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I've had this machine for a while now and and I'm extremely satisfied with it. You learn to know what you have under your coil with just the audio ( Minelab's audio is just that good). A few tips: 1. This is a detector where you want to have you iron sound ON, at least to where you can hear it and not be annoying, it helps you a lot in identifying the targets, as follows: 2. On bottlecaps, the old trick, if you swing just on the edge of the object, it will give you a solid iron tone, and give a high but short tone right over it. This is almost always a bottlecap, but it could also be a big ol' coin among iron, in iron infested areas. 3. When you pin-point, if you press the pin-pointer button a second time really close to the target it can determine quite precisely the object size based on the long or short tone when you pass over the object again (very similar to the sizing function of the old X-terra 705). Helps you a lot with eliminating big can slaw/trash or large aluminium foil. I got pretty good at this, now I can usually identify even a bullet casing or similar longer shape objects versus a round object because it sounds a bit longer if I turn 90 degrees. 4. In salt water, 18-19 sensitivity should take much of the chatter away while still keeping a good detection depth. It is worse with all that chatter, you lose focus to small signals, you miss signals among the chaos and its also tiring. 5. On land, the ground tracking will negate the phantom signals better. If you pass a couple of times over a signal with ground tracking on and it disappears/goes into the negatives, you know it was a bad/phantom signal. If it keeps repeating, even if it sounds choppy, it is usually a conductive target. This is very useful in iron infested areas. 6. When you have a feint signal and don't know if its a deep coin or a small object close to the surface, even after the pin point trick, switch to lower frequencies and compare. If it sounds way worse or goes away, its a tiny thing and you don't have to struggle to dig a big hole for nothing. 7. If the object is in the plug when you dig it out, it can sometimes be masked and sound like iron, especially if it's a tiny low conductor. Just quickly use pin pointer function on the plug and on the hole to see where it sound closer. That's all I can think of now, hopefully this helps some newer X-terra users. I've found coin sized objects at 10 inches deep at least, and small fingernail size conductive objects at 4-6 inches deep (even dug shotgun shell pellets, that was a pain to find). I've dunked it in water, dropped it on the ground and still no issues, works like a charm. So yeah, for the price it is truly unbeatable, I'm super happy with it 👍
Yeah Merrill he pretty much covered it here. Only thing I would say is at my beach 18-19 in the water would be too chatty for 99 percent of people but 16 is good and he is 100 percent right this machine is a tones machine and not a VDI machine you can reference numbers to a point but the tones are insane in either full or Depth tones. Mode
@@MetalDetectingNYCIf Merrill would just lower the Sensitivity down below 20 Sensitivity and the X-Terra Pro is that great with the Lower Sensitivity and the X-Terra Pro is telling him about the target and then is he actually listening to the X-Terra Pro Tone's and The Full Sensitivity Isn't Necessary to get the targets.....
The new Xterra Elite which the Triple Score competes with seems to realy up the capability specs for a decent value. The Xterra Pro and even the Double Score had price drops really making them attractive.
Picked up an xterra-pro in june. Used it today in our club hunt, found $172.50 worth of silver at the hunt. I have Deus 2, 800, 600, F75, etc., etc., etc. 42 detectors in my collection thus far. This machine has paid for itself over the last three months in silver finds value easily, and the year isn't over yet! For the money, it's a beast of a machine!
Amigo buenas noches acabo de comprar mi X-TERRA PRO espero me apuedas ayudar para aprender a operarlo de la mejor manera gracias saludos desde Colombia
Placed an order for 2 X-Terra Pro today after watching a couple of your videos on it. My grandpa mentioned that he may want to start hunting some as well, so for the price, I went ahead and bought him one for a gift. Thanks for the great content. As someone that’s just getting started, they have been extremely helpful.
Once you get them, keep the sensitivity down below 20 and Not on the Full Sensitivity and the X-Terra Pro will give you more information about the target and I have started with 12 Sensitivity and I have worked my way up to 18 Sensitivity Now and it's a Coin Shooters Dream Detector that when I get to a Jumpy VDI it's going to be a Junk Or a Relic Target And not a Coin but Full Sensitivity is not even Necessary with the X-Terra Pro and I was still getting Targets that are in the 6-8 inches deep with 12 Sensitivity and I'm still amazed about what I can do and change the Tone's and the tone break and I'm a New Minelab Detector Owner and I NOW have 2 Minelabs Detector's and I have traded the Simplex + for a Equinox 600 and it's totally different than what I'm use to using but when it rains it pours and I ❤️them Both and the New Knowledge that It is giving me and I'm not digging up ALOT of target's that sounds great but then it's a JUNK TARGET and I also have on the Horseshoe Button and that is a New Wealth of Knowledge that the Other Simple Detector's Doesn't Have Or anything else like it and just lower the Sensitivity down below 20 and let the detector tell you about the target and I have since raised the Sensitivity up to 18 and WoW and I'm still amazed about the Settings that I have and that I can Change just from the X-Terra Pro ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️.
hands down best detecting channel on YT. Thank you for all the information brother, i recently purchased the x-terra pro and for the price and its capabilities i think i made the right decision for a good starter detector, i dont dectect on the beach very often i like fields and yards but this video helped me out a lot thank you for all you do
I enjoy the comparison videos quite a bit. In the test areas I use I use colored golf tees to mark different signals. Then go over the same spots with another detector to see what I found and missed with each. Keep up the good work.
I just bought the x-Terra pro Im a beginner at this but you're information is very Good and understanding all ways watching ill probably stay with the X- Terra for a long while and get to know it !
New Simplex vs XTerra Pro would be an interesting comparison.. Thanks for doing these Merrill and I hope your school year is starting off smooth for you!
You got a video from a couple months back that didnt age well... i have a legend and an xterra. I am really starting to suspect my legends capabilities on the beach for deeper mid tones. Especially when hunting South Jersey beaches when they are low. Almost like targets are getting lost in all the clutter. Been watching you for a few years and you have kept my passion alive. Thanks for what you do!
I'm actually purchasing a manticore today after waiting and listening to users thoughts on the machine I'm fortunate to know some very knowledgeable people in the detecting business over here and honest opinions are invaluable in my opinion. Your video has tried to be as thorough as possible at covering the two machines and hopefully you'll be able to do some more comparisons with your buddies in tow, keep up the good work!.
Just got back from Destin Florida, was detecting dry and wet sand and out to about three feet of water was using my X-terra pro. Not much treasure, the usual bling and a whole lot of trash. The point is I was competing against a bunch of detectorists who were out in front of me with several different types of machines and when we got to the turnaround point they could not believe the amount of just stuff I had dug up with this inexpensive machine, it just proved expensive does not mean more fun. Heading to Georgia’s islands next
I had just purchased the xterra pro and your video was on point but My settings are a bit different for the beach and I find it better than my simplex for now waiting for your next video thanks for this video
I forgot to thank you for doing this awesome comparison, so thanks :) I use them both depending on my mood plus to make sure I keep learning how they both work.
So sir pls i need you helps you have both x terra pro and manticore,i have only x terra now i want to buy manticore only for more depth what you mean, is better or i staying with x terra pro and to buying inly sonde 15x12 maby is working same depth
I dont know if it is just me.. but I found watching this that the all over the place constant beeps and blips on the X terra rather annoying! I think I would get annoyed with the constant confusion? Is this a total different machine on the pasture land?
@@MetalDetectingNYCYour Sensitivity is totally to high for the X-Terra Pro and lower it between 12 and 20 Sensitivity and it will do a Better job than the Jumpy VDI and Jumpy Tone's that you are experiencing now....
Thanks for doing this video. For no more than I hunt, I wouldn't think of buying a Manticore anyway, but I love that Minelab has given us a reasonably priced AND waterproof AND decent detector in the X=Terra Pro. I don't love how chirpy it is, but like you said, that could be settings.
