Probably the best most comprehensive unbiased metal detector comparison for the beach I have ever seen. Well done

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Thank You!

I purchased my wife a Minelab X Terra Pro when they came out. Fantastic metal detector, such a great value. We have used it on the beach many times with great success. Also enjoyed seeing the CTX against the Manticore, very impressive. My Manticore has been a deep beast on the beach

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Very cool!

GREAT! Video. Thank you Sir. Great machines, and I love! My Manticore🙌🙌🙌

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Right on!

This was wonderful man! The time and effort you put in to educate is something special for the community. Swing on! -Andy

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

Excellent comparisons! Thank you I have the Deus 2 and the Xterra Pro both I’m super happy with. Best of luck!

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Thanks, you too!

Great videography beautiful sunrinse i see your videos skill are getting better all the time. Great testing really impressed with the result of some of the machine.Really enjoyed the test.Thank you for all of your time in producing this video. Thanks to stranger jim with cxt and the birds and all that were involed in this production.

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Calabash, A+++ video not shaky, good audio, very informative, and loved the bird ,you are getting so much better at making the videos keep up the great work, extremely helpful. Gunnar from Minnesota

@calabashphotography1234

6 ай бұрын

Much appreciated!

Great job testing! You covered all bases. 👍

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Good Job ! Thanks for your Good Work.

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Thank You!

Best beach test I have seen.

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks!

You are the Man! Thanks Calabash 🇺🇸⭐️

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

You are!

Great job 🎉

One awesome video, really appreciate your videos.🍺

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

very fair glad you are doing some signal balancing to see what these machines can actually do, all told rather than just a snapshot. great job.

@calabashphotography1234

6 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Great video CD on the testing of these detectors.

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Nice video again thanks

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

No problem 👍

Well done thanks for sharing!!!!!!!

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great video once once again the manticore seems to be a beast on the beach. Looks like old Jim needs to work on that swing he's definitely not getting what he should be out of that CTX swinging like that.

As primarily a beach detectorist thanks for the video. I think I need a hybrid machine of the top three.😀

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

HMMM

Tarsacci will of been the cherry on the cake Thank you for the video A lot of work put into it I have the versa in the states

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

send it on..

@buddywilliamson3098

7 ай бұрын

No really sure if it would be able to handle the EMI during the summer months.....with all the WiFi boosters and cellphones on a beach at one time....there are areas of Myrtle Beach that the Equinox 600/800 just can't go because the EMI is so bad.....

Great test. Thank you

@calabashphotography1234

6 ай бұрын

Thank you too!

Great video brother. Job well done. Hunting with Legend my next detector will be manticore.

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Great detector best bank for buck made...Manti a depth beast on beach!

Thanks for the video

Great video C.B . This test scenario panned out more or less as I would have expected , I recently viewed a certain established youtuber who says he sold his manticore and D2 and now hunts with the legend , horses for courses I guess and while I've no doubt that the legend is probably the best bang for buck out there i reckon this youtuber is being honest but engaging in fallacy . The best is not always the most expensive for e.g The price tag of the C.T.X and heavens above the A.T Gold , The real proof is in performance as we seen today on those tests of yours . Best of luck .

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Thanks !

Got all those units bar the new nokta score and double. Spot on with the detectors performance and accurate. Down the Beach its manticore and deus 2. Nothing else. But Calabash, the 15 inch on the manticore will blow your mind😂. You can add another 3 inches on that 16 inch nickle😂. I dont have the 13 inch D2 coil to compare yet. Santas delivering that one😊. Great testing👍

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info

First 💃💃💃 ok ready to watch 💯💯

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy

The X-terra is quite a bargain for $269! It is only slightly behind the legend on the beach in terms of depth which is very impressive for that price point it may not unmask as well but If it came with wireless headphones it would be a steal! Great tests as always Calabash thanks for testing all these units

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Great job I will take my recovery speed down to a one when I can with the Legend otherwise I pretty much run it the same 👋👍

Let’s go, let’s go treasure and adventure✌️🌎🌺🇺🇸👵🎉💕

Calabash, Thank you for the compassion. I’m biased towards the Deus 2, but thought I could hear both an iron tone and a beep with the Manticore on the 14 inch nickel.

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Little iron tone n couple swings mixed in..

I have to say thank you for all of us that put time in at the beaches Metal detecting . This shows money talks and bullshit walks .lol You do get what you pay for . They are not all equal . Thank you again for sharing.

@calabashphotography1234

6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

🕶👍 There's no losses in life, only lessons.

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

true

Well done!!

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Nice car

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Great testing and a lot of work , would have liked to have seen a deep high conductor such as a big silver reales for those beach detectorists looking for shipwreck cobs . Thanks for all the hard work much appreciated.

