I have been running the Equinox for 3 years, but always pay attention to your videos. I nail test as well, but I'm gonna go back and reinvestigate Park 2. Great vid Mike
Awesome vid. Thank-you. Great teaching/learning moment for me. Be interesting to compare with the smaller coils. Bottom line should be good site, dig everything and see what the iron might be hiding.
A quality tutorial Mike. So many folks will get great peace of mind after listening and watching these tests; confidence too. Peace of mind and quiet confidence in any quality tool can breed success. The only other ingredient required is fathomless patience, and adaptability, which can be found sometimes 'lacking' with some end-users:It's not 'Turn on and go'..😉 Your quiet mannerisms and thorough presentation reminds me a lot of Keith. Especially the back-yard test pad scenarios. Top man.
@@IffySignals Keith; as in Keith Southern. aka relics1864. Keith is, in my opinion, one helluva top guy. Definitely one of the U.S MDtktng 'GOAT's'. Keith's testing videos were solely responsible for getting me over to the U.S metal detecting scene initially. Keith is very knowledgeable. His video tests/appraisals 'took no prisoners', he has the ear of FTP from way back when. Keith's U.K equivalent, is the late John 'Lynn'; aka 'Norfolk Wolf'. Some wannabe, 'got all the gear, no idea..' U.K idiot, uses John's 'handle' these days. Man, that fool has been ripped for his pretentious designs. Over this side a 'Norfolk Wolf' is an exessively rare early type of gold Iron Age stater, minted by the Iceni tribe. To find one with an analogue metal detector requires above and beyond skill, concentation and patience levels, because they lie beyond plough depths of 14"s and are, obviously low conductive. John found more than one Wolf stater. He had great success using a U.K edition/version, 'black stem', Tesoro Tejon ( wider iron disc range compared to U.S 'grey stem' standard Tejon). John found these coin types hunting in all metal for hours at a time. He was out in most all weathers 8am-5pm, 6 days a week, when he retired..John favoured the Xp Goldmaxx for site work.....I consider meeting John 'Lynn' a high-light of my days. His book, dated now, was my 'bible'.
Yeah, I always run my D2 at discrimination of 3 (or less on some hammered sites, as the vdi can drop as low as 0 when thin coins are next to iron. My Eco program uses a discrimination of -6.4 and works lovely in iron). Thank you for clarifying the misinformation out there. Cheers
THIS is what it`s all about. adjusting your machine . personally i run my D2 as wide open as i can. often relic mode . disciar 5 with notch 00-00 . it works so well
If you have time might I suggest the same demonstration using other common things we would find in our parks and beaches. Bottle caps, pull tabs, can slaw etc. Keep up the good work!
Good video between the 3. I run a 600. And I had some good luck with park 1 and at 10 kHz. But hey I’m trying different settings to see what works best for me also. It’s a big learning curve all around. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks. I have never been a fan of full tones. I like it simple and use a modified 5 tone program. Pitch is great as well. The Legend recovery range works well 5-8 as long as you drop the tone break to 6-7. Recovery 9-10 seem a little choppy.
Thank you so much for this. I posted a video of my own on a D2 Facebook group about the nail test took a real pounding for it. Now at least I know I’m not crazy and I better understand what’s going on.
Grate video, not knocking this in any way, and I know your not doing a comparison per say but it would have been interesting to see the Deus 2 with the 11" as per the other two machines
That s awesome bud I enjoy your content like wen you and your dad MD together great luck in the future thankyou for the truth and no bs have legend and nox deus 2 is next lol👊
Silencer 0 still gives a low VDI i tried it in this video. Have not tried turning iron volume off. I would never hunt with iron volume off. Thx for the tips 👍
deus 2 this is ok of the coin and nail are laid on teh surface at 2" now if they are down at 4 or 5" then its even harder again not to mention the iron starts to false once its deeper so its not as clear with the discrim and iron tone then everything in the area starts giving a good tone
Do you recommend the Nokta Legend or Deus 2? Which one is better? I heard the Nox 800 is very similar to the Nokta Legend. Nokta has better construction and parts. Please help.
