So I can no longer mountain bike due to back injuries so doctor recommended walking on beach. I live very close to st Augustine. I metal detected back in the day but technology changed a lot since then. I am looking at the nokta legend or x terra elite. I need something that I can submerge partially. I think the legend is a bit more than the elite.
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markinmichigan
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Welcome from Michigan! I sold my first detector AT Pro and bought a legend and couldn't be happier. It's been a simple transition and although I don't know it inside out, I feel that I don't miss much where I hunt. Bought a second legend from Cherry Picker earlier this year with all of the coils so I've been able to test each of the coils. Fun detector and affordable. Lots of folks here with advice and experience.
Others will chime in with their opinion, let us know what you settle down with.
Mark in Michigan
Others will chime in with their opinion, let us know what you settle down with.
Mark in Michigan
hoser
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What Mark said. I just traded my E-Trac in for a Legend on the advice of Mark, and I couldn't be happier. Great machine, very light, and not hard to learn. Good luck.
markinmichigan
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So Jose, just noticed you've got one or several Equinox detectors.....which is your favorite?
Mark in Michigan
LOL ...I go back and forth between the Legend and the Nox 900. I use and like them both after the latest updates . the 900 got a slight edge in the test garden but the Legend is likely to catch up with the upcoming update . Both have good and bad points but for the money the legend can't be beat! I am seriously happy with both.
diggindaboot
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That should help answer your question.
cmason122
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I saw where both Iffy Signals and Calabash both prefer the Triple Score over the legend, do to it’s simplicity and it appears to go deeper
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What coils have you got with it Hoser, and do you have a preference?
From what I gather, it's a simplified Nox, in the same way the Score series are simplified Legends.
I saw where both Iffy Signals and Calabash both prefer the Triple Score over the legend, do to it’s simplicity and it appears to go deeper
The Score series are simplified Legends, so the performance should be virtually identical. However, Nokta came out with a Score update that Iffy and Cala have. The update increased the depth slightly and/or increased TID acurracy at depth. I'm under the impression that same update is coming for the Legend.
The Triple is less complex than the Legend, but I certainly wouldn't use that as a reason to choose one over another. The Legend has Ferrocheck, the Score series does not. To me, Ferrocheck and similar type features on other detectors, are an excellent tool to help identify certain targets.
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Big Boys Hobbies
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Correct! The Ferrous check is a nice tool to have on the Nokta Legend!
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Where did you mountain bike around st. Augustine?
hoser
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I got the stock coil and the 6" coil. sorry to say I haven't tried the six inch yet. but I do have several very trashy spots I have pulled silver out of to try.