And he is running the full sensitivity and it's not a Necessary with the X-Terra Pro and I have mine at 12 Sensitivity and the little bit of chirping now is Handy for the junk signal Targets and the coin's are solid Tone Targets and the X-Terra Pro is really good about telling me about the target and Merrill is very much new to this X-Terra Pro and I don't know everything about it either but it's way too High on the Sensitivity.... and I have found a target and then I would lower the Sensitivity down until the X doesn't hear it and then raise the sensitivity back up until it does and I have mine set at 12 Sensitivity and that's what has been working for me and All Metal Mode is a plus and a 1 Button Push to get to it And the Simplex + is a 5 button push and on the New Simplex Lineup " ultra" 6 button push from Field 1 and probably a Single Tone like the Simplex + Was and I still Had to dig it out just to carry around more Iron Quarter's Tone Targets and the X-Terra Pro is a totally great Detector and I don't have to dig up everything and it will let me know when I need to dig.....❤.....
Lower the Sensitivity down below 20 and Even farther when you get a chance to understand what it is trying to tell you about the target and then the jumpy VDI is usually going to be a Junk Target And when you get to a Coin target it's really Sounds off great but I have the X-Terra Pro and it's going great with it and the Jumpy VDI is a Totally Just Junk Target And I have my Sensitivity down to 12 Sensitivity and I'm still digging up Targets that are in the 6-8 inch range and I have since been raising the sensitivity up and the More that I get to know what it's trying to tell me what the target is and I started with 12 Sensitivity the very first time that I turned it on and it did make a difference between Targets and try that with the Equinox 900 and see if it works out....
I'm preparing myself to freedive with Nokta Pulsedive next week. It makes sense that more stuff is being lost while swimming - in the water. It's actually bizzare how much of good stuff you can find on the shore
Well that’s good news I just bought one I live in Cutler Bay Florida Miami so lots of beaches east and west that’s what I bought it for cause it’s water proof thanks for the test
I posted a video of me on. The beach with it, NO CHATTER on myrtle beach, it was quite. 19 or 20 sensitivity, recovery speed 3, and noise cancel. It performed better than my EQUINOX
Metal detectors historically have been a one time purchase. You buy a good one and then don’t really ever need a new machine unless yours breaks. Detecting companies have found a way around that to create repeat customers out of what would have been one and done customers. Sell them hype. While there have been some improvements over the years(iron separation comes to mind) I’m not sure they justify the expense. Good tones, durability and proximal audio are my requirements..
Tienes razón yo tuve un Fisher 1280 desde los años 90s y lo vendí recién hace 4 años. He con prado varios baratos de diferentes marcas pero con o q no termino de convencerme .
Unfair comparison tbh, you can walk up and down the same area several times and not find everything in one go. So if one machine finds something the other didn’t it doesn’t mean it couldn’t find it, just you missed it first time, and vice versa.
@@Sapper094 Ehh, perspective bud. When I say historically I am talking about more than 25 years ago when I started detecting. There weren’t even sort of the options available there are today, there wasn’t advertising the way there is today, there wasn’t online buying. There was some guy who you knew, who knew a guy who was a dealer, or you found a magazine at a bookstore that had an advertisement , etc. Rushed out and bought it 😂….You are fooling yourself, that wasn’t a thing. Beyond that, people kept and used their machines for years and most became so staunchly set on their machines, so brand loyal, they wouldn’t even try a new one or a different company. Just for a little more perspective, I have been sponsored by several metal detecting companies, worked with the biggest distributor of detectors in the world, had dozens of machines sent to me for free, written articles for nearly every US detecting publication, done radio interviews, have relics published in reference books and am actually in the process of writing one myself currently. Im not just speaking idly when I say historically, machines were basically a one time purchase, with maybe a few upgrades for the average consumer. As I stated above, while there are some instances where there have been great advancements over the years that warrant a new purchase, and the hype(i.e. pulse machines, pin pointers, multi freq, waterproof machines etc.) most of the “new tech” has just been a repackaging and marketing of the same tech in an effort to drum up sales with hype.
Great job brother, really enjoying getting to know you. Cowboy Joe 35 years searching Florida ...Gold Fever is deep in the blood. Xtera & 900 & Sea Hunter
Actually, I'm glad this wasn't a live stream. I just can't sit through that kind of snooze video. Thanks for taking the time to edit this and make it a palatable little morsel, well done!
If you had limited funds and needed to get back into the hobbie Would you get the xterra pro or vanquish 540 for all around detecting. Some beach, some dirt
X-Terra Pro and it's Water proof and it's rechargeable and the Vanquish isn't and you will have to go ahead and find a place for the Extra Weight of the Batteries to get and keep busy buying them and lug around the house... and especially the tool bag...
X-Terra Pro $ 269.and the Vanquish $ 550. And you will still have to get a Pinpointer too find the Targets and the X-Terra Pro is the best decision to get....
@@johnholmes6897 And there's us that have the X-Terra Pro and know that it's a very capable detector and don't have to promote other Detectors that was sent to us and I'm still not talking about NYC , but there's others that are trying to build up there outside of RUclips Channel Website and get Sponsored and us few that really knows how the X-Terra Pro is better than the Notka Lineups Detector's and I have always owned the lower end of Detector's until I got the X-Terra Pro and it's going Great and I just got the X-Terra Pro 6 months ago and I have started with 12 Sensitivity and I got to know what it's trying to tell me what the target is and I Did Dig up some trash Targets, until I got to know what the target numbers are on the X-Terra Pro and the Jumpy VDI on Merrills X-Terra Pro is Way to Hot for full sensitivity and it's not necessary at all and I have watched a video of Ken's metal detecting Finds and tricks and he is on 10 sensitivity and there's MORE and the other one is using 6-10 sensitivity and she knows more than enough that to know about the detector that doesn't put out Video's and I have some on my Channel of the X-Terra Pro and the Garrett Carrot Pinpointer and the Magnet's on my hand digger and the Shovel And the X-Terra Pro Arm Cuff and it has helped with holding up the X-Terra Pro from falling over when I get my Tool belt on and I have accidentally hit it and watching it on the ground and I really used them when I was using the Simplex + and it's only using 3 Tone's of High Medium and Low Tone and everything is mulled together and it's totally different than the X-Terra Pro is and the X-Terra Pro is the best decision that I have made and it's not very hard to understand the program and then it's the first one of Minelab Detector's that I have ever owned and it's going great and for the money that you don't have to spend too get the X-Terra Pro and I only Coin Shoot with mine and I have enough of the Simplex Relics Hunter Detector that is the whole Notka Lineups of Detector's and I have eliminated 3 Junk Carry Bags from my Belt when I got the X-Terra Pro and if you have any questions about the X-Terra Pro look at my channel and ask... 👍.... and Happy New Year....
That's just like the Legend Detector and more updates are Needed to be at the X-Terra Pro level and No Update on the X-Terra Pro At all and then it's not Necessary to get the X-Terra Pro figured out how much it works out for getting the Targets and then Minelab Detector's have been around longer than the Notka Lineups and the More Updates and I use to have the Simplex + and it was on the Discontinued Detector List and I didn't know it until I went to get a update for the EMI Problem's that It was having and then I seen that it was on the list as of 2021 and it was only 2 years old when it was put on the list and I had it for 4 years and I Had only found it last year that it's going away and the Simplex Ultra sounds just like the Duck Tone's Squawk that you have to listen to... and the X-Terra Pro Tone's are better...
Hi i have a question I hunt in the fields and forest in Europe I have minelab explorer but it is to heavy as I have problems with my wrist .What do you recommend vanquish 540 or xterra pro as I'm on a budget .Thanks
X-Terra Pro Anytime after I was using the Simplex + for 4 years and I have the X-Terra Pro now it's 2 Different Detector's.... and Merrill just needs to learn from the X-Terra Pro and lower the Sensitivity down and Not any kind of detector Ever Made Today can really stand for the Full Sensitivity without any kind of ground Feedback and that's why the Jumpy VDI is Happening in the video....