Deus 2, Equinox and Legend are all great. I am a relic hunter so i like machines that will eliminate big iron when needed. The legend does not have this feature yet so my go to machines are the Nox and Deus 2. I lean towards the Deus 2 right now because i can dive deep with it.
After using all three for a while and sales going on closer to Christmas. Which would you choose. I’m coming from a vanquish 540. I’m wanting better target separation and more depth. I detect home sites and fields for relics and coins. Tough question I know. I lean towards the XP Deus 2 but the price of the nokta legend is tempting.
Hey Aaron, if you can hang out a little longer the manticore is awesome. XP over the Legend though. You have the ability to mask large iron with the XP 2.
@@IffySignals yeah, I was thinking of waiting to see more reviews on the Manticore. My season is almost up here in NW Illinois. Thanks for the speedy reply.
what does it mean, even when you hit the target? When the dime is in the ground, all you know is the readout says 8 (say on the Legend), so do you dig it? (a silver dime by itself would read much much higher).
@@IffySignals yes , true. I don't own a digital readout ID machine, I go by sound on my 3 tone machine (old), and find all these digital numerical VDI useless, as it doesn't tell me anything when the target is underground, and just as inaccurate, LOL
I have to admit that over the years I have become more lazy and unless I am in a field or park with barely any signals I would not have dug those because of the low vdi numbers. I want something that can unmask and give me the proper vdi of the silver coin or whatever else I am looking for.
Sure will. Even 6 makes the machine noisy. Some stuff like minerals, tiny iron ect.. that the Nox and Deus have negative numbers for are in the Legends 0-5 range. Its a trade off. How much can you stand to hear and dig. Thats why these factory presets are made on all machines for a pleasant hunt but able to modify to get the most out of it.. thats why Nokta Makro wanted to stay away from an “iron bias” filter. More things to tinker with to pull targets but can impact what your hearing/digging thus also causing a negative experience if used wrong.
Am I blind? I can't see ANYTHING on the LEGEND demo. Ink freaking out because I just got the LEGEND and I wanna learn LIKE YESTERDAY 😆 how to set this thing up... I JUST WANNA HUNT 😂
@@IffySignals I have 21oz of SILVER in 2022 with my SIMPLEX and SNIPER COIL.... I believe in Notka for this reason.... Zero gold tho.... I just need this this fingered out so I can do better....
@@IffySignals ty sir.... And there's an OBVIOUS reason why I'm watching your videos again now that I have the LEGEND... I watched your vids before I got it.... Js ... This was the plan to upgrade HOPEFULLY.... The SIMPLEX is so good!!!
@@IffySignals I have a video but i can´t publish. 15 minutes in the water, until chest...gone. If not an unfortunately case of defect, we will see many in the future.
I have 2 SIMPLEX... I love them so much. The SNIPER COIL IS so UNREAL.... So I wanna upgrade soon. What would you go with? The LEGEND or Equinox 800? PLEASE lmk what you think @iffy .... Tia
Hey UFO! How ya been? Right now i would say Nox but who knows whats coming for Legend updates. Build quality goes to the Legend but i like to play with iron filters based on site conditions to really pull stuff thats masked.. If that does not matter to you (allot of people do not hunt iron relic sites) than the Legend will be fine.
I have been running the Equinox for 3 years, but always pay attention to your videos. I nail test as well, but I'm gonna go back and reinvestigate Park 2. Great vid Mike
Thanks Jay. Park 2 and Field 2 seem to really help pull from the iron.
Awesome vid. Thank-you. Great teaching/learning moment for me. Be interesting to compare with the smaller coils. Bottom line should be good site, dig everything and see what the iron might be hiding.
Thanks Brian. Thats where we are at these days. Older machines have plucked the clean signals. Now we have to unmask the old hidden ones 👍
A quality tutorial Mike. So many folks will get great peace of mind after listening and watching these tests; confidence too. Peace of mind and quiet confidence in any quality tool can breed success. The only other ingredient required is fathomless patience, and adaptability, which can be found sometimes 'lacking' with some end-users:It's not 'Turn on and go'..😉 Your quiet mannerisms and thorough presentation reminds me a lot of Keith. Especially the back-yard test pad scenarios. Top man.
