Del, I just happen to talk about the Nokta FORS CoRe a LOT!! I also incorporate ample discussion about the also excellent FORS Relic. And now we have the astounding Nokta Impact. The Impact is a grand unit with exciting adjustment features and in-the-field performance, complemented by excellent balance and feel. It got that way from some dedicated design efforts from the good folks on 'Team Nokta' and for very good reason. That 'Team' of physical and electronic design engineers already performed some magic in bringing about the Relic to start 2016, and that model was a continued effort to enhance what they gave us initially with their top-end CoRe.
I was asked a lot last year if I felt someone ought to part with their CoRe and snag a Relic. I told them they could, if they wanted the few extra adjustment features [size=small]
(mainly Tone Break and Iron Audio Volume)[/size], but in my opinion the 19 kHz Relic has it's strong points, but the 15 kHz CoRe was not completely 'outclassed' with the introduction of the Relic. The Relic was simply an additional model in a similar package that brought us some benefits that also came with the higher 19 kHz design.
My encouragement for those interested was to ADD a Relic to their arsenal, but KEEP the CoRe because the two detectors complement each other very well.
In my case I went above-and-beyond, I guess you could say, because in 2015 I bought a 2nd CoRe from Steve H. to add versatility to my personal detector battery. Then I did the same with the Relic and by about mid-year in 2016 I bought an 'as-new' Relic from a fellow in Washington. Because I hunt densely brushed or highly littered sites most of the time, I spend the bulk of my hunting time looking down at smaller-size search coils. I use a 'standard' coil only when working larger, more open spaces with sparse targets.
My Impact set-up is also complemented with a production model now to complement my 'Test Sample' Impact. These six Nokta detectors make up my
Regular-Use Detector Team of TID models. I keep each of them equipped with a different search coil as follows:
'Test' Impact ... round 5" DD
Production Impact ... new open-frame 5X9½ DD
1st FORS Relic ... round 5" DD
2nd FORS Relic ... 5½X10 Concentric
1st FORS CoRe ...
'OOR' [size=small]
(Out-Of-Round)[/size] 4.[size=small]7[/size]X5.[size=small]2[/size] DD
2nd FORS CoRe ... standard 7X11 DD
At times all six of these travel with me, but for sure I always take at least three of them, one of each model. This provides me a three-unit set for each of my pick-ups, and when my 2013 GMC sells those units will be shifted to a camping trailer or a replacement vehicle.
Do I use them all? Most certainly I do.
Am I enjoying the new Impact? Without a doubt and I find myself grabbing one of them first when I arrive at many sites I want to hunt.
If I was asked to trim my personal detector battery to owning ONLY ONE metal detector, and was to have to choose from between these three excellent models, could I do that? Yes, I definitely could because ALL of them have, and continue, to provide me the type of results I want and need when I put them to work afield.
And will I tell you which model that would be? Nope. I don't want to because I don't have to.
I am allowed to own as many detectors as I want, and I only want detectors on-hand and at-hand that are well balanced, provide performance I need, and offer the coil choices I might want or need for different sites and applications. The CoRe, Relic and Impact all do just that .... but in their own slightly different ways.
I can tell anyone that there are times I arrive at a site and anticipate what a friend or other participant might anticipate me grabbing to use and knowing that, I often send a shockwave their direction ... I grab my very trusted and impressive performing FORS CoRe.
I believe Nokta should change their banner for this Nokta Forum and include the CoRe along with the Relic and Impact they show at the top. It was the CoRe that alerted so many of us [size=small]
(and I include myself in this group)[/size] to the new kid-on-the-block,
Nokta Detector Technologies, who just moved in with some excellent offerings, very reasonably priced, and so well engineered, that the other detector manufacturers on Detector Maker Avenue had better take a look at their yard [size=small]
(detector offerings)[/size] and realize they had tall, out-of-hand grass [size=small]
(aka high prices)[/size], a lot of clutter [size=small]
(better seen as useless models, poor performing offerings, old fashioned designs)[/size], and they better get busy trying to catch up with their new neighbors who were bound to be more aggressive and dedicated to working with and for the end consumers to provide them what they wanted, what they needed, in impressive-looking and excellent performing design ... and at very competitive and reasonable prices.
And while they had a few other 'specialty' type models before-hand, it what the Nokta FORS CoRe that brought about the reality that we had new engineers hard at work bringing us, the end consumers, a product that was more than capable of providing us versatile performance at a great price.
Yes, it was the CoRe that hooked me on the Nokta brand, and I was so impressed that with the CoRe I started thinning out several other brands and models of TID equipped detectors. Why? Because they fell short in the way of weight, balance and field performance. All I've done is add in more Nokta models that make my entire detector battery complement each other, all the while continuing to enjoy grabbing and hunting with my FORS CoRe. A tremendous detector offering at a very affordable price that still provides us all with commendable performance afield, for any type of detecting adventure.
Monte
------Really---Nokta does make other detectors besides just the Impact!
Just kidding !
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