Which Metal Detector Manufacturer Did Give You The Most Fun / Success ?

[dave_e]

Nokta (before the Makro merger) without a doubt.

 

The Makro Racer 2 with the 4.5"x5" coil was great in trash, but the Nokta Impact running at 20kHz with the 7.5"x4" coil is a laser in the thickest junk.

 

[locator]

18 hours ago, bado1 said:

A guy can't have just one, right? Very situational for me. So, to make it brief, of all of the machines/brands that I've owned over the years I've narrowed it down to four which are the ones I still have.Three are ML and a Deus....a GPX 4500 has netted me the most gold, the 6000 just hasn't had the time on it yet though I'm confident it will surpass the 4500, the E-trac the most coins ( non trashy yard and park hunting), the Deus has accounted for the most coins and relics in trashy areas. Garret was/is the least impressive of all for me. Nok/Mak was good but the shine wore off fast for me. I've easily owned and enjoyed more ML machines than any other brands.

Hi. Right now that you broke it down to four it should be easy to say which one is the most fun to use and dig good finds.??

[Bill (S. CA)]

I would have to split my vote in two, one for when i was a kid and one for when i was an adult.  My White's Coinmaster III TR, which me and my mom bought together back in 1972, was super fun.  Nobody back then metal detected.  We hunted together, I swung and she dug.  We found a lot of cool stuff.

In 1994 my mom and I went detector shopping together again.  We went to a place called Earth's Treasures in I think Mansfield, Ohio and met a fellow there named Dick Noel.  I was all set to buy a Fisher CZ 5 Quicksilver but Dick told me to check out something called a Minelab Sovereign XS.  He demonstrated the Sovereign to us and my mother looked at me and said "buy it."  That detector was a game changer.  Despite all of the innovations since then, I never had more fun as an adult as I did with that Sovereign.  At the time there was nothing like it.

[DIG5050]

Small world, Bill.  I still live near Mansfield, Ohio, and have also bought detectors from Dick Noel at Earths Treasures;  one of the most interesting at the time was the Sovereign, about a year after you bought yours.  Deepest detector I had at the time.  I guess I’m in the minority as I’ve bought more Garrett detectors than any other brand over the years, mainly because of the quick learning curve and their simplicity. I use different brands now, but still have a Garrett as a go to for some situations.  Happy hunting!

[George Kinsey]

Filled up a museum with my old 4900.Having tested hundreds of detectors from around the world in the last 53+ years that's too tough to call.

[Bill (S. CA)]

On 4/2/2022 at 5:14 AM, DIG5050 said:

Small world, Bill.  I still live near Mansfield, Ohio, and have also bought detectors from Dick Noel at Earths Treasures;  one of the most interesting at the time was the Sovereign, about a year after you bought yours.  Deepest detector I had at the time.  I guess I’m in the minority as I’ve bought more Garrett detectors than any other brand over the years, mainly because of the quick learning curve and their simplicity. I use different brands now, but still have a Garrett as a go to for some situations.  Happy hunting!

What I remember most about the XS was that huge loud "bong" sound it would make when it hit a target like a quarter.  I had never heard anything like it!

Funny how small the world is.  I went to college at Ashland College (not a university back then) and never heard of Earth's Treasures and Dick Noel until I moved to California.  Sure miss that part of the country, it's a great place to live.