Thanks Tim! Appreciate it 👍. Now sure who Keith is but I’m sure he is a hell of a guy haha.
@@IffySignals Keith; as in Keith Southern. aka relics1864. Keith is, in my opinion, one helluva top guy. Definitely one of the U.S MDtktng 'GOAT's'. Keith's testing videos were solely responsible for getting me over to the U.S metal detecting scene initially. Keith is very knowledgeable. His video tests/appraisals 'took no prisoners', he has the ear of FTP from way back when. Keith's U.K equivalent, is the late John 'Lynn'; aka 'Norfolk Wolf'. Some wannabe, 'got all the gear, no idea..' U.K idiot, uses John's 'handle' these days. Man, that fool has been ripped for his pretentious designs. Over this side a 'Norfolk Wolf' is an exessively rare early type of gold Iron Age stater, minted by the Iceni tribe. To find one with an analogue metal detector requires above and beyond skill, concentation and patience levels, because they lie beyond plough depths of 14"s and are, obviously low conductive. John found more than one Wolf stater. He had great success using a U.K edition/version, 'black stem', Tesoro Tejon ( wider iron disc range compared to U.S 'grey stem' standard Tejon). John found these coin types hunting in all metal for hours at a time. He was out in most all weathers 8am-5pm, 6 days a week, when he retired..John favoured the Xp Goldmaxx for site work.....I consider meeting John 'Lynn' a high-light of my days. His book, dated now, was my 'bible'.
@@KernowekTim ahh ok. Yes I have watched a bunch of Keiths videos on the Tarchacci metal detector 👍
Thanks Mike. I just ordered the Legend and will most certainly be following your Legend videos more closely.
Nice Mark! Congrats on your new machine! You know how to reach me if you need help.
Yeah, I always run my D2 at discrimination of 3 (or less on some hammered sites, as the vdi can drop as low as 0 when thin coins are next to iron. My Eco program uses a discrimination of -6.4 and works lovely in iron).
Thank you for clarifying the misinformation out there. Cheers
Du you use the Fulltones in your Eco program?
@@hubsi5263 no, 3 tones. 204, 204 and 891htz
Thanks Griff
THIS is what it`s all about. adjusting your machine . personally i run my D2 as wide open as i can. often relic mode . disciar 5 with notch 00-00 . it works so well
Thanks Levity. I haven’t played with IAR yet. Ill give it a shot.
If you have time might I suggest the same demonstration using other common things we would find in our parks and beaches. Bottle caps, pull tabs, can slaw etc. Keep up the good work!
Hi Steve, thanks. Yes i will get some more videos coming.
Good video between the 3. I run a 600. And I had some good luck with park 1 and at 10 kHz. But hey I’m trying different settings to see what works best for me also. It’s a big learning curve all around. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks. I use park 1 as well but park 2 for the old home sites.
Great job, I have the Nox 800 and the Legend, this will help me out a lot. Thanks man
Thx Kona. Glad it helped 👍
Brilliant work my friend I’ve found full tones waste of time pitch is excellent I found recovery at 5 worked best with the legend on that test
Thanks. I have never been a fan of full tones. I like it simple and use a modified 5 tone program. Pitch is great as well. The Legend recovery range works well 5-8 as long as you drop the tone break to 6-7. Recovery 9-10 seem a little choppy.
Fulltones dont work on the D2! On D1 fulltones is a dream!!
@@hubsi5263 tell me about it mate. It’s absolutely rubbish. If it’s not sorted in the next update . I will be selling it
Thank you Mike, this was one of the better videos I've seen on these detectors!
Hey Jerry! Long time bud. Hope all is well 👍
Thank you so much for this. I posted a video of my own on a D2 Facebook group about the nail test took a real pounding for it. Now at least I know I’m not crazy and I better understand what’s going on.
Welcome. Glad it helped 👍
its why i come here!!! thanks mike!!
