RickUK

I dont own a Legend but i do own a similar machine to the F75 the T2,i also have many many multi freq machines as well,but the one detector that has found me the most gold hammered and milled coinage and about every other decent find is the T2,it cannot get any easier to setup just second and away you go,with so many variable settings with such machines as the Legend you are always thinking have i got the settings right. I have had my original T2 since they arrived here in 2006/7 and its never failed me,a massive price drop on a new T2 + boost a few months ago tempted me again and this is also still my everyday use detector. For me simplicity and the low weight aspect the T2 will always be my No1 choice,must admit i am liking the Nox as well this year after owning it for many years as well. The Legend from what i can gather is a world class machine but its never got me to part with money to buy one.

Would like some words of wisdom from folks who have tried and used the Minelab 10x5 DD coil on a GPX in my case specifically the 4500 and also for coin and small artefact hunting,i will clarify this setup will never be used for nugget hunting and i am looking at using it on a very prolific roman trading villa sites which has produced 1000s of roman coins. The ground conditions are very every high mineral content,so hence why i am using the GPX but also because mist of the smaller roman coinage on the surface and top 4-5 inches have been snagged all ready,so looking to go slightly deeper and find some more. I have a brand new Coiltek 6'' Mono but looking for a DD coil to use the iron rejection,some words of wisdom regarding the Minelab 10x5 DD would be most welcome. Many thanks

Tyler,i have both 15x12 Commander coils ie DD and Mono,and was planning on using the Mono version on my TDI Pro but never did,it sat in its box for along time hoping that i would get a GPX at some time in the future,basically my TDI sits in the cupboard and no one would be able to tell the difference it is that good condition it looks like it came off the production line a few hours ago. A few months back i was offered a basically new GPX4500 for a very low price as the seller had no idea,so i grabbed it and it came with a stock 11'' Mono and 15x12 DD coil,but i also had about 5-6 Mono coils that i purchased for using on the TDI,but it never happened,the coils have been used more on my GPX since i have had it and finally have my 2 favourite coils for my permission and use which is solely artefact and hoard hunting as i am not after nuggets here in the UK so i purchased a 11'' DD AI coil from Detech as most of my roman detecting is done on a site that has a massive pumping station hence the AI coil and it does work a treat,my 2nd favourite coil is my Coiltek 18'' Elite Mono and that on the 4500 does punch pretty deep on coins and much larger items and reasonably light as well.

Must admit i have never taken my Equinox into water basically as its never appealed to me,as i live so far inland taking the Nox to the beach or infact any other machine would only be used with the coil being submerged and certainly no higher. After all the horrific stories of water ingress and having to return the machines i am glad i did not,some folks have never had any issues but it must of cost Minelab to address the problem as control head cannot be cheap to replace each time water gets inside. I do like my Nox but just take great care of it as they can be rather fragile.

Simon,i took your advice and went down the LL Bluetooth option,i remembered that i had a brand new spare set of headphones that work brilliant on my Nox for the last few years,so headphones are reliable i checked on the companies website and they have a LL transmitter which matches my headphones.....so the transmitter and the short cable will be here tomorrow and compared to what the Garrett setup would have cost is well under half the price. Well pleased that everything is finally coming together with my GPX project,thanks everyone who has made suggestions.

Luis,well done on receiving your new coil,look forward to some feedback on how it performs.

Must admit i also found that to be the case with my 15x12 SEF coil,pretty good on small hammered coins which most coils are not.

I kept a eye out all day here in the UK and settled on a 850nm filter on my IR camera and during the day i could actually look at the sun during the day but when it came for the total solar eclipse it rained and was massively over cast,so what did i grab on my camera absolutely nothing 🤣🤣🤣

Some tremendous finds and that permission certainly has more potential from that race track,when detecting here in the UK i often look out for 'church spires' and if 2 are within sight i will detect between them as those are often prime locations for finds that have been dropped from horse racing....that is how 'Steeple Chase' got its name from.

One of our UK dealers mentioned about these coils specifically for the T2 which is of course similar to the F75,he mentioned that they are good but being a dealer he did not expand enthusiastically about them,i wont be getting one as i personally think they look just like the older SEF coils that i have all ready,must admit the SEF coils are very good on my T2 so cannot see a reason to duplicate them in my coil arsenal. Nel coils are my main brand for the T2 and really highly rate them,the worse coil that came out for the T2/F75 was that massive 15'' boat anchor job that they produced,i do own one brand new but never used it as it weighs a ton,my SEF 15x12 is much much lighter.

@Alexnov,sorry but i have absolutely no idea what this reply is ???

Chase,after reading your post i dont think i will proceed in buying the Garrett setup,many thanks for the heads up,will continue with my wired setup for the moment.....thanks again.

Welcome to the forum,must admit most of my detecting over the last 50 years here in the UK has been on farm land both ploughed and pasture and find very small amount of farm related items,mainly horse tack,thimbles and everything else but very few machinery items.

Having been searching for a decent wireless setup and found a brand new set of TX/RX Garrett modules and everything that i am after for my GPX project,although the price that the seller is asking is way cheaper than the normal asking price i am negotiating him down ever more if i can. One thing that slightly concerns me is will the coil interfere with the Garrett wirefree setup or should it all be ok and work without any issues ?? My Docs screamer case arrived yesterday and all put on my GPX with the smaller battery and all i need to finish the whole wirefree project is the wirefree headphones which i am almost certain should be sorted this week.

In theory it sounds very appealing but in reality it could be a nightmare unless you have some basic idea on how to repair it if it goes wrong and that is a very high possibility as electronics are getting older,if it was a highly specialised machine which it is not and you had a specific need for it then possibly yes. Some truly amazing 'brand new' offers are on the market at the moment which are far far far more advanced than what these 2 machines that have been offered,i certainly would not take the risk but what option you choose i wish you good luck.