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Hmmm good idea!

😂😂😂 I bet if you go back there next year that guy will have a different detector. 😂😂

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Next week...

I don't beach hunt Calabash but I enjoyed seeing the different test!

@calabashphotography1234

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Great testing CD, if you went with a dig it all approach similar to chasing iron with the legend to 11-12". Have you tried getting extra depth on the beach with the x-terra pro hunting threshold gaps? I was actually surprised the X-terra come so close to the legend for this depth test. Again, great work man.

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

I have not..

It's amazing the Xterra pro matched the legend in the depth test. Single frequency, I think not! But as well as matching it for depth on the beach I found that it's more sensitive to small gold also. Of course it just can't compete in the iron. But if you're a beach and tot lot hunter there's really no reason to spend more.

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Legend has it on depth on the beach....Running both units in a stable setting...I did not test any small gold this time..Next time out...

@Delprete2

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Calabash. Forgive me but when I go to your about section I don’t see a way to contact you. There is a link when I click on it a blank email opens up with nothing in the sent to line.

@carolrice2063

6 ай бұрын

And I heard the X-Terra Pro go off on the 12 inch Nickel it wasn't consistent but it did make a tone And Three blips and it was called that it didn't happen And Then Said 10" Was the Max then the Legend Detector on 28 Sensitivity and didn't know that the target is there until he fiddle's with the settings and he doesn't try that with the X-Terra Pro and rewatch it and you can hear it from the X-Terra Pro....8:49 time stamp and it's faint but it's heard and Why not raise the X-Terra Pro Up to 21 AND 8:16 Sensitivity Settings Graph is showing 3 blocks which means it's on 15 And Lower and on my X-Terra Pro and sensitivity of 20 Will still be showing that 20 sensitivity on the X-Terra Pro is 4 Bars Showing and Not the Same settings that you have said and are now Saying and showing us something else and that is what you are doing now and I didn't catch it on the earlier edit and Circle the X-Terra Pro on the target and help it like that you have done for the Legend Running it Hot 🔥 Detector ???? 🤔🤔🤔 🤔 And there's some Hoo Doo Voo Doo Going On Don't you think ???? Is Everyone's X-Terra Pro Faulty with the Sensitivity Settings Graph???? 🤔 Hmmmm ???????? Mine is 4 Bars Showing when I set it up for 20 Sensitivity.... 🤔.. and mine 11-15 is 3 bars showing up and the X-Terra Pro hit it with what you have shown in the video as being 20 , that makes it more than enough of a Detector that will hit the 12 inch Nickel And have the lower Sensitivity of 11-15 and 3 bars showing and still hitting the target 😮... And Minelab Detector's are the Best Thing for the Money X-Terra Pro.

@calabashphotography1234

6 ай бұрын

Ok Carol ...I am going to tell you this one time and one time only! You ever come on here again and try get people to think I am hiding the results of one detector to make another detector look better and I am gonna BAN you forever from my channel....Take your Xterra to the salt water beach and set it up STABLE and tell me what the max depth is on a USA Nickel...The blips were not audible in the Headphones... The machine is silent with headphones on a 12 inch nickel...The Xterra Pro is a GREAT machine for the Money...Just a heads up it does not beat the Legend...I have tested and used the Xterra off camera on the Beach enough to know how to set it proper and fair to the other units..10 inch Nickel is the max depth on my Beach with good stable settings..BTW the legend can be ran at 28-30 sens and still be Stable..Get your facts straight! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

@carolrice2063

6 ай бұрын

@@calabashphotography1234 I was only going By what your showing on Film and 20 on the X-Terra Pro is 4 Bars Showing and you showed 3 bars showing and Saying it was on 20 but Showing 3 bars and I just noticed that and years ago I could have sent you a private message to tell you about it but KZread has changed the way to get the message to you and I haven't figured out the Email Setup Yet. And To me it's odd that your X-Terra Pro has 3 bars showing up and it's on 20 and mine stop's showing up 3 bars At 15 Sensitivity and without any Headphones 🎧 on you can hear the sound of the X-Terra Pro Chirping Away on the 12 inch Nickel And Again Sorry if I was not the only one that was Hearing it and I don't have the X-Terra Pro Headphones Yet and I don't know if I would of been able to hear it but Your own Camera is picking it up and that's why the Speculation and it's a Great Detector that I have and I think it will compete but I don't have any kind of Salt Water Beach to Disprove your test results but the X-Terra Pro Tone's did sound off for the Camera and that's what I'm talking about and WHY Ban Me from this and the Critical Test that Others have Noticed it and the X-Terra Pro sounding off even though you haven't doesn't make Sense and WHY and go back and watch it again and you can hear it Tone off and yes it wasn't great but it does and very sorry for being so much Critical on Your Test Results 🤔.... And if it's Still on the 3Bars then it's A Very Powerful Detector that can hit a 12 inch Nickel And be on Sensitivity of 11-15 and 3 bars showing per your own Voice Statement of it being on 20 Sensitivity and Video Camera View of it..