Hey merrill, good vid bud, i notice in both detector comparisons you're walking too quick for your swing speed.. you aren't overlapping your swing sweeps properly so theres a lot of beach you're missing.. easy to do. Side by side target response and settings of each machine would help show what each machine is seeing or not seeing. 👍🍻
Merrell I think your first impressions of the Xterra pro on the beach are going to hold up long-term the more you use it. Yeah the vdi can be all over the place sometimes, but a lot of the time what it's telling you is that it's junk and to move on. I have the xtp and the new ultra. Which one do I use on the beach? The Xterra pro. Don't get me wrong the ultra works fine on the beach but the Xterra pro is very sensitive to jewelry in the park 2 and Beach 1 modes like the equinox is. I use park 2 in the dry sand
And beach 1 in the wet with sensitivity around 21 or 22. The thing I like about the Xterra pro is when you raise the coil on those probable bottle cap VDi numbers and it drops eight or more it's a bottle cap. The ultra doesn't do this as well and you will be fooled a lot more with those bottle caps. Saves a lot of time as it's right 99% of the time.
Just ordered one is it really good for near were the waves crash? I’ve had machines that are sensitive to the minerals and salt and beep constantly am I gonna have issues?
Have you seen Joe Diggers videos in St Augustine FL. Joe was running the Nox 800 and switched to the Xterra Pro and is finding more jewelry and rings. I watched your vids on the disc pattern on the Manticore not going into the neg like the Xterra Pro and how small gold and jewelry falls in this section. I’ve got a Manticore after using the DFX since ‘09 and I like how the vdi goes from -99-+99. I was in St Augustine in the spring for a month and never found a ring. Was at the same beach as Joe and met him several times. Had to wonder what I was doing wrong. Five-six aluminum and steel tent deep tent spikes at 14-18 inches. Every time I thought it could be a deep large ring. I dug everything. Joe and some other guys I met in Jacksonville detect in all metal and I tried it but just too noisy.
Yep seen joe in st Augustine and I'm not surprised. The cheaper Xterra does just as well as the equinox, I will never pay over 300 for a detector again
I'm a tone only hunter ( Fisher CZ) . Had a whites with VDI. But found myself swing over and over and over trying to figure out the numbers instead of just digging it !
Better IF you could buy a battery for the x-Terra Pro. I sent Minelab a email on Nov. 16th asking about a battery and their response was they don't sell them or even supply them to a dealer, but if I was having a problem, it would be covered under the 3 year warranty. I was ready to buy the detector but if you can't get a battery for it after the warranty runs out I have to reconsider. I don't want to have a dead detector after 3 years! I always like to have a backup battery as well.😊
A battery is a battery. They are all made from specific size cells you can easily build yourself or have someone do it for you. Depending on how far in the future its needed you can easily upgrade battery.
Well that's a deal breaker. Why are they using a specialized battery? I thought all metal detectors used 9v batteries. Some use two 9v. Some use one 9v. Interesting. Sounds like a scam to me.
@@andrewscotti1136 How is a battery a battery? Can you explain how to build that kind of battery? I'm not paying boo koo bucks for a specialized battery every time it goes dead when I can get a detector that uses regular batteries like a 9v. Better yet. 9v rechargeable. Not all of us are electricians like you. But if you can explain how to build one, please do.
@@zaksmith4523 most battery powered devices today are using 18650 batteries. They are in vapes, scooters, bikes, ev's, portable radios ect. You buy the cells and build the batteries by joining however many 18650s together to get the desired volts and amps. That being said if you dont know how to do it look it up or have someone else build it because if you do it it wrong it will catch on fire. Plenty of youtube vids to help you thru the process.
Merrill what sensitivity are you running on your X-Terra Pro? (this and newer videos) Is all ocean sand the same in NY to CA? Reason I ask is some say 20 is max but I know it can go higher especially if its not in totally wet sand like a wave just rolled in and back down and it not chattering. 21 or 22? Thanks I'm getting ready to do some beach detecting in March 2024 for 5 days at an RV park in Carlsbad CA.
would love to see a depth test and fesability video on the minelab gold machines "gpz 7000" on the beach, could a gold machine go deeper and find more at depth and would it even work on the beach? Curious to see.
I think you should to the same test perimeters with some ancient 80.s machine and the manticore afterwards. I wouldn't be surprised the old machine would clean up as well.
Eventually I will do that. I think that the big difference with modern machines is separation. I showed the Safari in a recent video on a line of coins. Everything was merged. The XTerra Pro is a lower priced machine than what the Safari was but it has the modern processing magic compared to my beloved clunky old Safari.
Safari is not old. Find a Garrett GTA if you want a digital screen or even better an old analog White's, Fisher or C-scoope. Beaches are not like NY parks. That English guy's learning channel who use Deus, he raffles old clunkers away.@@MetalDetectingNYC
What tone and number does gold usually come up as? I have an Xterra pro and Im used to high tones being good but some are saying lower tones are more likely gold on the Xterra? Anyone know if that's true.. Thanks
Yea I have the 800 and XTerra . The XTerra is great on the beaches. The only thing is the ID num on Xterra is really jumpy but I dig it all on the beach. I'm going to be testing it in the woods here soon. Under 300 you can't beat it. I run mine on dp tones at the beach
Thank you 🙏, I was about to buy X terra pro from Facebook marketplace for $200 😅but seeing your post makes me rethink my Actions I’m sticking to my Old metal detector White Prizm 3 🤣 That old detector finds more coins 🪙 and some rings than that expensive metal detector I don’t look at the display, I hear the sound more clearly But yay thank you very much
always entertaining and always value.... tempted for the Manticore, you don't believe in target ID anyway...lol. I will keep pounding the beach with my Nox 800 for now.... thank you Merrill! Nox goes to Thailand now for the "winter" . Excited as the sand level has gone down here in Ao Nang....
Two things.. it would do better to lower the sensitivity in the salt water, as you mentioned.. and also.. if you put it in all metal a bottle cap will give an iron grunt on the tip of the coil.. give it a try..
It looked like it was on the Fullest sensitivity that it has and it is not even Necessary to be at Full Sensitivity without any kind of ground Feedback and I have mine set at 12 Sensitivity and I don't have the Crackling on it....
One of the spots I search twice a week has a tiny ocean entry point for swimmers. Flanked by sharp lava rocks and sandy only out about twenty feet. Seriously no bigger than a back yard swimming pool. I found an old beaver tail pull tab there last week. Been searching this spot for a year with an Excalibur2. You can never find it all.
I have a 2008 Jeep Patriot 4cyl. manual shift 5 speed. Do you have any issues with loud creaking sounds coming from the underside of your Jeep? Btw, I’m totally hooked on your videos! 🤓 Also i am so thankful to see another human that goes around barefoot at home!! My husband picks on me about it! I tell him every time it’s how i keep myself grounded and sane!!! 😂😊
Great minds Jeep alike! Yes I get it from the brakes. Not terribly loud but when I mildly put my foot on the brakes I can hear it. Barefoot is the way to go!!!
I too purchased a xterra pro. Paid $194 new for it. First outing salt water long island sound. I found on the wet sand it was spotty at best. underwater was un-useable. Second outing was at a dirt permission. Found a few deep targets. Not bad in the dirt. What you would expect from a single frequency machine.
@@rickvann3489 Good day! Where did the opinion come from that in the “beach” mode the xterra works like a multi-frequency??? I've read something like this more than once. What is this opinion based on? Or is this just another legend? I apologize in advance for the Google translation))
@Atrogate it shows it on a sheet shipped with the unit and a few on NASA TOM forum have figured it out. Show running like the CTX frequency wise. 8Khz on the beach doesn't perform that good so why does the X-Terra Pro perform stellar when used on the beach. They believe that Minelab snuck that in there and called it 8Khz at worst it is using the frequency that listed on machine simultaneously but the print out shows 2.5 Khz to 143 Khz
You can literally sweep a Whites DFX in and out of salt water and it will automatically balance to the water and then to the land as you sweep. Why would I buy any detector that was only good for either dry land or salt water but not both?
No. Swinging faster (depending on the detector) will make you miss signals but has no impact on VDI.Signals-that are on the edge of detection depth will be less reliable than ones closer to the coil.
Thanks for all the knowledge! Random question: I live out in Suffolk- Do you know the law regarding private property and mean high water? I believe we can walk along the shore/wade legally below the high tide line. Any clue? I have some kayak accessable shoreline on the brain and I think they might be hot.
I also found what I belive to be a clip on earring, but the 925 stamp is barely there if at all, I posted it online and people thought it was a swastika hallmark lol, it dosnt stick to a magnet though, I should swipe over it I forget what it rang up as
That is my problem. Being new to this, I am now ready to buy my first machine, and the new simplex ultra and this x terra pro are around the same price here in Canada. They are similar in features, Multi frequency or Single frequency, not sure which one to buy?
