massive game of top trumps out of the whole chabang ...........actually might be a good charity/money spinner for xmas .DW..metal detector toptrumps  .......

[Dale]

I wouldn't base a machines credentials on fresh ploughed as generally you only have a month or so in a year that it's available?
Many of the higher frequency (14kHz or above) would be the machines to use on fresh plough, definitely not FBS or BBS though.

Hi Geoff, why not FBS machines on fresh plough? the loose soil? are they more of a pasture machine?
If so I have a pasture field for you if you ever get board, in a old village,100m from a Norman church, but modernised over the 100's of years, the field is 140m by 120m full of modern coinage, pennys, sixpence, but nothing old? except a 1662 Bristol token and a lead spindle whorl from a few mounds in the field...... but hammereds/romans the other side of the hedge, on the ploughed fields spreading 1000m from the village church...... is it the job for a T2 or any other machine out there?
 

[Dale]

Come on then Joe what machine are you thinking of getting? all these questions are not for nothing 

[Kev]

The best maching in the world would be the one that finds gold coins silver coins the best Artifacts  and all the buried hoards 

[alun]

Love the DFX , good weight, 2 frequencies, programmable options, 5 set programmes and a good allrounder on both beach and pasture..
But I also like the CTX, borrowed my mates for a week and got converted, but the price hurts.
Like others have stated if you cover it you will probably find it, but it the person working the thing that decides to dig. (was going to say swinging, but that would be wrong)  

[joross]

THE BIG TEST!!!!! Is a great money spinner for DW and a worthy way of testing out different machines :-)

DALE I'm just seeing which machine is the best on the market to maybe upgrade in the future and to settle the BIG QUESTION

Everyone seems to say Deus or T2 but what about my TEJON??

As someone just posted,it's not fair to say ' my machine is better,because I've just found 1000 hammereds this week' as a lot of machines would find them if they searched that spot and had the same conditions,this does not prove much,just that they are lucky lol

I do think a test bed for scientific reasons,for multiple machines all in view of other users would benefit the DW members and any detectorist