What's Your Go To Coin Machine??

[RickUK]

Over the years i have built up a fair amount of detector and still own them all including Deusx2 and Nox etc but they still have not come close to what my faithful old original T2 has found me,infact its become my No1 everyday machine again.Never ever let me down and with the Sharpshooter coil has found me more gold coinage and silver hammered coins than all my other machines put together,the only other machine which comes close is the DFX which once again has found me the 2nd most gold coinage.

I always make a mental note of what decent finds go in my finds pouch and  its the T2 by a massive amount,its a funny old game this detecting lark when a simple to setup machine the T2 takes just seconds to fire up and be away detecting but machines like the Deus and Nox are not as capable in my mind........keep it simple works really well for me.

The many other machines that i have these days mainly have specific uses like deep pasture hunts or very trashy roman sites but my T2 is my all time favourite.

[Joe D.]

Hey Rick,

I like what you said about the T2!     

 This is part of my recent line of thinking in my recent switch in detectors! I just bought a G2+ and a MXT Pro! It seems like a counterintuitive move from the Nox 800 that i traded! But in my mind, i think it will be a good move! And i will be more successful! Time will tell!??

[Joe D.]

Simon,

With all you post about what you do, i don't think anyone here, is ever going to label you as being lazy! I would take your definition of lazy any day!!???

[Joe D.]

Yeah,

You beat me by 20 years!! (52)! 

But it's all good!??

[RickUK]

3 hours ago, phrunt said:

I would possibly be more successful if I stuck with the T2 full time too after all I have two of them, an old one and a new T2 classic, it's a very deep detector, as deep as a VLF gets I would think however ID's are far less stable than my Nox/Vanquish on deep targets meaning I don't have confidence to dig by ID with it like I do the others on deeper targets.  This means I'd dig a lot more targets thereby digging targets I may miss with the other detectors when for whatever reason their ID isn't as stable as I'd expect it to be like a silver on edge or something.   He who digs more finds more, no matter what detector you're using.  I think that's why people have done so well with the early Garrett Ace series detectors, they force you to dig a lot more with their limited target notches.  My Ace has 12 notches, a lot of targets fall into each notch.

I think I could do well with any detector if I was willing to dig it all whenever it beeps, I am lazy though and like detectors that have as accurate ID as possible so I dig a lot less.

As i basically run my T2 in AM mode all the time and this is my observation that the TID is much more stable as a result of using zero discrimination and the TID just seems to lock onto a target much better and for the most part stable and possibly at greater depth.......of course the deeper the target is the less reliable or infact in many cases the TID wont show because the larget is slightly deeper than the signal can trigger the TID circuit but the audio threshold still will indicate it......that is when you need to dig,of course it could well be rubbish but that way you wont miss any of the desirable decent targets.

The rubbish rate will rise but the reward ratio of desirable targets also rises as well,this is why we usually find that newbies are told by experienced detetorists to dig all and they often find the hoards/artefacts that experienced detectorists would leave behind for being lazy.

Turning out to be a very good topic.

[RickUK]

3 hours ago, phrunt said:

I retired at 32, I think I invented lazy ?

I was also lucky that i was able to retire from mainstream work in my 30s as well,without doubt possibly the best decision i ever made.living the dream as they say.

[Tom Slick]

  If I'm just going for picking up the most clad in a given time, my "go to" coin vacuum is the White's DFX or V3i with a BigFoot coil. I've never found another detector that can match it. It will only go about 4-5" deep so not for the older coins but it will smoke any other detector for sheer quantity out of a park or school. Pretty good on the dry saltwater beach sand also.   

[abenson]

When I coin hunt it's usually only for older coins. So I want a metal detector that can not only go deep but have an accurate ID at depth in my bad soil. Equinox 800 fits that bill for me, nothing else but a FBS machine can come close.

[dogodog]

Well I can't say enough good things about my Nokta Multi Kruzer. This is a great solid coin machine (sometimes too good). Clad, silver and gold you won't guess at whats under your coil. I've had it for roughly 8 months, And have found around $1100.00 in face value and scrap coins. My second choice would be my lowly Tesoro compadre.