I have owned a Bounty Hunter Discovery 3300 for several years it's a good for relic hunting but since I watched your videos on the Manticore and other detectors I purchased the Manticore any tips for using in the mountains, thanks
First, this was an extremely informative (and entertaining) video. I’m excited to see more comparisons. I ‘drive’ the NOX 800 after years of using an X-Terra, but my husband refuses to give up my old X-Terra or even try my NOX. I’m seriously thinking of getting him an X-Terra PRO so he can progress as a detectorist. If he doesn’t like it, I’ll just keep it for non-detecting friends to use. About your test: The difference between your test and what I prefer is merely sampling in a different way, but I would very much liked to have you swing one then the other over the same targets and hear how they sounded before digging. Going over the same area but not the same actual ground with one then the other potentially randomizes the process to the point where you could be comparing apples and oranges. Of course in order to haul around two detectors you would need a Sherpa. I’d volunteer to schlep your equipment for you, but I’m in California and my personal jet is in the shop for repairs.
Hey bud, been out getting into beach hunting with my manticore. It’s not my forte I’m usually on solid ground. Which is your favorite setting and do you have a video of the ring program you set up.? I did well yesterday and found a 9 g 18 karat gold ring. But I’m getting a ton of 38 that our pull tabs, do you discriminate anything out off of beach General or do you have a customer program?
hey man great channel im just starting my metal detecting jurney I have a minelab x terra pro. quick question I live in NYC as well do I need any permits or anything to metal detect parks or beaches? ty in advance.
Great to have comparison videos like one. One comment made was about phantom signals. I get those on the Nox 600 and they are perplexing to me. Any recommended actions or advice to address those type of signals? My sensitivity is usually set between 18-21. Thanks for all informative videos.
Lower the Sensitivity even more and it's more of a Site Dependent Detector and what is working for one site May not work on another place and do make sure to Noise Cancel and Ground Balance it and if the Phantom Signal is still there then check the coil connector and also take your Coil Cover off and then clean the coil and get the Dirt out and that's possibly why your getting the Phantom Targets and the Coil cover is going to be a little hard to get off but it will come Off and I have shaking it and watching the Dirt come out and alot of people don't know to do that and it will help....
Hey Merrill, can't wait for you to test the Simplex Ultra. How it compares with X Terra. I'm thinking about getting it for times my wife or kids/grandkids want to join me.
Another very good informative video,I think that the new Xterra is better than the old 705 that used for many years,but them the manticore had a better target id,Merrill keep the info coming we need that kind of schooling on these new machines ,I am now using the deus 2 lite,but I am like you stick with what ever works,happy hunting my friend from down south.
So you agree, the Target Id is so far off on the Xterra Pro that it makes detecting once again dig all leave nothing(Guess on what it is)? I am sure once they fix it if it is possible for them to the Xterra Pro would be a killer of a detector for the price range. I am still trying to get use to the 700. I sold my Xterra Pro because of the Vdi and Bottle caps Ring up pretty much on any tones.. Lol I might have been quick to jump on not liking the Xterra Pro but either way I just was not a fan of this one detector.. Thanks for your videos. Keep up the fun keep it real.. Peace
But you Dig everything anyway ohh Danny Boy and If it's a Jumpy VDI and I don't have to dig it up but I do when I get a Coin Numbers and I also have the Horseshoe Button on and that also helps with the discrimination and you should of just waited but I ground balance and don't use the Factory Settings and because I'm not at the Factory trying to figure out what it is seeing in the ground and the MORE I get to know what the X-Terra Pro is Capable of telling me about the target and I'm still amazed about the X-Terra Pro ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤........ Edit And there's some hidden features that nobody is currently changing on the X-Terra Pro that would help with the Targets and the So Called Experts that have been showing that the X-Terra Pro and versus and show the X-Terra Pro Setup but they have bypass the X-Terra Pro hidden features settings that is in the X-Terra Pro.....
Good day, sir I watched your video because it talks about the x terra pro and the manticore. i wanted to buy a manticore some sellers in france say it can detect a pan at 4 feet 11 1/16 inches (150 cms)... i told him seriously? To my knowledge, a detector of this type does not exceed 1 foot 7 11/16 inches (50 cms) if the object is large. I very much doubt the veracity of their words. Would you advise me more of a DEUS 2? It seems to me that you like this device? if you can help me with the “relic” program on the ctx 3030 that would be great, I left a request for help for the “relic” program a few days ago on a video that you published there at 4 months, if you can help that would be cool. thanks in advance
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What is the best detector.for less than 1200.00
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Hello, I want to get an X trapro device. Is it a good device?
I've had this machine for a while now and and I'm extremely satisfied with it. You learn to know what you have under your coil with just the audio ( Minelab's audio is just that good). A few tips:
1. This is a detector where you want to have you iron sound ON, at least to where you can hear it and not be annoying, it helps you a lot in identifying the targets, as follows:
2. On bottlecaps, the old trick, if you swing just on the edge of the object, it will give you a solid iron tone, and give a high but short tone right over it. This is almost always a bottlecap, but it could also be a big ol' coin among iron, in iron infested areas.
3. When you pin-point, if you press the pin-pointer button a second time really close to the target it can determine quite precisely the object size based on the long or short tone when you pass over the object again (very similar to the sizing function of the old X-terra 705). Helps you a lot with eliminating big can slaw/trash or large aluminium foil. I got pretty good at this, now I can usually identify even a bullet casing or similar longer shape objects versus a round object because it sounds a bit longer if I turn 90 degrees.
4. In salt water, 18-19 sensitivity should take much of the chatter away while still keeping a good detection depth. It is worse with all that chatter, you lose focus to small signals, you miss signals among the chaos and its also tiring.
5. On land, the ground tracking will negate the phantom signals better. If you pass a couple of times over a signal with ground tracking on and it disappears/goes into the negatives, you know it was a bad/phantom signal. If it keeps repeating, even if it sounds choppy, it is usually a conductive target. This is very useful in iron infested areas.
6. When you have a feint signal and don't know if its a deep coin or a small object close to the surface, even after the pin point trick, switch to lower frequencies and compare. If it sounds way worse or goes away, its a tiny thing and you don't have to struggle to dig a big hole for nothing.
7. If the object is in the plug when you dig it out, it can sometimes be masked and sound like iron, especially if it's a tiny low conductor. Just quickly use pin pointer function on the plug and on the hole to see where it sound closer.
That's all I can think of now, hopefully this helps some newer X-terra users. I've found coin sized objects at 10 inches deep at least, and small fingernail size conductive objects at 4-6 inches deep (even dug shotgun shell pellets, that was a pain to find). I've dunked it in water, dropped it on the ground and still no issues, works like a charm. So yeah, for the price it is truly unbeatable, I'm super happy with it 👍
Thank you for the in depth advice.
Yeah Merrill he pretty much covered it here. Only thing I would say is at my beach 18-19 in the water would be too chatty for 99 percent of people but 16 is good and he is 100 percent right this machine is a tones machine and not a VDI machine you can reference numbers to a point but the tones are insane in either full or Depth tones. Mode
@@MetalDetectingNYCIf Merrill would just lower the Sensitivity down below 20 Sensitivity and the X-Terra Pro is that great with the Lower Sensitivity and the X-Terra Pro is telling him about the target and then is he actually listening to the X-Terra Pro Tone's and The Full Sensitivity Isn't Necessary to get the targets.....
@@carolrice2063 💪👍😎
The new Xterra Elite which the Triple Score competes with seems to realy up the capability specs for a decent value. The Xterra Pro and even the Double Score had price drops really making them attractive.
Picked up an xterra-pro in june. Used it today in our club hunt, found $172.50 worth of silver at the hunt. I have Deus 2, 800, 600, F75, etc., etc., etc. 42 detectors in my collection thus far. This machine has paid for itself over the last three months in silver finds value easily, and the year isn't over yet! For the money, it's a beast of a machine!
try that in the wild maybe a pull tab
Hello
What is the deepest VLF detector u have on large targets?
