sherpa t
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I know it is hard to buy something without having it in your hands, I think I want a Tesoro, but without touching it I'm very torn. Like wise I live close enough to Kellyco that I have touched some of the machines alot of others have asked about and maybe this could help them.
I took a sample of items down there last weekend and air tested ( no head phones ) the Ace 250, Titan 3000 and Whites MXT.
I have alot of interest in gold so I took a good variety of nuggets, silver dime , quarter / half and a 1700's Spanish silver coin, gold tenth and a small gold ring.
Weight, the Titan was the lightest , the 250 a bit more but reasonable and the whites OK, but on the MXT, my hand is large and the pin point toggle switch was very clumsy for me, fine for the wife's hand.
Performance in air tests, They all hit well on the nuggets, the deepest was the whites in prospect mode , good sound till about 8 inch from coil face. the Titan in All metal mode was solid to about 6 inch and the Ace 250 in all metal about 4 inch. Coil face to two inch they all were very solid hits.
In standard detect with discrimination they all were good and the depths again the above 1,2,3, results. ( the ace 250 was metering 6 inch on the gage face for the silver dime.( it seemed accurate , in the soil don't know)
I was very impressed with the Titans pin point, it activates the small center circle and the signal is very clear, the Titan also had a manual ground balance knob and a cool knock out button for discriminating a problem item in a trashy area.
Wife and daughter want a machine with target id , I liked the large number style of the whites and Titan, the Garret is still the bar and pointer style. Biggest thought here is the Garrett seemed crowded and busy. All had very good tone differences, much better than my Lobo ST.
They were all good depending on your needs to price ratio. The Garret is very reasonable in price and hit the targets hard and firm ... much more than wife's present GTA350, ( PS ) - didn't like the pin point as much as the Titan's.
Hope this helps someone.
I took a sample of items down there last weekend and air tested ( no head phones ) the Ace 250, Titan 3000 and Whites MXT.
I have alot of interest in gold so I took a good variety of nuggets, silver dime , quarter / half and a 1700's Spanish silver coin, gold tenth and a small gold ring.
Weight, the Titan was the lightest , the 250 a bit more but reasonable and the whites OK, but on the MXT, my hand is large and the pin point toggle switch was very clumsy for me, fine for the wife's hand.
Performance in air tests, They all hit well on the nuggets, the deepest was the whites in prospect mode , good sound till about 8 inch from coil face. the Titan in All metal mode was solid to about 6 inch and the Ace 250 in all metal about 4 inch. Coil face to two inch they all were very solid hits.
In standard detect with discrimination they all were good and the depths again the above 1,2,3, results. ( the ace 250 was metering 6 inch on the gage face for the silver dime.( it seemed accurate , in the soil don't know)
I was very impressed with the Titans pin point, it activates the small center circle and the signal is very clear, the Titan also had a manual ground balance knob and a cool knock out button for discriminating a problem item in a trashy area.
Wife and daughter want a machine with target id , I liked the large number style of the whites and Titan, the Garret is still the bar and pointer style. Biggest thought here is the Garrett seemed crowded and busy. All had very good tone differences, much better than my Lobo ST.
They were all good depending on your needs to price ratio. The Garret is very reasonable in price and hit the targets hard and firm ... much more than wife's present GTA350, ( PS ) - didn't like the pin point as much as the Titan's.
Hope this helps someone.
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