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Minelab X-Terra 705 – first and overall impression of the detector

A famous Machine, which has already been said and talked a lot about. But what is a blog about diggers and detectors, if there is no Minelab X-Terra 705? Quite impossible thing, I think, to be a blogger and a detectorist and not write about this machine. But what is it in this blue box with the image of the device on a background of mountains and a hand filled with treasure. Most of us have...

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MI6 – news from XP, coil and update 4.0 (for XP Deus owners)

Greetings, comrades! Salute to those who have a Deus XP detector, because XP’s engineers have recently announced that they work on a new pinpointer and iOS 4.0 for Deus «divine» and finished in the next few months it will be available to the general public. New pinpointer MI-6 Here’s how this miracle looks. Design in XP style – all futuristic as usual. ?As seen, pinpointer has a flashlight. The button is located...

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Digging around 365 beaches in the UK! – Daniel Holdsworth and his adventure

Funny news i have found here … A digger that comes from Keighley (United Kingdom), has set himself an amazing goal, to go with a metal detector at 365 beaches around the coast of Great Britain! Daniel Holdsworth, known as the «Deep Digger Dan», aims to raise £ 50,000 for a charity that grants wishes of seriously ill children. Dan Holdsworth is 42 years old, and lives in Keighley for most of...

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How does Minelab make money on their Detectors? (facts, photos+)

I recently read on Minelab’s website, and i found a lot of interesting information about the detectors and findings. And we all diggers are waiting and looking for new detectors that would bring more discoveries. And judging by all Minelab collected data, they are preparing something big and interesting! But first things first. Firstly, I was curious to know whether the company has lost market from sales of its new products Minelab...

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First look at the Nokta Fors Gold Plus (photos+)

Today we have a product from 2015 – Nokta Fors Gold Plus from the Turkish manufacturer of metal detectors, Nokta. This device is a professional detector for finding gold. Let’s look what’s inside? Model features Manufacturer: Nokta (Turkey) Model: Fors Gold Plus Search modes: 3 programs Display: yes Technologies: VLF Frequency 19 kHz VDI / Digital The purpose-ID :: yes Manual ground balance: yes Automatic Ground Balance: yes Device noise reduction: No...

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Makro Racer 2 – Photos, thoughts and review

Salute digger! About the box, packaging and first photos of this detector, I wrote in a previous post, you will find this post here. But now I will share my experience of using this device. In fact, the detector first gave me a bit of mixed feelings. The first ting that was srange – why did it make such fun and unusual sounds? I looked at the menu, I played with the settings,...

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Is it necessary to buy additional coils for your detector?

Each year I have this issue – do i need additional coils for my detector? We already have the standard coils which you can freely use without any problems. And also, the additional coils are very suspicious – who knows how and where they were manufactured? And if it breaks down, you can’t exactly take it for repair or replacement under warranty. However, the tought of the arrival on the field, and return with nothing (using standard...

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Garret ACE 400i – what’s in the box

Hi all! Finally I got new Garret ACE 400i and now can describe what’s inside the box.  On the top there are some roman coins with green idyllic fields on background. Let’s start! To be honest, the box content made me happy. All You need is down here: detector, coil, earphones, covers, warranty, user guide, etc. Now I’ll show You all a little bit closer… Detector with it’s display, which...

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Digging with the CORS Giant coil! (review, photos+)

So, not looking at the awful weather over here, i managed to squeeze in a couple of hours of detecting between the rainstorms. I went out to try out my new CORS Giant coil, and to be honest, i got some unexpected surprises. First of all, when i started assembling it, the bolt to the coil caught my attention. The bolt that comes with the Giant coil is kind of...

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Makro Racer 2 – Review of the kit and first impressions

When there was a new metal detector released by the Turkish company Makro, the Makro Racer I reacted skeptically to this. How many metal detector manufacturers are there? Probably just another random manufacturer. But a few months later it began to appear interesting reviews, videos and photo reports about it and I thought about bying the Makro Racer. However, a year later, the company released a new version – Makro Racer 2, I...