42 detectors? You're my hero, dude.
Amigo buenas noches acabo de comprar mi X-TERRA PRO espero me apuedas ayudar para aprender a operarlo de la mejor manera gracias saludos desde Colombia
42 Detectors - that’s the first step to healing, admitting you have a problem….*lol*
Placed an order for 2 X-Terra Pro today after watching a couple of your videos on it. My grandpa mentioned that he may want to start hunting some as well, so for the price, I went ahead and bought him one for a gift. Thanks for the great content. As someone that’s just getting started, they have been extremely helpful.
Once you get them, keep the sensitivity down below 20 and Not on the Full Sensitivity and the X-Terra Pro will give you more information about the target and I have started with 12 Sensitivity and I have worked my way up to 18 Sensitivity Now and it's a Coin Shooters Dream Detector that when I get to a Jumpy VDI it's going to be a Junk Or a Relic Target And not a Coin but Full Sensitivity is not even Necessary with the X-Terra Pro and I was still getting Targets that are in the 6-8 inches deep with 12 Sensitivity and I'm still amazed about what I can do and change the Tone's and the tone break and I'm a New Minelab Detector Owner and I NOW have 2 Minelabs Detector's and I have traded the Simplex + for a Equinox 600 and it's totally different than what I'm use to using but when it rains it pours and I ❤️them Both and the New Knowledge that It is giving me and I'm not digging up ALOT of target's that sounds great but then it's a JUNK TARGET and I also have on the Horseshoe Button and that is a New Wealth of Knowledge that the Other Simple Detector's Doesn't Have Or anything else like it and just lower the Sensitivity down below 20 and let the detector tell you about the target and I have since raised the Sensitivity up to 18 and WoW and I'm still amazed about the Settings that I have and that I can Change just from the X-Terra Pro ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️.
Thanks for helping to re-new my interest in metal detecting.
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hands down best detecting channel on YT. Thank you for all the information brother, i recently purchased the x-terra pro and for the price and its capabilities i think i made the right decision for a good starter detector, i dont dectect on the beach very often i like fields and yards but this video helped me out a lot thank you for all you do
I enjoy the comparison videos quite a bit. In the test areas I use I use colored golf tees to mark different signals. Then go over the same spots with another detector to see what I found and missed with each. Keep up the good work.
I just bought the x-Terra pro Im a beginner at this but you're information is very Good and understanding all ways watching ill probably stay with the X- Terra for a long while and get to know it !
New Simplex vs XTerra Pro would be an interesting comparison.. Thanks for doing these Merrill and I hope your school year is starting off smooth for you!
You got a video from a couple months back that didnt age well... i have a legend and an xterra. I am really starting to suspect my legends capabilities on the beach for deeper mid tones. Especially when hunting South Jersey beaches when they are low. Almost like targets are getting lost in all the clutter. Been watching you for a few years and you have kept my passion alive. Thanks for what you do!
I own the manticore and my wife has the Xterra Pro, we hunt the beach quite often. they both perform quite well
I feel the same way. I’m posting this commentZ
Try the 6 or 11" Equinox coil on the XTP. Its been working a lot better than the stock coil signals
Wow! Interesting
I'm actually purchasing a manticore today after waiting and listening to users thoughts on the machine I'm fortunate to know some very knowledgeable people in the detecting business over here and honest opinions are invaluable in my opinion. Your video has tried to be as thorough as possible at covering the two machines and hopefully you'll be able to do some more comparisons with your buddies in tow, keep up the good work!.
I been there Myrtle help me pick minelab nox600
Just got back from Destin Florida, was detecting dry and wet sand and out to about three feet of water was using my X-terra pro. Not much treasure, the usual bling and a whole lot of trash. The point is I was competing against a bunch of detectorists who were out in front of me with several different types of machines and when we got to the turnaround point they could not believe the amount of just stuff I had dug up with this inexpensive machine, it just proved expensive does not mean more fun. Heading to Georgia’s islands next
Settings? You put the head under water??
I had just purchased the xterra pro and your video was on point but My settings are a bit different for the beach and I find it better than my simplex for now waiting for your next video thanks for this video
Thank you!
I love both my Manticore and the X-terra Pro on the beach. I use the X-terra Pro with the 15-inch DD coil and it's great.
Very nice! That says a lot that you use it with a Manticore in the inventory.
I forgot to thank you for doing this awesome comparison, so thanks :) I use them both depending on my mood plus to make sure I keep learning how they both work.
@@MetalDetectingNYC xterra 15 khz does not see dead
So sir pls i need you helps you have both x terra pro and manticore,i have only x terra now i want to buy manticore only for more depth what you mean, is better or i staying with x terra pro and to buying inly sonde 15x12 maby is working same depth
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Ive been using my X terra alot more lately and I definitely think it's hanging with the big boys!! Surprising on a Saltwater beach though!!
Ive been having all kinds of issues with my detectors in water.
I dont know if it is just me.. but I found watching this that the all over the place constant beeps and blips on the X terra rather annoying! I think I would get annoyed with the constant confusion? Is this a total different machine on the pasture land?
Did you have autotracking on? Maybe those phantom signals are getting adjusted out due to the tracking.
No I wasn’t using auto tracking.
@@MetalDetectingNYCYour Sensitivity is totally to high for the X-Terra Pro and lower it between 12 and 20 Sensitivity and it will do a Better job than the Jumpy VDI and Jumpy Tone's that you are experiencing now....
Thanks for doing this video. For no more than I hunt, I wouldn't think of buying a Manticore anyway, but I love that Minelab has given us a reasonably priced AND waterproof AND decent detector in the X=Terra Pro. I don't love how chirpy it is, but like you said, that could be settings.
And he is running the full sensitivity and it's not a Necessary with the X-Terra Pro and I have mine at 12 Sensitivity and the little bit of chirping now is Handy for the junk signal Targets and the coin's are solid Tone Targets and the X-Terra Pro is really good about telling me about the target and Merrill is very much new to this X-Terra Pro and I don't know everything about it either but it's way too High on the Sensitivity.... and I have found a target and then I would lower the Sensitivity down until the X doesn't hear it and then raise the sensitivity back up until it does and I have mine set at 12 Sensitivity and that's what has been working for me and All Metal Mode is a plus and a 1 Button Push to get to it And the Simplex + is a 5 button push and on the New Simplex Lineup " ultra" 6 button push from Field 1 and probably a Single Tone like the Simplex + Was and I still Had to dig it out just to carry around more Iron Quarter's Tone Targets and the X-Terra Pro is a totally great Detector and I don't have to dig up everything and it will let me know when I need to dig.....❤.....
Nice comparison Merrill. It's a great entry machine for the price
Yes
I just got the equinox 900 dose dry ground affect it cause its not locking on targets and having trouble reading targets in the ground
Lower the Sensitivity down below 20 and Even farther when you get a chance to understand what it is trying to tell you about the target and then the jumpy VDI is usually going to be a Junk Target And when you get to a Coin target it's really Sounds off great but I have the X-Terra Pro and it's going great with it and the Jumpy VDI is a Totally Just Junk Target And I have my Sensitivity down to 12 Sensitivity and I'm still digging up Targets that are in the 6-8 inch range and I have since been raising the sensitivity up and the More that I get to know what it's trying to tell me what the target is and I started with 12 Sensitivity the very first time that I turned it on and it did make a difference between Targets and try that with the Equinox 900 and see if it works out....
I’m looking forward to seeing the reviews on the new NM Score machines. Hopefully not a upgraded replacement version of the Legend.
I'm preparing myself to freedive with Nokta Pulsedive next week. It makes sense that more stuff is being lost while swimming - in the water. It's actually bizzare how much of good stuff you can find on the shore
Nice!!!
You will be really happy with your pulsedive experience. I use mine with the blu3 nemo and destroy beaches. Good luck. 👍
Well that’s good news I just bought one I live in Cutler Bay Florida Miami so lots of beaches east and west that’s what I bought it for cause it’s water proof thanks for the test
I posted a video of me on. The beach with it, NO CHATTER on myrtle beach, it was quite. 19 or 20 sensitivity, recovery speed 3, and noise cancel. It performed better than my EQUINOX
Unbelievable!!!! I have heard anecdotes like that!