Woot woot! Thx bud 👍
A really good informative video. Clear and concise. Thank you. 👍✅👍✅
Thanks Ivan 👍
Thanks for the comparison, info and tips buddy. I always enjoy watching. Good luck, happy hunting and take care ✌️
You too bud. Thx 👍
As always, solid info, great lesson delivery
Thanks Jaime 👍
Very interesting! thanks for putting that together for us.
Thanks and welcome bud 👍.. still snowing up there? 😂
@@IffySignals Nope. finally stopped. They are still skiing though.
Great info on all 3 machines well done iffy signals
Thanks Pat 👍
Grate video, not knocking this in any way, and I know your not doing a comparison per say but it would have been interesting to see the Deus 2 with the 11" as per the other two machines
Thanks Urge. Good idea 👍
Thank you Mike for this great instruction video!!!!
Welcome Bill! Thanks 👍
That s awesome bud I enjoy your content like wen you and your dad MD together great luck in the future thankyou for the truth and no bs have legend and nox deus 2 is next lol👊
Thanks Charles!
The D2 was able to catch that dime on the fast stock program and was the only machine able to do it without playing with the settings.
Yea the Nox in park two looked good to 👍
Awesome informational video mate, thanks for sharing
Thanks bud 👍
If you set the silencer to 0 or set iron volume to 0 on the xp d2 you will get a higher tdi.
Silencer 0 still gives a low VDI i tried it in this video. Have not tried turning iron volume off. I would never hunt with iron volume off. Thx for the tips 👍
@@IffySignals try it. Not the best for hunting with iron off. But it works
Great job i enjoy your videos and thank for sharing your video.have a great Week.Good Luck to you.
Thanks Jimmy! You as well.
Thanks for clearing up the bs others are throwing around. Kuddos!!!!!
Thanks Sean 👍
Good Stuff Thanks for sharing
Thanks Danny 👍
Very good advice👍
Thanks Judy 👍
Great vid very informative. Do you think there is a way to the machines to give an accurate ID instead of it being dragged down?
Hi Steve, not yet. Hopefully with updates it will be better.
After you adjust, and hit the coin, try pulling the coin out to see what the nail sounds like by itself.
Thanks George. Without the coin you get an iron tone.
Very nice comparison and all good learning 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
Thank you 👍
Thank you. Great video
Thanks Ken 👍
great show Iffy .
Thanks Scott 👍
Nice test 👌
Thanks Randolph 👍
deus 2 this is ok of the coin and nail are laid on teh surface at 2" now if they are down at 4 or 5" then its even harder again not to mention the iron starts to false once its deeper so its not as clear with the discrim and iron tone then everything in the area starts giving a good tone
Definitely 👍
Very good video thanks 👍
Thanks Van 👍
The Dues on Deep HC put it in pitch and it hits it easily
Thx Mike👍👍
Great video thank you.
Thanks Cliff 👍
Do you recommend the Nokta Legend or Deus 2? Which one is better? I heard the Nox 800 is very similar to the Nokta Legend. Nokta has better construction and parts. Please help.
Deus 2, Equinox and Legend are all great. I am a relic hunter so i like machines that will eliminate big iron when needed. The legend does not have this feature yet so my go to machines are the Nox and Deus 2. I lean towards the Deus 2 right now because i can dive deep with it.
@@IffySignalshard to justify a 1000 more for a d2. I had one for a year the d2. Just hype
You guys reply to much on numbers and vdi and tones. But it's great for me. Keep following the numbers lol
After using all three for a while and sales going on closer to Christmas. Which would you choose. I’m coming from a vanquish 540. I’m wanting better target separation and more depth. I detect home sites and fields for relics and coins. Tough question I know. I lean towards the XP Deus 2 but the price of the nokta legend is tempting.
Hey Aaron, if you can hang out a little longer the manticore is awesome. XP over the Legend though. You have the ability to mask large iron with the XP 2.
@@IffySignals yeah, I was thinking of waiting to see more reviews on the Manticore. My season is almost up here in NW Illinois. Thanks for the speedy reply.
Hoje o legend está bem melhor no filtro de ferro?
Definitely 👍 allot of updates since this video.
what does it mean, even when you hit the target? When the dime is in the ground, all you know is the readout says 8 (say on the Legend), so do you dig it? (a silver dime by itself would read much much higher).
