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The XP WS4 headphones. Wireless, lightweight, can be used in the absence of the remote control (the headphones enable you to adjust all of the detector’s basic settings). There is even a super-cheap XP Deus configuration – an XP Deus WS4.…

Have you seen how many electronic components the Minelab CTX 3030 contains? According to a metal detector repair expert and a pal of mine, “this is enough for a small spaceship!”. It may well be the case, at least the machine carries a…

Whether you like it or not, but all of the wireless XP Deus coils come with the same circuit board. It doesn’t matter if it’s a 9-inch or 13-inch coil – electronics is one and the same. Besides, the old (black) coils are powered by…

Here’s how to dismantle the Garrett AT MAX: what can be removed (unscrewed) and what is non-removable. This pictorial report will come in useful if you have to repair your machine. Also, below you can find the Garrett AT MAX circuit…

Here’s a photo report of the XP MI-6 pinpointer dismantling. Surely these pictures will be useful for those who’ll decide to repair their units by themselves. Let me remind you: the XP MI-6 is wireless, and for the time being is considered…

When I saw the pictures of the Minelab Go-Find dismantling, I said to myself that something had changed in new detectors. The mere Minelab Go-Find screen can make MD manufacturers, with their technologies from the ’90s (and even…

It’s really a shame that the MD-Hunter blog didn’t exist in the ’60s. We would have known for certain who and when was the first to make (and set to launch for sale) a pinpointer. As now it is anybody’s guess… Garrett, Fisher, or…

I took the Fisher F-Pulse (same as the Teknetics Tek-Point) in my hands, and… at max sensitivity it turned out to be a real ‘Sword of the Jedi’. This device can definitely stand comparison with some inexpensive metal detector. Do you have a…

Any wireless metal detector technology can’t work under water. It would be OK if it were just the headphones as you can always use the wired ones. But what is to be done when the machine has a wireless coil? Right you are, you should add a…

Blogger Michal Majchrowicz called the Nokta Impact the best metal detector among existing ones. The XP Deus owners are being advised to fade from sight and keep out of professionals’ way… Can it really be true? Nokta provides a carry bag…

Are you ready to see the interior of your detector? Not every manufacturer will be happy to know you’ve seen this. Here’s a photo report: what’s inside the Golden Mask 5 Plus. In your opinion, does the machine opened correspond to its…

There are two kinds of false discrimination: when non-ferrous targets are detected as iron, or when ferrous items have non-ferrous indications. In the first case, you will miss finds. In the second case, you will exert yourself digging…

A transparent coil bolt… Have you seen such a thing before? After opening the Karma box, I realized that it was the most artsy-fartsy coil I had ever held in my hands. I wonder why the coil is shown in silhouette on the back wall of the…

The future of metal detectors is vague. Some people think there will be mere coils remained of common devices. Others claim a detector’s existing build will become more complicated. But one thing we now know for sure is that an Era of…

I wonder how much bigger is the external battery of a new XP 22.5 HF coil compared to the integrated one. Will the battery life be long enough for a season without charging? Here’s a pictorial report: what’s in the box with the…

I always run 2 simple tests on any pinpointer. If it fails to pass these ones, it’s not a pinpointer for me… Here’s a pictorial report of the XP MI-6: what’s in the box and first impressions. The XP MI-6 package…