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« on: August 06, 2017, 07:32:34 am »
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 Hello everybody,
I'm from Belgium - Europe and looking on all kind's of information on metaldetecting  Detecting
For the moment more info on the performance of beginner to medium level detectors.
Will buy one and don't know yet which one  Undecided
The two in the running that are "affordable to start with are XP Adventis 2 and Teknetics EuroTek Pro (prices are higher in Europe) Idea



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« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2017, 07:57:51 am »
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  Welcome to the Forum Willy.   So what type of hunting are you interested in ? 

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« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2017, 09:56:54 am »
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Iron nails, beer caps,....lol
No seriously, I will have to go for coins and relics here in Belgium.
A lot of iron infested soil and archeological sites are off limits offcourse  Wink
So no digging in Bastogne...neither.
The detector will be lower side frequency  Smiley
As I never owned one, so no experience but what I've read on diffrent forum (not counting the army minedetector BMD-34, ...when I look back...ages ago)  Wink

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« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2017, 10:55:27 am »
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Yep, Lower freq Detectors are better on depth for your coins.  I only own American made or Home Made detectors.  Really don't know all the offerings you would have to choose from.  We had a Good Friend in Belgium who passed away not so long ago.  He build his own.  

  Well Keep us posted on what your thinking about.  We have folks from all walks of life here. Our Parent Forum and Host is a German site.

  Any Detector is better then NO DETECTOR, Eaa?

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« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2017, 12:27:33 pm »
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Hi again homefire,
German is no problem for me (third spoken language in Belgium, minority in the east, German border) Wink
Selfmade detector...what price are we talking about for equipment and electronics?
Have not fully had the time to search this forum here, but will keep in mind selfmade.
Teknetics EuroTek Prov(with coilprotector, headphone wired and rainprotection box) cost 458$, the XP Adventis 2 (french made and cheaper in France) cost 588$ (rest Europe 705$).
So are the selfmade detectors also for European soil (iron infested) and cheaper then the ones I mentioned?
Thanks from the newbie  Wink

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« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2017, 01:40:45 pm »
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  If you posses reasonable electronics skills kits or bare PCB's can be had quite cheap.  The only real challenge is constructing a coil if you choose not to buy one. 

Test equipment required could be as little as a Good VOM / DVM for the basic PI detectors.  Access to a Oscilloscope is more then beneficial.

Construction of a VLF detector pretty much mandates a Scope.

This guy produces some most Reputable Kits all well documented on the Geotech Forums. 

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« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2017, 01:45:59 pm »
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Hello homefire,
I have the required test equipment (scope not high frequency), but for the given working frequency enough Wink
I'm member since yesterday of the Geotech Forum  Cool
So, I have a lot to read, now finding enough time to do so  Wink

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« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2017, 02:06:04 pm »
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 Any and All of the kits Silver Dog sells can be found in the Projects on Geo Tech.  Most not all have a PDF Build document that can pretty much walk you through it.

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« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2017, 02:44:53 pm »
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Welcome to the forum Willy.  Smiley
From Melbourne Australia

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« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2017, 02:56:46 pm »
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Hello nickel_n,
Thanks  Smiley
Did you build your own detector?
Looks like a nice project to start digging, and not that expensive too.
Greetings
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