Metal detectors historically have been a one time purchase. You buy a good one and then don’t really ever need a new machine unless yours breaks. Detecting companies have found a way around that to create repeat customers out of what would have been one and done customers. Sell them hype. While there have been some improvements over the years(iron separation comes to mind) I’m not sure they justify the expense. Good tones, durability and proximal audio are my requirements..
Tienes razón yo tuve un Fisher 1280 desde los años 90s y lo vendí recién hace 4 años. He con prado varios baratos de diferentes marcas pero con o q no termino de convencerme .
One time purchase historically? Utter nonsense, most detectorists upgrade as soon as anything new comes out. You couldn’t be more wrong 😂
Unfair comparison tbh, you can walk up and down the same area several times and not find everything in one go. So if one machine finds something the other didn’t it doesn’t mean it couldn’t find it, just you missed it first time, and vice versa.
@@Sapper094 Ehh, perspective bud. When I say historically I am talking about more than 25 years ago when I started detecting. There weren’t even sort of the options available there are today, there wasn’t advertising the way there is today, there wasn’t online buying. There was some guy who you knew, who knew a guy who was a dealer, or you found a magazine at a bookstore that had an advertisement , etc. Rushed out and bought it 😂….You are fooling yourself, that wasn’t a thing. Beyond that, people kept and used their machines for years and most became so staunchly set on their machines, so brand loyal, they wouldn’t even try a new one or a different company. Just for a little more perspective, I have been sponsored by several metal detecting companies, worked with the biggest distributor of detectors in the world, had dozens of machines sent to me for free, written articles for nearly every US detecting publication, done radio interviews, have relics published in
reference books and am actually in the process of writing one myself currently. Im not just speaking idly when I say historically, machines were basically a one time purchase, with maybe a few upgrades for the average consumer. As I stated above, while there are some instances where there have been great advancements over the years that warrant a new purchase, and the hype(i.e. pulse machines, pin pointers, multi freq, waterproof machines etc.) most of the “new tech” has just been a repackaging and marketing of the same tech in an effort to drum up sales with hype.
Which would you recommend. I'm in the same areas in nyc
Thanks Merrill. Enjoyed the video. 👍
Maybe they will do an update to stabilize VDI
I think they outdid themselves with this one, and at that price point
plz nox800 va montocore ❤❤❤❤❤❤etrac or nox 800 one number is two metall detector
Here you go! Manticore Vs. Equinox: Matching Signals At NYC's Best Park
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@@MetalDetectingNYC very nice mer30
I really dig your formula for presentation. Honest and likable, Always informative and Always an enjoyable to watch.. Rad🤙🏻
For underwater, the X-Terra behaves better with lower sensitivity (18 or lower) and Beach Mode 2.
Hola amigo q audífonos usas con el Xterra pro bajo el agua
great vid, loved it. hey i recommend a green screen for videos in the selfie frames! it would look cool and clear on overlaying videos
There was a engraving or stamp on the bottom of the Mickey earring. I saw it right before you set it down, but couldnt make out what it said.
Great job brother, really enjoying getting to know you. Cowboy Joe 35 years searching Florida ...Gold Fever is deep in the blood. Xtera & 900 & Sea Hunter
Actually, I'm glad this wasn't a live stream. I just can't sit through that kind of snooze video. Thanks for taking the time to edit this and make it a palatable little morsel, well done!
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If you had limited funds and needed to get back into the hobbie
Would you get the xterra pro or vanquish 540 for all around detecting. Some beach, some dirt
X-Terra Pro and it's Water proof and it's rechargeable and the Vanquish isn't and you will have to go ahead and find a place for the Extra Weight of the Batteries to get and keep busy buying them and lug around the house... and especially the tool bag...
X-Terra Pro $ 269.and the Vanquish $ 550. And you will still have to get a Pinpointer too find the Targets and the X-Terra Pro is the best decision to get....
@@carolrice2063 thank you! Greatly appreciated
@@johnholmes6897 And there's us that have the X-Terra Pro and know that it's a very capable detector and don't have to promote other Detectors that was sent to us and I'm still not talking about NYC , but there's others that are trying to build up there outside of RUclips Channel Website and get Sponsored and us few that really knows how the X-Terra Pro is better than the Notka Lineups Detector's and I have always owned the lower end of Detector's until I got the X-Terra Pro and it's going Great and I just got the X-Terra Pro 6 months ago and I have started with 12 Sensitivity and I got to know what it's trying to tell me what the target is and I Did Dig up some trash Targets, until I got to know what the target numbers are on the X-Terra Pro and the Jumpy VDI on Merrills X-Terra Pro is Way to Hot for full sensitivity and it's not necessary at all and I have watched a video of Ken's metal detecting Finds and tricks and he is on 10 sensitivity and there's MORE and the other one is using 6-10 sensitivity and she knows more than enough that to know about the detector that doesn't put out Video's and I have some on my Channel of the X-Terra Pro and the Garrett Carrot Pinpointer and the Magnet's on my hand digger and the Shovel And the X-Terra Pro Arm Cuff and it has helped with holding up the X-Terra Pro from falling over when I get my Tool belt on and I have accidentally hit it and watching it on the ground and I really used them when I was using the Simplex + and it's only using 3 Tone's of High Medium and Low Tone and everything is mulled together and it's totally different than the X-Terra Pro is and the X-Terra Pro is the best decision that I have made and it's not very hard to understand the program and then it's the first one of Minelab Detector's that I have ever owned and it's going great and for the money that you don't have to spend too get the X-Terra Pro and I only Coin Shoot with mine and I have enough of the Simplex Relics Hunter Detector that is the whole Notka Lineups of Detector's and I have eliminated 3 Junk Carry Bags from my Belt when I got the X-Terra Pro and if you have any questions about the X-Terra Pro look at my channel and ask... 👍.... and Happy New Year....
Has anyone tried the Elite yet?
Minelab X-Terra Pro (or) Nokta Legend? are they comparable? I'm interested as I'm looking to buy my first decent detector.
That’s the question I’m asking myself right now. More testing is needed.
Any chance you could do a video comparing the two? I'm really interested to see the result!@@MetalDetectingNYC
That's just like the Legend Detector and more updates are Needed to be at the X-Terra Pro level and No Update on the X-Terra Pro At all and then it's not Necessary to get the X-Terra Pro figured out how much it works out for getting the Targets and then Minelab Detector's have been around longer than the Notka Lineups and the More Updates and I use to have the Simplex + and it was on the Discontinued Detector List and I didn't know it until I went to get a update for the EMI Problem's that It was having and then I seen that it was on the list as of 2021 and it was only 2 years old when it was put on the list and I had it for 4 years and I Had only found it last year that it's going away and the Simplex Ultra sounds just like the Duck Tone's Squawk that you have to listen to... and the X-Terra Pro Tone's are better...
Hi i have a question I hunt in the fields and forest in Europe I have minelab explorer but it is to heavy as I have problems with my wrist .What do you recommend vanquish 540 or xterra pro as I'm on a budget .Thanks
Would you take the X-Terra pro over the Simplex or Simplex Lite?
X-Terra Pro Anytime after I was using the Simplex + for 4 years and I have the X-Terra Pro now it's 2 Different Detector's.... and Merrill just needs to learn from the X-Terra Pro and lower the Sensitivity down and Not any kind of detector Ever Made Today can really stand for the Full Sensitivity without any kind of ground Feedback and that's why the Jumpy VDI is Happening in the video....
Hey merrill, good vid bud, i notice in both detector comparisons you're walking too quick for your swing speed.. you aren't overlapping your swing sweeps properly so theres a lot of beach you're missing.. easy to do. Side by side target response and settings of each machine would help show what each machine is seeing or not seeing. 👍🍻
Merrell I think your first impressions of the Xterra pro on the beach are going to hold up long-term the more you use it. Yeah the vdi can be all over the place sometimes, but a lot of the time what it's telling you is that it's junk and to move on. I have the xtp and the new ultra. Which one do I use on the beach? The Xterra pro. Don't get me wrong the ultra works fine on the beach but the Xterra pro is very sensitive to jewelry in the park 2 and Beach 1 modes like the equinox is. I use park 2 in the dry sand
And beach 1 in the wet with sensitivity around 21 or 22. The thing I like about the Xterra pro is when you raise the coil on those probable bottle cap VDi numbers and it drops eight or more it's a bottle cap. The ultra doesn't do this as well and you will be fooled a lot more with those bottle caps. Saves a lot of time as it's right 99% of the time.