Nice job calabash!! That’s a lot of work. great job!!! Looks like the going rate is about $500 dollars an inch above 12 inches in the wet salt sand. Hahaha 😂

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍 True!

Thanks,the best beach testing I've seen in years,what weight was the gold ring.

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

I do not know I will have to get weighed..

@mickbalton7028

7 ай бұрын

@calabashdiggerscubadivinga8523 thanks,it helps out us Europeans, we can't relate to a nickel..it looked about 4g..

Great job testing the machines ! Would like to see the depth test on the Legend with the stock round coil ! Round coil more powerfull !!

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

I have tested it before about the same results.

@zerxkydc532

7 ай бұрын

@calabashdiggerscubadivinga8523 Right on man !

@zerxkydc532

7 ай бұрын

​@@calabashphotography1234Dang would have liked to see the Apex on those Nickels !!

Myrtle Beach? looks like it. Thanks for the Testing.

@calabashphotography1234

6 ай бұрын

It is!

Is it possible to use a non-polarized lens on the camera when viewing the LCD Screens? They’re difficult to see in the video. Thanks!

Doesn't look like there is anything better for the beach than the manticore,have you ever done any depth testing with pi machines to see if these newer machines can compete depth wise,looks like they almost can to me.Another fabulous video,really helpful for people trying to decide on a machine for the beach.Thanks for your time and effort.👍👍

Nice comprehensive test. I probably had thousands of hours on my ctx, but it didn't take long to figure out the manticore is superior when I switched over

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

only the fanboys still come at me about the CTX being deeper on the gold in the wet sand...One will probably be along shortly...lol thanks!

@PursueTheUnknown

7 ай бұрын

I'll take accurate Target ID over a little extra sensitivity any day of the week. If your target id is not accurate, I guarantee that deep small gold is showing as iron on the screen. Seen it over and over, CZ21 did it, V3i did it, Equinox did it, Manticore did it, Deus 2 did it. They all started slowing lower numbers as targets get deeper, which means your small gold is now ringing up as iron. Sold my Deus 2, Manticore, CZ21, V3i, and Equinox. Sticking with the CTX, Sovereign, and Excal. I can trust those 3 machines.

@calabashphotography1234

6 ай бұрын

Bull Crap...Calling Bull Crap...I can show you those machines hitting gold and giving a good VDI on the Beach that those machines cant make a whisper on over and over again....Bull crap statement you made..Keep hunting with your trusty ole boat anchors..

@owenkitto27

6 ай бұрын

I had a ctx since 2014 It’s good on depth heavy and slow and it would be nice if the software worked on apple and iPad. The manticore I now have as I sold the ctx with 17/11/6 coils It can’t see the ctx being far of the manticore in depth. It’s old technology. I am hoping a new ctx is made soon 💪

@owenkitto27

6 ай бұрын

That will be me I do like the ctx but it’s heavy and slow. I sold it. The mashine I had before that was the blue SOV GT The ctx I never really liked 50 tones to busy. But it found me a lot of gold. It has served well. In the wet sand it was deep wet muddy field massive depth. 17 coil… I used mals uk beach settings. I now have the manticore

What update are you running on the Legend? I have tested it for deeper targets such as nickels and dimes in our highly mineralized soil here in Arizona and side by side with the Mantacore. I found no real difference between the two machines.

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

The latest version..What program were you using on the units? Btw what I saw today with the Legend is what I saw when the first update was done and I tested it with the 11 inch round coil..

Nice video. I think the prospecting mode alerts a tiny bit more than the depth audio. It could be the pitch is better for my personal ears to pick up? Have you tried prospecting audio, especially on the beach?

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

yes just seem to like depth better..

A Great Video. Thank you! Did you Ground Balance the X-Terra Pro??

@calabashphotography1234

Ай бұрын

Yes I did

For me the audio response set on a 7!!! I have dug wedding bands at 18 inches will my D2.....

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Little loud for me at 7 ...

Sweet ride mr. That the scat pack?? Your gonna need a track hawk to put all those detectors into if ya get anymore lol. Great job testing all the machines. Curious why you only ran sense on the XTP like at 20 and didn't try to jack it up? Guessing not stable??

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Not stable passes that....19 and 20 were good..

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Scat Pack

Also can you get a Rutus Versa I believe thats the name. Does really well on Jack the Templar

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

need someone to send one..

