Nokta Legend 2 Finds With V1.02 Software

[Jeff McClendon]

I was able to update to V1.02 software on February 6, 2026. That public version software really changed how Legend 2 performed in the high magnetite mineralization conditions where I often detect. All target IDs especially low and mid conductors, became much more stable and there was no more low and mid conductor high tone falsing. V1.02 also stabilized ground balancing and even improved EMI handling.

So, since February 6, 2026 I have hunted exclusively with the Legend 2 and 11" round coil. My Manticore and Deus 2 have received a well earned rest for the last 3 weeks. I missed one week of hunting also during that time due to weather and traveling. 

My basic settings for Legend 2 have been Park M1, A disc pattern, sensitivity 23 to 25, recovery speed 4 or 5, bottle cap reject 0, iron filter 1, audio gain 1, ground suppression 0, deep target 1 or 2, iron volume level 2, 6 tones setup so that iron, small foil, US nickels, US zinc penny, US clad dime/copper penny and US quarter each get a tone bin.

Legend 2 has done very well in my opinion.

Many of the silver targets were 8" or more deep. The large gold ring was 5" deep.

These were all found in public parks where very careful selective digging with no shovels allowed is a requirement.

Melt value by weight and purity as of 2/28/2026 for the gold and silver items is $853 US.

Oldest coin is an 1889 USA Liberty Head nickel. That is fairly old for the Denver Colorado area since Colorado became a US state in 1876.

During these hunts I also recovered over $50 in USA modern clad coins.

Yes, I happily dig modern clad coins. Money is money and I will take it anyway that I can get it, even zinc pennies.

 

[Motovezdehod]

Thank you, Jeff. Your posts are very objective and detailed. It's a pleasure to read.

[Bill (S. CA)]

Thanks for posting, Jeff.  Since I know you are a longtime Legend user, I'd be very interested in knowing your opinion of the performance of the Legend 2 vs. the original Legend.  Also I'm curious as to why you run bottlecap reject at 0.  Do you not dig many caps or are your ears, which I know are pretty good, able to recognize caps via audio?

By the way, most folks here may not know that you do all target recoveries in your parks with a screwdriver. That is a lot of probing and popping to dig fifty bucks in clad!  I'm like you, I will never tire of digging coins, clad or not. Well except maybe for zincs. Our parks literally destroy them if they are buried for any length of time.

Bill

[JCR]

Very encouraging, especially to find those older targets that have been missed.

[Jeff McClendon]

2 hours ago, Bill (S. CA) said:

  Also I'm curious as to why you run bottlecap reject at 0.  Do you not dig many caps or are your ears, which I know are pretty good, able to recognize caps via audio?

Bill

Ferro Check does a very good job of identifying shallower steel bottle caps along with some characteristic audio responses. I need to run as little iron filtering as possible here due to the magnetite levels so that mid depth to deeper non ferrous targets can maintain non ferrous responses as deep as possible. If I dig the occasional 6” deep bottle cap, no big deal.

At least with the latest software, Legend 2 is simply better than Legend 1. It’s not a huge difference but there really is nothing about Legend 1 that I now like better than Legend 2 except for the hand grip.