You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. This is impressive indeed but I would guess that it has been factory set to zero ground balance in this mode. Especially as you get close to the pier and start hitting all those bits of iron, rusty nails and melted aluminium cans from countless barbecues and bonfires. Check out the video if you want to see how it performed in my coin garden as well as some old parks on live targets. I continued on and even went into the surf but the machine was still silent, which again confirms my suspicion that the ground balance is set to zero.

On my first sweep, I stuck to the dry sand/shingle parts of the beach and I kept the machine in SAND mode. Metal detectors can be an expensive purchase and many who would love to take up the hobby are often put off by the cost of getting started. Age Verification Required: This product is not for sale to people under the age of 18 and will require an online age verification check. Surprisingly, they gave it a backlibut no Ground Balance adjustment or other real useful adjustments to take on an assortment of challenging ground conditions.I’m new to detecting but had a keen interest for a long time now, I live in the uk and wanted to get into the hobby but didn’t want to spend a fortune on my first detector. Metal detecting, a hobby that combines history, adventure, and technology, has seen significant advancements in recent years. Additionally, the detector is lightweight and easy to handle, so you won't get tired or frustrated during long detecting sessions.

As a beginner, you don't want to invest too much money in a detector until you're sure you'll enjoy the hobby.Although on standard SAND mode settings, it does knock out some of the iron and thankfully some of the rusty old bottle caps. Not only an excellent choice for travel, vacations, camping trips, and outings but also a great birthday gift, holiday present, anniversary gift or give for Father's Day and Mother's Day.

It is also waterproof, so you can use it in shallow water or in rainy weather without worrying about damage. Not to mention the monumental amount of bottle caps strewn all over the beach every night by the many students and clubbers in the town.It won’t detect a target much deeper than around 8″ which is the same as the MTXE but due to the slower recovery speed, there is a chance that many targets would be missed.

The driver will input your year of birth into their device and may then require an ID check to complete the age verification process. The detector can distinguish between different types of metals, so you can tell if you've found a valuable coin or just a drinks can. I have never used one, but I have heard from a few people, foreign from the USA, who have use the Quest 10, 20, 30, 40 and Pro models and have all told me that, for the money, the detector was well worth it. Single-frequency detectors can suffer a severe performance hit when confronted with the heavily mineralised ground of wet salt sand. The MTXE is a good machine for those looking not to spend too much but wanting something that isn’t at the “toy detector” end of the scale.This is the time a machine takes to register a target and then drop that target before picking up the next one. Deals of America is a federally registered trademark of Ziff Davis and may not be used by third parties without explicit permission. Simultaneous multi-frequency machines such as the Minelab Equinox/Vanquish, Nokta Makro Legend, Garrett Ace Apex and lately the XP Deus II tend to be the way to go. These days we are used to spending a fair bit of money on a metal detector, especially if you want to use it on wet sand.