@@stevewilson4071 noted thank you
How does the X-Terra Pro stack up against the GoFind-44? Does the GoFind-44 even qualify as a decent detector?
X terra pro is a great machine for dry and wet sand on the beach, use mine daily here in Florida, great machine for the price, fireman Jim
Just ordered one is it really good for near were the waves crash? I’ve had machines that are sensitive to the minerals and salt and beep constantly am I gonna have issues?
Have you seen Joe Diggers videos in St Augustine FL. Joe was running the Nox 800 and switched to the Xterra Pro and is finding more jewelry and rings. I watched your vids on the disc pattern on the Manticore not going into the neg like the Xterra Pro and how small gold and jewelry falls in this section. I’ve got a Manticore after using the DFX since ‘09 and I like how the vdi goes from -99-+99. I was in St Augustine in the spring for a month and never found a ring. Was at the same beach as Joe and met him several times. Had to wonder what I was doing wrong. Five-six aluminum and steel tent deep tent spikes at 14-18 inches. Every time I thought it could be a deep large ring. I dug everything. Joe and some other guys I met in Jacksonville detect in all metal and I tried it but just too noisy.
Yep seen joe in st Augustine and I'm not surprised. The cheaper Xterra does just as well as the equinox, I will never pay over 300 for a detector again
I'm a tone only hunter ( Fisher CZ) . Had a whites with VDI. But found myself swing over and over and over trying to figure out the numbers instead of just digging it !
Better IF you could buy a battery for the x-Terra Pro. I sent Minelab a email on Nov. 16th asking about a battery and their response was they don't sell them or even supply them to a dealer, but if I was having a problem, it would be covered under the 3 year warranty.
I was ready to buy the detector but if you can't get a battery for it after the warranty runs out I have to reconsider. I don't want to have a dead detector after 3 years!
I always like to have a backup battery as well.😊
A battery is a battery. They are all made from specific size cells you can easily build yourself or have someone do it for you. Depending on how far in the future its needed you can easily upgrade battery.
Well that's a deal breaker. Why are they using a specialized battery? I thought all metal detectors used 9v batteries. Some use two 9v. Some use one 9v. Interesting. Sounds like a scam to me.
@@andrewscotti1136 How is a battery a battery? Can you explain how to build that kind of battery? I'm not paying boo koo bucks for a specialized battery every time it goes dead when I can get a detector that uses regular batteries like a 9v. Better yet. 9v rechargeable. Not all of us are electricians like you. But if you can explain how to build one, please do.
@@zaksmith4523 most battery powered devices today are using 18650 batteries. They are in vapes, scooters, bikes, ev's, portable radios ect. You buy the cells and build the batteries by joining however many 18650s together to get the desired volts and amps. That being said if you dont know how to do it look it up or have someone else build it because if you do it it wrong it will catch on fire. Plenty of youtube vids to help you thru the process.
Merrill what sensitivity are you running on your X-Terra Pro? (this and newer videos) Is all ocean sand the same in NY to CA? Reason I ask is some say 20 is max but I know it can go higher especially if its not in totally wet sand like a wave just rolled in and back down and it not chattering. 21 or 22?
Thanks
I'm getting ready to do some beach detecting in March 2024 for 5 days at an RV park in Carlsbad CA.
would love to see a depth test and fesability video on the minelab gold machines "gpz 7000" on the beach, could a gold machine go deeper and find more at depth and would it even work on the beach? Curious to see.
I would too. But a comparison of 2 decent gold machines is minimum $8000. Let’s wait until I get to 100,000 subscribers! 😉🤣
I think you should to the same test perimeters with some ancient 80.s machine and the manticore afterwards. I wouldn't be surprised the old machine would clean up as well.
Eventually I will do that. I think that the big difference with modern machines is separation. I showed the Safari in a recent video on a line of coins. Everything was merged. The XTerra Pro is a lower priced machine than what the Safari was but it has the modern processing magic compared to my beloved clunky old Safari.
very sad news the manticore hasn't found any missed silvers at my sites :)
Safari is not old. Find a Garrett GTA if you want a digital screen or even better an old analog White's, Fisher or C-scoope. Beaches are not like NY parks. That English guy's learning channel who use Deus, he raffles old clunkers away.@@MetalDetectingNYC
I think you need to do a comparison between the Xterra Pro and the new Simplex Ultra
I’ll be getting one. I have the old simplex and it is not formidable at the beach.
What tone and number does gold usually come up as? I have an Xterra pro and Im used to high tones being good but some are saying lower tones are more likely gold on the Xterra? Anyone know if that's true.. Thanks
Yea I have the 800 and XTerra . The XTerra is great on the beaches. The only thing is the ID num on Xterra is really jumpy but I dig it all on the beach. I'm going to be testing it in the woods here soon. Under 300 you can't beat it. I run mine on dp tones at the beach
In EU manticore is 2000€ and x terra pro 370€ but when you pass over with an old explorer se what do you learn?
Thank you 🙏, I was about to buy X terra pro from Facebook marketplace for $200
😅but seeing your post makes me rethink my Actions
I’m sticking to my Old metal detector
White Prizm 3 🤣
That old detector finds more coins 🪙 and some rings than that expensive metal detector
I don’t look at the display,
I hear the sound more clearly
But yay thank you very much
always entertaining and always value.... tempted for the Manticore, you don't believe in target ID anyway...lol. I will keep pounding the beach with my Nox 800 for now.... thank you Merrill! Nox goes to Thailand now for the "winter" . Excited as the sand level has gone down here in Ao Nang....
hi i jusst got atecnetics delta 4000 is this a decent one or nogood! it would be cool if you could do a video on this one happy dig,s!
Two things.. it would do better to lower the sensitivity in the salt water, as you mentioned.. and also.. if you put it in all metal a bottle cap will give an iron grunt on the tip of the coil.. give it a try..
Also, on the Xtp forums, people are using the 12 inch Equinox coil to stabilize the vdi, but I haven't tried it..
Exactly!! Works every time.
I don't own either machine, but your videos are always a bright spot in my day. Never miss one. Stay dirty 👍
Could you tell me what your settings were on the X-Terra pro, sensitivity... etc? thanks! love you Merrill!
It looked like it was on the Fullest sensitivity that it has and it is not even Necessary to be at Full Sensitivity without any kind of ground Feedback and I have mine set at 12 Sensitivity and I don't have the Crackling on it....
One of the spots I search twice a week has a tiny ocean entry point for swimmers. Flanked by sharp lava rocks and sandy only out about twenty feet. Seriously no bigger than a back yard swimming pool. I found an old beaver tail pull tab there last week. Been searching this spot for a year with an Excalibur2. You can never find it all.
This is true but remember that there is sand movement. My test happened before the layers of sand could move .
I have a 2008 Jeep Patriot 4cyl. manual shift 5 speed. Do you have any issues with loud creaking sounds coming from the underside of your Jeep?
Btw, I’m totally hooked on your videos! 🤓
Also i am so thankful to see another human that goes around barefoot at home!! My husband picks on me about it! I tell him every time it’s how i keep myself grounded and sane!!! 😂😊
Great minds Jeep alike! Yes I get it from the brakes. Not terribly loud but when I mildly put my foot on the brakes I can hear it. Barefoot is the way to go!!!
I too purchased a xterra pro. Paid $194 new for it. First outing salt water long island sound. I found on the wet sand it was spotty at best. underwater was un-useable. Second outing was at a dirt permission. Found a few deep targets. Not bad in the dirt. What you would expect from a single frequency machine.
