GPX 5000, Deus, AT Pro, Mxt, Eureka Gold, X-terra 705, Best Combo?

[Steve Herschbach]

Actually is the U.S. the GPX detector is the machine of choice these days for the serious relic hunting crowd, having largely supplanted the TDI in that role. Still plenty of TDI and ATX detectors being used for a lot more than just prospecting on this side of the pond.

Diggin In Viginia (DIV) is a premier relic hunt attended by many of the best hunters here. An informative thread about it and the detectors used there at http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,65206,65250#msg-65250

[auminesweeper]

Steve as you know first hand from detecting over here the amount of junk that there is from the last 3000 years there is so much junk in the ground, In the US you have more areas to use such machines, I bought my 3500 6 months before the 4000 came out and I sold it in 2011 because the last 2 years It sat un used and it Angered me because I knew what it could do but it just never happened, I found 2 musket balls, 1 Dummy practice 303 round and an un ID'd coin/medal but the rest was all junk, I found an Iron 5 Bar fence about the size of a Crown Vic,

Hunting Civil War camps is great because you are in the areas where the finds can be mammoth but here wondering around trying to us a GP/X for general detecting is a waste of a great Machine because you are basically searching in All Metal and the disc only works in the top 6 inches +/-, So if a person feels the urge to use a PI then the TDI gives you some say in what the machine see's,

But at the other end of the Spectrum you have the Sovereign GT, Again because you can not turn off the Iron masking Completely even when it is switched of, You won't dig much junk but you won't dig many good targets either because if you hit one Iron target the threshold nulls and by the time it comes back on the coil can be 18" to 2 feet away, Here where I can hit 10 junk targets and  more in one sweep of the coil makes them impractical also, The ML Musketeer was the most fun machine I had back then and to this day when ever I think of that machine it makes me Smile, happy days,

So this is why I have got the opinion I have, Great machines Wrong Location, So the TDI's are more of a halfway point between the GT and the 3500 which gives you the best of both worlds where you get Depth and a choice to pick the size/conductivity of those targets, Which is important when you know what has been found over here in place's like where I live and even more so where Rick lives.

john   

[Steve Herschbach]

I understand your opinion John and am not arguing with it. Just pointing out it is a big world out there.

[auminesweeper]

Yeah, I kind of jumped in with both feet with the 35, and it did have the depth and it did find things, just not the things I had in mind, since then I have always held off buying any machines until I have seen what results other people are getting,

But in all fairness I did ask for the best machine money could buy, So I bought it all on my self really,

john

[Danny]

Hey there John , I've narrowed  the  allrounder  detector list down to mxt pro or Tdi , and for a specialist gold prospecting machine a GPX for when I travel to WA or nearby goldfields 

[RickUK]

18 minutes ago, Danny said:

Hey there John , I've narrowed  the  allrounder  detector list down to mxt pro or Tdi , and for a specialist gold prospecting machine a GPX for when I travel to WA or nearby goldfields 

Thats good news that you have narrowed it down to just 2 machines,this is just my way of thinking i would go down the route of a VLF and a Pulse machine ie MXT and GPX rather than basically duplicating 2 PI machines,you would then have the ability of 2 reliable machines that compliment one another.

Just my input of course.

[auminesweeper]

2 minutes ago, Danny said:

Hey there John , I've narrowed  the  allrounder  detector list down to mxt pro or Tdi , and for a specialist gold prospecting machine a GPX for when I travel to WA or nearby goldfields 

The MXT is a good Idea as an All rounder, But I am not sure if you would need the TDI as well as a GPX, Unless you live in an area that has very hot ground then you can use the TDI for multi tasking

If Gold is on your mind then the GPX is a must depending how serious you are about it and the MXT is great for 90% of detecting, With the TDI and the GPX If the Ground is hot then no VLF will follow them but if the ground goes from Low to a High medium then the MXT would be the order of the day, I would always try to use the MXT first because it has all the Info and it will ignore most of the junk, PI machines are normally my last resort if the VLF is getting a hard time and if the Ground mineralization is fairly low a VLF with the right coils is going to running pretty close to what the PI's are doing.

If I was doing this all again I would first off buy the MXT etc and then check out the place I was going to detect because If the ground is full of junk a PI might punish you, Not only that a machine like an MXT can tell you a bit about the ground you are detecting showing how hot the ground is, Plus the fact it might tell you that you don't need to buy a PI just yet

Two of the machines you have chosen a very Impressive history at getting Gold so I would tend to go with the flow there, So you can bet if Gold is there then you have a good chance of finding it, You should make 2 lists stating what you want to use each machine for but be honest with your self about your Goals and that will help you buy the right machine in the right order, Because this is one thing/hobby where the heart can rule the head, The MXT is a safe Bet but the other two machines and what you will use them for has to be able to for fill your needs/Goals because they is a big chunk of change to invest In. and all three of them  are great machines.

good luck,, John

[Roughwater]

4 minutes ago, RickUK said:

,this is just my way of thinking i would go down the route of a VLF and a Pulse machine ie MXT and GPX rather than basically duplicating 2 PI machines,you would then have the ability of 2 reliable machines that compliment one another.

For what it's worth Danny, I think that would be your best bet as well.  There would be a cost savings also with buying the MXT and there is a large assortment of coils.  For what you save you could pick up an extra coil or two.  I had a TDI at one point in time and a good machine.  It was the original model before the pro and SL.  It had a form of discrimination and maybe that's been improved in the newer models but with the one I had if you discriminated even a small nail you lost most of your depth.  

One thing too,whatever your choice, if you buy a good used one at a good price you can often get you money back by reselling or trading up.  

Terry

[Danny]

Thanks John and Terry, I was leaning towards the mxt pro for beach hunting and prospecting , using the nel dd in hot rock conditions , the GPX 4500 or 5000 for visiting my relatives property in wa which is red iron type soil . I live on the east coast 5 minutes from the beach and fly to wa 4 or 5 times a year which is why I was thinking about a GPX , and 2 hours from the goldfields here in South Qld. Thinking the 2 machines would be complementary and sell the sovereign 

[Danny]

Actually ricks exact thoughts