I agree. I wouldn’t be hunting digging 7-8’s. This is just showing they can with adjustments.
@@IffySignals yes , true. I don't own a digital readout ID machine, I go by sound on my 3 tone machine (old), and find all these digital numerical VDI useless, as it doesn't tell me anything when the target is underground, and just as inaccurate, LOL
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Thank you
will that be the same on the nox 600 Thanks Mike.
Hi Carl.. yes.. you will just have to line up the Recovery speed and Iron bias of the 600. It has a shorter scale than the 800.
I have to admit that over the years I have become more lazy and unless I am in a field or park with barely any signals I would not have dug those because of the low vdi numbers. I want something that can unmask and give me the proper vdi of the silver coin or whatever else I am looking for.
Me too! I dont dig those low VDIs very often.
What is the Legend VDI range for nails?
Around 5 and under. All depends on size.
👍Was curious if lowering discrim would give nails a good tone.
Sure will. Even 6 makes the machine noisy. Some stuff like minerals, tiny iron ect.. that the Nox and Deus have negative numbers for are in the Legends 0-5 range. Its a trade off. How much can you stand to hear and dig. Thats why these factory presets are made on all machines for a pleasant hunt but able to modify to get the most out of it.. thats why Nokta Makro wanted to stay away from an “iron bias” filter. More things to tinker with to pull targets but can impact what your hearing/digging thus also causing a negative experience if used wrong.
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Thanks!
Out of these three if you could only own 1 which would it be In the market and want to buy once cry once!
Lol. Right now the Manticore. I am hoping XPs next update fixes some if the issues I have been having with nails and the plummeting VDI.
Am I blind? I can't see ANYTHING on the LEGEND demo. Ink freaking out because I just got the LEGEND and I wanna learn LIKE YESTERDAY 😆 how to set this thing up... I JUST WANNA HUNT 😂
Leave it in Park, multi 2 and go have some fun. You will find plenty. I like Multi 2 for better separation.
For a new user your flying by... I'll watch 30 time and hopefully get this lol... My SIMPLEX is so easy
Good luck UFO. Let me know what you find 👍
@@IffySignals yes sir... Upgrading ISN'T like the SIMPLEX... NOT noticing better depth then with the SIMPLEX So far either
@@IffySignals I have 21oz of SILVER in 2022 with my SIMPLEX and SNIPER COIL.... I believe in Notka for this reason.... Zero gold tho.... I just need this this fingered out so I can do better....
@@IffySignals ty sir.... And there's an OBVIOUS reason why I'm watching your videos again now that I have the LEGEND... I watched your vids before I got it.... Js ... This was the plan to upgrade HOPEFULLY.... The SIMPLEX is so good!!!
I´ve seen 3 Deus II so far totally drowned....what a shame.
Wow. I have not heard of any yet.
@@IffySignals I have a video but i can´t publish. 15 minutes in the water, until chest...gone. If not an unfortunately case of defect, we will see many in the future.
@@SandBoy408 good luck. Hope you get it back soon.
@@IffySignalsNot mine, i use the equinox
I have 2 SIMPLEX... I love them so much. The SNIPER COIL IS so UNREAL.... So I wanna upgrade soon. What would you go with? The LEGEND or Equinox 800? PLEASE lmk what you think @iffy .... Tia
Hey UFO! How ya been? Right now i would say Nox but who knows whats coming for Legend updates. Build quality goes to the Legend but i like to play with iron filters based on site conditions to really pull stuff thats masked.. If that does not matter to you (allot of people do not hunt iron relic sites) than the Legend will be fine.
@@IffySignals GREAT INTEL... Ty sir... And I greatly appreciate your insight... Just ty sir
@@IffySignals I'm GREAT here... Ty... I 🙏 you and yours are doing as great as we are here.... GREATEST TIME EVER TO BE ALIVE... js
@@IffySignals I accidentally find iron no matter what 😂.... So the LEGEND makes sense since I'm good at iron ALREADY 😆
@@IffySignals durability, water resistance and price does matter.... I want ALL options
Great video, thanks
Thanks MC