detectors, and certainly I have relied on the good and very good performing detectors when Relic Hunting very trashy sites, especially in iron nail infested conditions. Over fifty years of avid metal detecting while concentrating on ghost towns, military and pioneer encampments and other old-activity sites that abound with iron for forty-six of those years. It had me relying on the
very good performance I got from a favored Tesoro models or a White's MXT Pro and a few so-so rivals.
That changed this year when I got a Nokta FORS Coin & Relic in early January, especially after putting the small coil to work. I was so impressed that I was hoping for similar performance from the proposed Makro Racer, and getting one in-hand in February was more than a delight. I found the standard 7X11 DD for the FORS much more comfortable, partly due to the rod-mount location, but the same-size smaller '
OOR' coil [size=small](My term for "Out-Of-Round")[/size] at 4.[size=small]7[/size]X5.[size=small]2[/size] inches is an absolute best-pick search coil.
I now use what I consider to be at the
extreme end of best when it comers to search coil and detector selection for working trashier sites. I have a Racer with small '
OOR' coil in each of my vehicles so I'm prepared for any opportunity wherever I travel. I have other coils at-the-ready, but I go prepared for ugly conditions, which seem to be the ones I encounter the most.
garys relics said:
Great finds!! How deep was the relics and did you dig many nails? I look for relics mostly and have not heard as much about the Racer and relic hunting.
If you are hunting in any trashy site, especially when encountering ferrous junk like iron nails, the presence of shallower or co-located iron will hamper getting any benefit with detection depth. Where circuitry design and coil selection shines is being able to respond to desirable targets in a terrible, challenging environment.
The Racer has been impressing me at so many sites I have hunted with it that have-been and are challenging. Places I have hunted quite a bit with many very good detectors for decades but have been thin-pickin's in recent years. Then my Racer and
OOR coil go to work and it comes to life again.
I encourage you to try and track down a Racer owner and do some hunting together and borrow it for a while .... if they will let you. No doubt you are going to find it to be a great detector for a variety of hunting needs, and one you'll likely want to add to your personal arsenal.
Monte