Run it in Beach mode... little easter egg it's really running in multi-frequency forget the other modes
@@rickvann3489 Good day! Where did the opinion come from that in the “beach” mode the xterra works like a multi-frequency??? I've read something like this more than once. What is this opinion based on? Or is this just another legend? I apologize in advance for the Google translation))
@Atrogate it shows it on a sheet shipped with the unit and a few on NASA TOM forum have figured it out. Show running like the CTX frequency wise. 8Khz on the beach doesn't perform that good so why does the X-Terra Pro perform stellar when used on the beach. They believe that Minelab snuck that in there and called it 8Khz at worst it is using the frequency that listed on machine simultaneously but the print out shows 2.5 Khz to 143 Khz
You can literally sweep a Whites DFX in and out of salt water and it will automatically balance to the water and then to the land as you sweep. Why would I buy any detector that was only good for either dry land or salt water but not both?
Dyt the swing speed and or height off the ground affect tones?
No. Swinging faster (depending on the detector) will make you miss signals but has no impact on VDI.Signals-that are on the edge of detection depth will be less reliable than ones closer to the coil.
Thanks for all the knowledge! Random question: I live out in Suffolk- Do you know the law regarding private property and mean high water? I believe we can walk along the shore/wade legally below the high tide line. Any clue? I have some kayak accessable shoreline on the brain and I think they might be hot.
I am not sure
I also found what I belive to be a clip on earring, but the 925 stamp is barely there if at all, I posted it online and people thought it was a swastika hallmark lol, it dosnt stick to a magnet though, I should swipe over it I forget what it rang up as
That is my problem. Being new to this, I am now ready to buy my first machine, and the new simplex ultra and this x terra pro are around the same price here in Canada. They are similar in features, Multi frequency or Single frequency, not sure which one to buy?
I have owned a Bounty Hunter Discovery 3300 for several years it's a good for relic hunting but since I watched your videos on the Manticore and other detectors I purchased the Manticore any tips for using in the mountains, thanks
Hello Merrill, does the Xterra pro allow to manually zero the ground balance in saltwater?
Thanks Merrill! Both capable machines
First, this was an extremely informative (and entertaining) video. I’m excited to see more comparisons. I ‘drive’ the NOX 800 after years of using an X-Terra, but my husband refuses to give up my old X-Terra or even try my NOX.
I’m seriously thinking of getting him an X-Terra PRO so he can progress as a detectorist. If he doesn’t like it, I’ll just keep it for non-detecting friends to use.
About your test: The difference between your test and what I prefer is merely sampling in a different way, but
I would very much liked to have you swing one then the other over the same targets and hear how they sounded before digging.
Going over the same area but not the same actual ground with one then the other potentially randomizes the process to the point where you could be comparing apples and oranges.
Of course in order to haul around two detectors you would need a Sherpa.
I’d volunteer to schlep your equipment for you, but I’m in California and my personal jet is in the shop for repairs.
Thank you! Yes I agree. We will do that in the future. Im not done testing it.
Hi Mr Detector
Could you please test the model from China the GS 6000. It's claimed the depth of 8.5m. I would love to see what you think.
Hi trying to tested new RUTUS metal detector.
Have a great Monday
When you went through your settings, you said you were in 5 tones. However, your detector screen showed 5 regions all tones. So which one is it?
5 regions all tones
Got it! Thanks@@MetalDetectingNYC
Hey bud, been out getting into beach hunting with my manticore. It’s not my forte I’m usually on solid ground. Which is your favorite setting and do you have a video of the ring program you set up.? I did well yesterday and found a 9 g 18 karat gold ring. But I’m getting a ton of 38 that our pull tabs, do you discriminate anything out off of beach General or do you have a customer program?
hey man great channel im just starting my metal detecting jurney I have a minelab x terra pro. quick question I live in NYC as well do I need any permits or anything to metal detect parks or beaches? ty in advance.
Well so what's you top detector??
I’m gonna drag you to Texas some day to come digging. Frontier relic hunting.
Great to have comparison videos like one. One comment made was about phantom signals. I get those on the Nox 600 and they are perplexing to me. Any recommended actions or advice to address those type of signals? My sensitivity is usually set between 18-21. Thanks for all informative videos.
Lower the Sensitivity even more and it's more of a Site Dependent Detector and what is working for one site May not work on another place and do make sure to Noise Cancel and Ground Balance it and if the Phantom Signal is still there then check the coil connector and also take your Coil Cover off and then clean the coil and get the Dirt out and that's possibly why your getting the Phantom Targets and the Coil cover is going to be a little hard to get off but it will come Off and I have shaking it and watching the Dirt come out and alot of people don't know to do that and it will help....
Hello Merrill, what would you choose for all around detector and beach metal detecting mostly, Vanquish 540 or X-Terra Pro?
It’s too early! I’ve used the Xterra pro twice at the beach. I’m leaning Xterra pro though. This is unofficial!
If possible make a comparison between Vanquish 540, X-Terra Pro and Nokta Makro Lite or Ultra. Thanks.@@MetalDetectingNYC
With the earing, what did it say on the side, the underside? when you were holding it your thumb was covering something? did it say Disney?
The exterra screen shows 8 kHz I thought you were using Multi IQ?
Mine is fine on beach 2 in wet send on my beach in Cornwall , sensitivity 22.
Are you going to try the new update for the manticore.
Lowering the sensitivity helps with the bouncing ID #'s.
Hey Merrill, can't wait for you to test the Simplex Ultra. How it compares with X Terra. I'm thinking about getting it for times my wife or kids/grandkids want to join me.
Another very good informative video,I think that the new Xterra is better than the old 705 that used for many years,but them the manticore had a better target id,Merrill keep the info coming we need that kind of schooling on these new machines ,I am now using the deus 2 lite,but I am like you stick with what ever works,happy hunting my friend from down south.
So you agree, the Target Id is so far off on the Xterra Pro that it makes detecting once again dig all leave nothing(Guess on what it is)? I am sure once they fix it if it is possible for them to the Xterra Pro would be a killer of a detector for the price range. I am still trying to get use to the 700. I sold my Xterra Pro because of the Vdi and Bottle caps Ring up pretty much on any tones.. Lol I might have been quick to jump on not liking the Xterra Pro but either way I just was not a fan of this one detector.. Thanks for your videos. Keep up the fun keep it real.. Peace
But you Dig everything anyway ohh Danny Boy and If it's a Jumpy VDI and I don't have to dig it up but I do when I get a Coin Numbers and I also have the Horseshoe Button on and that also helps with the discrimination and you should of just waited but I ground balance and don't use the Factory Settings and because I'm not at the Factory trying to figure out what it is seeing in the ground and the MORE I get to know what the X-Terra Pro is Capable of telling me about the target and I'm still amazed about the X-Terra Pro ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤........ Edit And there's some hidden features that nobody is currently changing on the X-Terra Pro that would help with the Targets and the So Called Experts that have been showing that the X-Terra Pro and versus and show the X-Terra Pro Setup but they have bypass the X-Terra Pro hidden features settings that is in the X-Terra Pro.....
Thanks you answered my comment on a previous video!😊
When the Manticore says it's iron, is that pretty much a guarantee or has anybody found other?
Anyone got strong opinions on XTerra Pro Vs Nokta Simplex Ultra?
*Metal Roomba* actually sounds like a nice name for a new Metal Detecting Channel 🤣👌🙌
Drag your scoop behind you, and you can then use the same lines on different detectors .No one can then say you missed it with the other detector
In retrospect I wish I did that
@@MetalDetectingNYC I am a spade dragger lol
Turning down the sensitivity def helps on the xterra
Nexus in the dry next time?
I have a feeling it will do great in the dry. I’m so behind on my videos. Darn day job!!! I’ve been meaning to do this one since the spring.
Good day, sir
I watched your video because it talks about the x terra pro and the manticore.
i wanted to buy a manticore some sellers in france say it can detect a pan at 4 feet 11 1/16 inches (150 cms)... i told him seriously? To my knowledge, a detector of this type does not exceed 1 foot 7 11/16 inches (50 cms) if the object is large.
I very much doubt the veracity of their words.
Would you advise me more of a DEUS 2?
It seems to me that you like this device? if you can help me with the “relic” program on the ctx 3030 that would be great, I left a request for help for the “relic” program a few days ago on a video that you published there at 4 months, if you can help that would be cool.
thanks in advance
The new XP XTREM hunter would be able to do that. Also look at Nexus metal detectors.
thank you for your answer 👍@@MetalDetectingNYC