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robson (chris)
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« on: August 21, 2009, 11:55:02 AM »
what do you think is the best detector on the market or you have used
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« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2009, 12:13:46 PM »
What have you done Robson? HuhHuhHuhHuh??

This post will cause some serious arguements! Buts its fun to watch! Grin

My personal opinion is the Minelab Explorer range. I have only used the Explorer II from that range but they all seem capable of significant depths and great discrimination.

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« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2009, 12:23:03 PM »
E-trac   Grin Grin
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« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2009, 12:33:15 PM »
The best detector is the one that you know and understand.
The worst detector is the one on the shelf.
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« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2009, 12:45:36 PM »
This is the exact question that was posted on the Finds form in the last year.

I said they were all rubbish. One other person agreed. I later had an e-mail asking me to justify my statement which I did and I ended up as a consultant to one of the bigger U.S. detector manufacturers + a nice free trip to the States.

The simple answer is there's no answer.
 
On the beach I would say a Deepstar for coin/ring sized items. Underwater a J.W.Fisher X8 with its higher uS abilities.  A Lorenz for hoards. Heavy iron, well most Explorer users have a Goldmaxx/T2/F75 etc tucked away for a busy site.
For iron "see through" non motion machines fare better than motion.
For natural gold you need a high frequency machine say 60 kHz or higher for the small stuff though in many areas of Australia the mineralisation is such that only pulse will do.
Relics and coins the Nautilus is hard to beat.

To get exceptional performance on a particular item or on a certain type of site it always seems to mean that some other aspect has to suffer so there will never be a "best" machine just the one that best serves your needs for a particular purpose.
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« Reply #5 on: August 21, 2009, 02:53:23 PM »
i have no idea if this was asked last year as i have only been a member for a month or so Grin
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« Reply #6 on: August 21, 2009, 03:41:24 PM »
It's just this sort of question that the nuclear deterrent was put in place to avoid, and what happens?Huh a bloody squirrel with a machine gun comes along and asks it.
I'm heading for the bunker Shocked Shocked Shocked

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« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2009, 03:55:03 PM »
I agree with Brian Smiley different machines for different conditions. Grin
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« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2009, 04:14:30 PM »
The best Machine by far is the one you have,turned on,in ya hand,as you walk over a significant Find !  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2009, 04:15:12 PM »
OH OH !! Undecided
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« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2009, 04:16:38 PM »
pmsl  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #11 on: August 21, 2009, 04:18:54 PM »
bit of a daft question LoL just have to looka t any dig, and see wots around ever the etrac SE or the explr 2
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« Reply #12 on: August 21, 2009, 05:17:27 PM »
From what I have heard on the grapevine (re: RARE 20th celebrations) the best detector without doubt is the Fisher 1236x2 owned by Des (Kane) it apparently beat the rest hands down on a test bed!
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« Reply #13 on: August 21, 2009, 06:14:44 PM »
your gonna have to make your own mind up on that one everyone on here don t use the same machine i have used 14 different detectors in my time and it s still hard to comment which one is the best dont go by the more you spend the  more you will find  Shocked
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« Reply #14 on: August 21, 2009, 06:17:33 PM »
Yeah, I always thought that the best detector was the one that found the most at the time. Shocked
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