£500

[dingdong]

Well,all incan possibly add to that last piece by Chef is that having owned a Minelab Sovereign, and a Minelab SAFARI, I can say(hand on heart)that the NOKTA FORS CoRe is a truly remarkable ,underestimated metal detector,up until today I had 2 coils,stock coil and a 5" coin shooter,had great success, no outstanding finds,just good all round detecting finds fun,well to complete the CoRe's coil range,today I tried  my new "big" coil acquisition, with outstanding depth capabilities, truly remarkable, wow!! Incredible depths achieved.
And it was ALL DOWN to Chef Geoff's recommendations on the FORS CoRe,
A truly BRILLIANT metal detector,initial cost,second hand,£360:00,also, a very big thanks to Kevin at Staffs Metal detectors.👍

[nobby]

Hi Raitlain, welcome to the forum
I agree with the minelab explorer xs.....they go for around 350-ish

btw is that you in the pic?

Been looking at them on google was told there now named x-terra705 but he wasn't to sure.....yes that's me in the pic

you ve just volunteered to become my new personal trainer 

[raistlain]

Well,all incan possibly add to that last piece by Chef is that having owned a Minelab Sovereign, and a Minelab SAFARI, I can say(hand on heart)that the NOKTA FORS CoRe is a truly remarkable ,underestimated metal detector,up until today I had 2 coils,stock coil and a 5" coin shooter,had great success, no outstanding finds,just good all round detecting finds fun,well to complete the CoRe's coil range,today I tried  my new "big" coil acquisition, with outstanding depth capabilities, truly remarkable, wow!! Incredible depths achieved.
And it was ALL DOWN to Chef Geoff's recommendations on the FORS CoRe,
A truly BRILLIANT metal detector,initial cost,second hand,£360:00,also, a very big thanks to Kevin at Staffs Metal detectors.👍

yes I've been looking at the nokta cores seen a video on you tube looked impressive thanks for the advise

[raistlain]

Hi Raitlain, welcome to the forum
I agree with the minelab explorer xs.....they go for around 350-ish

btw is that you in the pic?

ha ha the reason I've taken up metal detecting is to try and keep myself out of the gym a couple of days a wk

Been looking at them on google was told there now named x-terra705 but he wasn't to sure.....yes that's me in the pic

you ve just volunteered to become my new personal trainer 

[raistlain]

As I'm not within arms reach of a flak jacket or stab vest I couldn't possibly comment
To be honest there is no "one size fits all" with the Minelab FBS machines covering most scenarios well, if you understand and use their full potential, and single frequency machines having the edge of ploughed land and small silver coins (and I do mean small) I could take you to land where because of mineralisation (ironpan) the FBS machines are virtually useless and something like the Deus shines but also land with low mineralisation where the FBS machines make the Deus look like a toy.
People buy and use machines that are fashionable and the more people who use a certain type of machine then the more finds that machine will make thus giving a "false positive" result only 5 or 6 years ago at any rally 80% of people were using FBS machines now it's 80% single frequency so is one that much better than another? No it's what's fashionable.....
Then of course we all scratch our heads when......
Staffordshire Anglo-Saxon Hoard _{(largest ever Saxon hoard)} found with a 25 year old Whites Eagle Spectrum
Frome Roman Hoard _{(second largest Roman coin hoard)} found with a 10 year old Explorer II
Stirling Gold Torques hoard found by ex-member Davey-B valued at a cool £1m found on his first time out with a Garrett Ace 250.
St Albans Roman Gold coins hoard _{(largest in UK)} again found first time out with a Garrett Ace 150.
So go figure

The truth is that 99% of machines will find 99% of the finds and the more you get in to the hobby the more top flight you want your machine to be and with this enthusiasm comes a greater time you dedicate to detecting and simple mathematics dictate that these machines find more.

Thanks Chef I get your point now as with everything in life its swings and roundabouts so I'm going to have to make a choose and hope ha ha