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  1. I probably will sell my Deus to get a Fors gold eventually...The deus is almost magical the way it can pull good targets out of trash..but its kinda overkill for me with all the configurations possible. Basically I relic hunt Ca gold rush areas and I prospect. I dont beach hunt, and urban detecting is down to hunting demos in Stockton....which is same as relic hunting in the hills but with bums,hookers and drug addicts instead of rattlers and poison oak,lol. Im waiting to see if Nokta will give us a forward screen,then I will do it.

  2. Well,Im mainly a relic hunter,but the same pricipals should work for gold in trash. Usually the culprit is square naills and smaller bits of iron. A detector like the gb pro and AT pro will usually disc these at around 27-28...and this is where I set the tone break. But audio matters more than anything else....bigger iron such as chisels,picks are easy to discern...but I dig them because I like them,lol. I like to use a small coil or eliptical,and just work the heck out of an area from different angles and overlap swings. Its almost like your trying to coerce a signal,if that makes sense. Any high tone that even squeeks and I can get to repeat,gets investigated. Often its just iron falsing ,but using a pick makes a quick assesment. Right now I have a gb pro,Deus,Tejon and my son uses an AT pro for this type of detecting. My main concern though is we do well on shallow stuff in high trash....but feel like I am missing alot of the deeper targets. This is where you Steve,have my attention on the Nokta. I really want a small coil to have some "punch". Well,enough of my rambling thoughts. Merry Christmas everyone...and thanks for hosting such a great site Steve...I learn alot here! Ray

  3. Its difficult to get depth in iron trash, the proverbial carpet of nails. In those situations,unmasking and seperation is what is needed,and the mxt with the shooter coil is above average in that department. My son uses the AT Pro, and in the iron mode with the smaller coil,it is deadly. But that is one noisy machine set like that, you even hear the iron in the soil,like a constant grumble.

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  4. Hi Paulito,and welcome to the forum. Im just north of you in Calaveras county. Nothing wrong with the MXT...and Steve and Ron summed it up pretty well. One of the better hunters in your area has ran a mxt for years. You may want to pick up a used tdi to compliment the mxt, if funds allow...that will handle the hot ground,is good for gold and can be used for relics if you like. Good luck,Ray

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