Popular Post Jeff McClendon Posted March 14, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2022 Quick 1 hour hunt at a local school complex. Standard US clad along with a 1942 Wheat penny and a 10k gold opened hoop earring. I was using the 11” coil in Park Multi 1, sensitivity 25, 6 tones, recovery speed 5 and was using the ground discrimination setting which rejects target IDs 1 and 2 to take care of ground noise from the red iron rich clay that is the soil here which is made from decomposition of granite and gneiss. I definitely performed a ground grab before hunting! My mother told me to get out of the house for an hour since it was my 66th birthday and she was being looked after by my sister. I obeyed. My third target was the 10k opened hoop earring (bottom right earring on the plate) which gave a very solid audio response and a TID of 14. It was 3” deep and surrounded by 16 steel ? safety pins from a high school cross country race event. I could clearly hear a good target amid those pins. The other coins were identified correctly both by tone and numbers so no up averaging even in mineralized dirt. The US nickel and pull tabs were 5”+ deep. I had adjusted the 6 tones, volume levels and tone breaks to match ferrous targets, small gold/aluminum targets and the 5 main modern US coins. The only possible negative was what seemed to be a bit of Bluetooth lag since I was having some issues locating targets using the onboard pinpoint function. However, the red dirt was extremely wet and my Tek Point went nuts anywhere near the dirt so could be ground conditions more than wireless lag. So far, the Legend has been very quiet and stable and is a pleasure to swing and use. For those with a Simplex, the Legend has much better weight balance. For Dean, the vibration feature works in all of the modes, it has 0 to 5 for intensity and can be shortened or lengthened in duration by adjusting the recovery speed. Yes, those chewed up coins are modern zinc pennies which are destroyed quickly by the soil here. 25 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phrunt Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 That dirt reminds me of my backyard when I lived in Brisbane, Australia. Nice looking pooch! Sounds like you're enjoying the Legend. So far so good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tometusns Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Jeff, Thanks for the report! Prayers for your mom. 56 was a good year and hopefully I’ll catch ya in a few months. Looking forward to more info. Thanks again! Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal_Cobra Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Thanks for the report Jeff. Hope your Mom's doing better! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLLonnie Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Thanks for the quick report Jeff. As you put more hours on the Legend, I will be looking forward to hear how you feel it compares to the Equinox. Glad to hear your mom has recovered well enough to order you out of the house. When she offers to make you a sandwich, I think the recovery will be complete. Take care and HH. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chase Goldman Posted March 14, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted March 14, 2022 On 3/12/2022 at 11:38 PM, Jeff McClendon said: Received a Legend WHP with 11” stock coil today. First impressions are that this is an extremely nice detector as far as build quality, features, layout, and general feel. Weight is similar to the Equinox but the handle/grip is much more comfortable at least for my hands and the Legend is not very nose heavy with the 11” coil. The Legend’s weight is fairly evenly distributed. It actually reminds me of a T2, F70 or F75 in that regard. The audio tones are very nice compared to previous Nokta Makro detectors and have a more tone-like audio similar to the Equinox and Deus 2 using Square audio. The audio volume, pitches, and tone breaks are easy to adjust. It was about 35 F here in central Georgia today with a wind chill of half that temperature so detecting with the Legend didn’t happen. Hopefully I will be able to use it some tomorrow 3/13/22. Please feel free to comment or leave your impressions of the Legend if you have one and want to add to this discussion whether you agree or disagree with whatever I might report. Pretty much mirrored my initial run, Jeff, but no gold. It is a pleasure to swing. Need to further assess its capabilities, but it has got Nox beat in terms of of its overall ergonomics, balance, and user interface. I like the tones. Went with 60 tones and no disc. Great target tone modulation, no need to glance at the depth meter. Not thrilled about having to learn yet another different TID scale, but that just something that will get easier with time. Great TID spread on the mid conductors all the way up to the zincolns. 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogliuga Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Thank you for your report. I have one question: a relic hunter I know won a Legend...he want to test it and I asked him to make a screenshot of the mineralization strength bars. He told me Legend doesn’t have a strenght mineralization graphic...is that the case? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Goldman Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Ogliuga said: Thank you for your report. I have one question: a relic hunter I know won a Legend...he want to test it and I asked him to make a screenshot of the mineralization strength bars. He told me Legend doesn’t have a strenght mineralization graphic...is that the case? Thanks Yes. NM decided not to put a mineralization meter on Legend. Perhaps a future add but if you look at the screen layout, there really isn’t any spare room. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCR Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I hope NM is considering adding one with good resolution. It has been suggested to them that the Depth scale or Ferro Check might be utilized during the Ground Balance procedure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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