Old IDX pro vs the New Coinmaster GT

[Fishnmaine]

Old IDX pro vs the New Coinmaster GT.......What would be the most prefered by users......

 

[a4wdguy]

I would prefer the IDX Pro after performing the Mr Bill's mod on it because it would then have an audible threshold. Otherwise, I think the Coinmaster has the edge due mainly to much lower weight.

 

[bigolhorns]

I have a Mr.Bill modified IDX, an unmodified IDX and a Coin GT. Out of the three the one I grab most is the Coin GT.

 

[Tom Slick]

Picking up clad and jewelry at parks and schools the GT. Picking out old coins and jewelry at iron and nail infested home sites and ghost towns the IDX Pro.

 

[Monte]

The better outfitted guy or gal would maybe have one of each, depending upon what type of hunting they prefer to do, and the types of sites and/or amount of, and type of, trash they would deal with.

If I were hunting an urban setting such as a large, open park or sports field or even a well maintained private yard, all sites that might not have an abundance of trash, I'd likely use the Coin GT w/stock 9" coil.

If I were picking on a wood-chip or sand-filled playground with a lot of targets and many metal poles and structures to deal with, or a building tear-down site, renovation work, or heading out of town to an old-use site like a stage stop, pioneer encampment, ghost town, mining, logging or railroad camp, homestead, or any other place that might have a lot of trash (especially iron nails) and/or brush and building rubble, my choice would be the IDX Pro w/6

 

[Fishnmaine]

Thanks Monte for that detailed info....I'm really going for the GT.....Well not for me the wife. I bought some time ago a brand new Classic III for which I sold because of lack of interest from my better half. ( Now all of a sudden she's interested again) And I regret for selling it. Only I could of used it for a backup, but at the time I had my DFX as a back up when I purchaced the V3....So the Classic went. Later on the DFX got sold. I know of a IDX pro with mods for sale for $225 hardly used. I could purchase it but this machine might be to heavy for her....But a great backup for me . My wife is not a woods hunter mostly a beach and park...That's why I think the GT would be best....I just wanted a fell from anybody who has used the coinmaster vs the Classic. Maybe I should buy both. I hears Mr. Bill doesn't do mods anymore. So finding one is not easy.

 

[Hombre]

The IDX Pro will run circles around most modern digital detectors in the iron nails, it is almost as good at un-masking in the iron as an early Tesoro such as the orig. Bandido or Toltec ll. The IDX Pro or my Toltec ll is the first detector chosen to hunt a junky old homestead, they both would outclass my departed DFX in the small ferrous trash.

 

[Fishnmaine]

The IDX Pro will run circles around most modern digital detectors in the iron nails, it is almost as good at un-masking in the iron as an early Tesoro such as the orig. Bandido or Toltec ll. The IDX Pro or my Toltec ll is the first detector chosen to hunt a junky old homestead, they both would outclass my departed DFX in the small ferrous trash.

Is that before the Mods or after the Mods?

 

[Bucksport]

The mods only get the unit ground balanced properly. They already handle iron better than most.

 

[Woodchuck]

IDX PRO hands down,I tried the GT,outside of VDI etc I felt the IDX was more accurate I.D ING it targets