Just Got A Nokta Legend, I'm Kinda New To All This, Any Ideas Would Be Appreciated...

[TigerSaw]

I went on facebook Market place and found a Legend with Pro Pack. The guy wanted $550 US dollars. I offered him $490 and he accepted. It also came with a Ricomax Pin Pinpointer. Was this a good deal for a used Legend he said he barely used it. The bottom of the coil looked brand new hardly no marks at all.  I'm glad I could join the group.

[JCR]

Welcome from East Texas.

That's not a bad deal at all. The Legend is an excellent machine that will serve you well.

[MD4V.org]

Read the manual. Don't understand the controls? Read the manual AGAIN. There are updates available for the machine. Go to the Nokta Makro site https://www.noktadetectors.com/the-legend-software-update/ and check it out!

Great Machine - Big Gold!

 

[DSMITH]

On 7/23/2024 at 12:49 PM, TigerSaw said:

I went on facebook Market place and found a Legend with Pro Pack. The guy wanted $550 US dollars. I offered him $490 and he accepted. It also came with a Ricomax Pin Pinpointer. Was this a good deal for a used Legend he said he barely used it. The bottom of the coil looked brand new hardly no marks at all.  I'm glad I could join the group.

Have you already received it yet, which I hope is the case because there are a ton of scammers on Facebook right now selling detectors at what appears to be a great price and then they get your money and you never see the item you supposedly just purchased

All I will say if you have not received that Legend yet is Good Luck

[DSMITH]

By the way @TigerSaw welcome to Detector Prospector

[TigerSaw]

I already got it and updated it to 1.5 ver.  Being new is there away to test it out to make sure everything is working ok. It's seems to be working went through some of the functions. Any ideas would be appreciated thanks.

[TigerSaw]

I'm guessing that I have a newer version of the legend, at the bottom of the screen is just says Nokta Ive see some that have Nokta/Makro. I heard that Nokta bought out Makro. Anyone have any thoughts? tks
 

[AirmetTango]

On 7/25/2024 at 12:00 PM, TigerSaw said:

I'm guessing that I have a newer version of the legend, at the bottom of the screen is just says Nokta Ive see some that have Nokta/Makro. I heard that Nokta bought out Makro. Anyone have any thoughts? tks
 

Yes, you likely have a relatively newer production unit. Nokta officially dropped the “Makro” portion of the name about this time last year, I think. I’m not sure when the Legend started getting shipped with just the Nokta nameplate only, but it was probably around that time? I bought a Legend brand new in January of this year, and it had only Nokta on the the nameplate.

Also, you can verify how much the machine has been used - the Legend has a time tracker function that displays the total usage from initial startup, and to my knowledge, it cannot be reset:

 

[Chase Goldman]

Simplest way to test it is to get a bunch of sample targets of various types: coins (pennies, nickel, dimes, quarters), rings, etc and also some "junk" targets - nails, bottlecaps, aluminum pull tabs.   Place them on the ground and see how your detector responds to those targets both in terms of tone and displayed target number.  Be sure to ground balance and noise cancel your detector per the instructions.  Start with Park because that is a good general purpose mode and run through the various multi-frequency profiles (M1 thru M3) and then each of the individual single frequency settings and note how the target responses change with changes to these settings.  Note how discrimination works to cancel out ferrous targets like nails.  Then note how the response of the detector changes when you change the recovery speed setting - that setting enables you to differentiate targets that located close together but it also limits your depth capability (there are always trade-offs with settings and filters).  Practice with the onboard pinpointer - you can keep yourself from "cheating" by placing the targets under cardboard squares to see  where the pinpoint signal maxes out.  That should acclimate you to how the detector responds and should alert you to operational issues with the detector if there are any.

Next, try lifting your coil in the air, away from the target and take note of how the target signal "fades" as you move the coil further away.  This simulates a deeper target response.

Next steps would be to create a test garden by burying test targets in the ground, if able, at various depths to see how in-ground responses sound or simply detect your yard to see what is there and go about recovering your target using your pinpointer and a digging tool (you can use various handheld gardening tool or even a screwdriver to recover your targets).  Recover every target your detector alerts you to so you can get used to how your detector responds to both junk and keeper targets.  Often there is some ambiguity.  See below for suggested target recovery tools and techniques.  Also, do not dig too deep, your detector can sometimes respond to buried power lines or pipes.  You don't want to risk personal injury or damage to buried utilities.  If a "strong" target is not recovered after you dig down 6 to 8", I wouldn't risk digging deeper in your yard.  Either you are not pinpointed over the target or your target is a deep, big object that could be a buried utility component you don't need to mess with.

You may want to ultimately experiment with the other detector modes (field, beach, gold) for familiarization and the various audio options (number of tones, pitch vs. tone ID etc.) to see what works best for you.

It also would be helpful if you let us know what environment (park, farm field, beach, etc.) you intend to use your detector in and your detecting target objective (coins, jewelry, gold, old historic relics) and that can help us know how to advise you further.  Including additional gear you might need to help you recover targets (that depends on where you intend to detect). 

I'm not personally familiar with your "Ricomax" pinpointer, but don't underestimate the need for a decent pinpointing device.  Test your purchased pinpointer for sensitivity and stability and basically the ability to assist you to promptly recover a buried target.  Spending too much time trying to recover a dug target means less time you spend searching for additional targets to recover.

Good luck.