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First look at the CORS Fire coil 2

First look at the CORS Fire coil!

So I finally received a new coil from CORS Labs, the CORS Fire! A little annotation before i begin this review: I have this coil for my Garrett AT Pro, but it is also available for other detectors. First off, let’s start with some specifications for this coil: -The size of this coil is 38 cm/ 15″ -It weighs 750g, which is a good weight for this coil. -Both coil...

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Garrett AT PRO or Minelab X-Terra 705? A comparison of the metal detectors

Very often, diggers are asking me the same question – which detector is best: Garrett AT PRO or Minelab X-Terra 705? I have long tried to find the cons and pros of the two most popular metal detectors and all comprehension took me a long time. I went with the Garrett AT PRO, as many others went with the Minelab – X-Terra 705 and so I think it is time...

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Garrett AT PRO 2? A new Garrett detector coming in 2017!

The Garrett company has one person who makes all the very important and necessary decisions, and he is called Henry Tellez (Henry Tellez or Tellets, I will use the first option), the Director of International Sales and Marketing. Here he is in a photo: At a recent rally in the Netherlands, he talked about the upcoming 2017, the year that a new product, a new Garrett AT PRO 2 (so far no name...

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Diggin’ WW2 with Garrett ACE 400i

Last weekend I was diggin’ on WW2 battlefield. Battles took place in 1944 year on Eastern front between German and Soviet forces. During the several months of positional fierce fighting this place called by Germans defense line “Tannenberg” became hell on Earth. Till now tons of metal pieces can be found there like evidence of happened tragedies. I took with me Garret ACE 400i detector with standard searching coil and...

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What to do when your coil breaks? (Mars MD Tiger example)

Without what can’t you go detecting? Some time ago, I would have said the pinpointer, but recently one digger shared a photo – he went digging with his Makro Racer and lost a coil in the literal sense of the word. He said that he used the coil as usual, without hitting anything, it just fell off. But you still want to continue detecting, right? Nothing else remains but to search the pockets...

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Gold find with the CORS Giant coil! (Photo, review+)

Hello fellow detectorists! In this article im going to continue my subject on the CORS Giant coil. What has impressed me even more about this coil is its ability to detect very small items. I have been on a few trips with this coil now, and i have muliple times found very small objects. At first when i got the coil i tought that it would detect small objects very badly...

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Bounty Hunter Junior TID – a new detector for kids!

Who said that detecting is only for adults?? The guys from the Bounty Hunter (1st Texas Products, they control almost one third of the market of metal detectors in the world and they own brands like Bounty Hunter, Fisher and Teknetics – good equipment for its price) have long produced good detectors, and now they are producing metal detectors for kids too! The idea is cool, in fact, for children it...

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New coil from CORS Labs – Cannon (review)

Hi mates! Finally I received new coil from CORS Labs for my new detector ACE 400i. It’s time to show what’s in the box and how I see it. Let’s begin. First of all, there are some parameters of new coil: Size – 10.5″ x 14.5″. Weight – 18,7 oz. Both coil and cable are completely waterproof. So I noticed this label which means that this coil have been tested...

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4,000 year-old bronze axes found by a detectorist in Wales!

A detectorist in Wales found bronze flat axes that are over 4000 years old, and now they are officially declared as a treasure. The detectorist Paul Howells found them when he was detecting in a field. The finds were reported and sent in to the National Museum of Wales. The axes were declared as a treasure according to the museum. These axes are bronze flat with a wide blade edge, one...

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2.5 thousand year-old discovery with the NEL THUNDER (Review, photo of the finds+)

A fellow detectorist named Michael sent us his interesting story of a find – do not forget that your interesting stories can be published on my blog! All interesting stories, reviews, and other interesting facts about our favorite hobby i collect in this blog! Read, share and enjoy:) Hello. My name is Michael. I want to tell you about an interesting discovery, which i made with my new coil, Nel Thunder. I recently bought...