And the Racer video arrives!! Courtesy of Mr. Keith Southern

[JimmyCT]

Thank you sir for taking the time to introduce the Racer - Jim


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvw4o8J3wFo

 

[TabWhisperer]

Thank you Keith. Loved the video and glad to finally see and hear it come alive. A quote from the end of the video is one of the best I have ever heard. "It's a good looking' design too. I mean you just can't fault it. I mean, the way it looks. I mean it looks like you want to get out and do some hunting with it." I've always thought the T2 SE black and gold finish was maybe the best one I had ever looked at. But the Racer is visually really nice. It may not make any difference on the performance, but it beats an ugly detector! The wait continues for my tracking number.

I think I read the Racer starts up at a default gain setting of 50. And it was hitting a 10 inch dime? Nice.

Here is Keith's unpacking video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlFxVVDlp04

 

[JimmyCT]

TabWhisperer he had turned the gain up to 98 to hit those coins. Pick it up around the 11:40 minute / second mark.

 

[Monte]

'70' and the FORS CoRe a default of '50.'

I will be doing more side-by-side work with both of them this weekend matching up the Gain numbers for comparison. I'll post the results afterwards.

Monte

 

[TabWhisperer]

Yep, you're right. I may have skipped over that by accident. On he deck I heard him mention default settings and not changing anything. I thought he was still in the default settings when he hit the deep coins.

 

[JimmyCT]

That would of been phenomenal if he did. Don't get me wrong, the Racer is still impressive.

Yep, you're right. I may have skipped over that by accident. On he deck I heard him mention default settings and not changing anything. I thought he was still in the default settings when he hit the deep coins.

 

[Keith Southern]

Well looks like Yall found the Videos LOL!!!

I turned the sens up on the in ground dime test..it was not on 70...

I got about 3 hours of hunting with the unit in a spot full of iron today...and I can say right off the bat the machine is more Powerful than the CoRe I have..not alot but if is more powerfull..Unmasking small coil to small coil dead heat even it so seems...Slight depth gain on high conductors at depth stock coil to stock coil also going to the Racer...

Racer airtest a tad better and in the dirt its more sparky on deeper iron...

We have asked for a powerful do it all machine and Makro has listened...

Alot to share right now....but need more testing to be sure..

I just got some quick stuff filmed ..More to follow..

Testing Blutooth Now..

Keith

 

[bugg]

I have some yellow/ orange/red clay with lots of rocks mixed in. I have watched his test results over the years, and when I use the same detectors Keith uses in his depth tests, I consistantly get 20-30 % less depth in my soil. In your soil you may get more depth or less depth than Keith does. Just something to keep in mind. I use Keiths depth tests as a reference if you will.
Bugg

 

[Shenandoah Digger]

Great video as usual Keith. Keep 'em coming.

 

[targets]

the dongle and headphones is still a mystery

 

[flbeachhunter]

Keith, thank you for the very informative video. I appreciate all you do to help keep us informed.

I did notice while you were demonstrating the features and settings of the Makro Racer, when you came to the Frequency shift Tab, you demonstrated that you could place it on one of five settings. When you did this, you ended up leaving it on # 4. This could cause a reduction in performance per the manual. The manual states:

IMPORTANT! Frequency shift may impair performance. Therefore, it is suggested that you do
not shift the frequency unless it is required and operate it with the default settings (The default setting for Frequency Shift is # 3).

Just a heads up.

Thanks again Keith for all your hard work and help.

Mike

 

[togg77]

Now I won't have to send my F75 in and then have to WUNDER if it's going to be as good as Before they FIXED it. When Keith says "GO" I will order and never look back.

 

[targets]

how does it see a ball of silver foil ?? clear or confused with a silver coin ?
and where do gold rings come on the TID

 

[jcurtz1]

Hi all,
It would be nice to see Keith hit that same test garden with the Makro Large coil. Also, how were the VID numbers on those coins. Did I hear him say it ID'd the deep 13" nickel? That's pretty awesome, I think anyway.