Harold said:
Does it hold Tone and I.D. to the edge of depth? I think this is often over looked as some detectors drop a Tone and I.D. at extreme depth.
Harold,
The Racer, in the 3-Tone mode, does a very good job of holding the proper audio Tone for a great percentage of the depth it can achieve, based upon the Gain setting used. Form my experiences with a wide variety of multi-tone detectors, I would say it is better than most.
There are some detectors that can provide a very repeatable Tone ID for their range, but those are usually detectors that require an ample amount of signal to process and they have used "clipping filters" so as not to produce any weaker or 'fringe' responses. They are all-or-nothing types of designs and will usually not provide the total overall depth of detection of a better quality detector.
Like most detectors, the visual Target ID read-out will probably not be produced, if a target is very weak and/or at the deepest range of the detection. This will be affected by the ground mineral make-up, the presence of any nearby masking target, the detected target's size, shape and orientation to the search coil, and of course the search coil used, the sweep speed and coil presentation for a direct center-of-axis sweep, and other variables.
All that said, I can tell you that I have had very impressive performance from the Racer in a variety of site conditions, and have found it to produce a better Target ID with a more accurate and tighter read-out than many competitive model, to include some that I have favored and relied upon for quite a while. That's part of the reasons why the Nokta FORS CoRe and Makro Racer have moved into my #1 All-Purpose Detector position. The are simple, yet functional and performance is very satisfying.
Monte