Nice Test👍🏻 Is Manticore Beach Deep and Beach LC about the same? nickel /Gold Just got mine and had it out once, but just had it on Gen Beach mode the first time Going out again in the early morning at negative tide 🌴thanks

@calabashphotography1234

6 ай бұрын

I did not get to test beach deep yet in the wash ...Surf and sea water was about the same on the 4GRAM gold ring ...Needs to test it more to see how it does on the smaller gold..

calabash not a beach question but in the fast program do you loose any separation performance by changing the tones to full tones thanks alan

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

off set to 10-15 makes full tones equal imo

What State/Beach are you on?…..a lot of info…..great video.

Great testing! I can tell you one test where the Deus is way better… post storm wet sand.. usually leaves iron patches and black sand. The Manticore is not good in that case.. the Deus can pull targets out of the iron patches and black sand.

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Interesting ..

@UABFWSS

7 ай бұрын

Have also found that the mag black sand (when concentrated in areas) seems to affect the mcore more than D2

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Will pass that along thanks!

Nice! Any advantage/disadvantage for using pitch instead of tones?

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

I am just used to it pitch type audio...alerts really good imo

Noticed the Manticore had a round coil..could that be the difference? Nokta had the eliptical. I think that may explain some of the difference. I think the larger angle of the round may increase depth. Just got a Nokta and love it...have found pockets of black sand that will drive it crazy.

So the amazing thing to me is that you can get a dues2 ws6 master and have all that performance and the lightest machine on the beach for seven hundred dollars.

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

YEP...

A bit disappointed with the depth of the noktas tbh.. great video, thx CD ! 👍🏻

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Did you do the gold ring with the Double Score and Legend? Seems like you just did nickels with those but Manticore and XP you did ring in addition to...

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

No go on 12 inch Nickel so did not even try ring..

Calabash what Firmware version of the Legend were you running?

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Latest..

X terra pro its better than nokta double scoore ??

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Close on the Beach ..Double Score has a BIG unmasking advantage in iron..

X Terra pro or vanquish 440? Is multi frequency that important to not have all the features the Terra pro has?

What were the settings on the CTX? That can make a huge difference.

OK... good job. But what happens when in shallow saltwater?

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Xterra, score, double score suffer, DEUS and Manticore lose some but old up the best...Legend I need to test it more with water over thew coil...

I had a CTX for years I used to run 17 coil it’s so slow and heavy. But wonder if it still matches the manticore with the 17 coil ?

@calabashphotography1234

6 ай бұрын

no.. wonder what happens if I put the 15 inch coil on the Manticore..

@owenkitto27

6 ай бұрын

I sold the ctx and nox 800 I have the manticore now the wm09 is out I will buy. It’s an incredible machine.

Try the CTX with mals uk beach settings that’s how I used to run mine open screen try it let me know 17 coil 😊

@calabashphotography1234

6 ай бұрын

No need it will not outperform the other machines...Plus I cant swing a 5 lb detector with no benefits ...I am getting old ...

How did you bury the coins, are they flat or on edge?

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

flat

The Gig Master say he set his recovery on one when he's hunting deep targets and he also turns up the audio gain. Do you think that would have made any difference on the Legend?

@calabashphotography1234

5 ай бұрын

no

I didn't catch if your nickles were buried flat or on edge? The gold ring? The more I think about it, several of the detectors responded poorly. The Score is pretty much as deep as Legend? I have a Legend and Deus2. No matter the settings, the Ledgend hits everything in my test garden pretty hard, several targets perhaps better than the Deus with 9 inch coil. After watching your tests, I'm about to dump the Legend for water hunting? I'm also surprised to see the poor CTX performance. I had 2 3030s and recall scooping some gold rings in shallow saltwater sand at an honest 17+ inches. Those rings hit good! I've scooped 20-inch deep gold rings with Excalibur and Garrett Infinium, but after years of use and response interpretation. There is no doubt the newer machines are far more sensitive to small gold and tiny junk targets, but your Legend test results made me not want to use it on the beach ever! Unless your targets were buried on edge? That would make a difference. If the Ledgend hits an 11-inch nickle on edge, well, that's darn good. I didn't spot how you buried the targets?

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

I am gonna say this and dont take this the wrong way...Your depths are VERY exaggerated....The sticks dont lie.....Ours eyes and perception of depth when scooping can be very misleading....The coins were flat and the ring too...

@cabochris100

7 ай бұрын

@calabashdiggerscubadivinga8523 Good to know, but again at your beach, the Legend performance seemed lacking. The 12-inch nickel really was not a solid hit. So you thought 11 inches. The Score hit 10 inches! That seems disappointing. I have scooped large gold rings in solid mud very deep with an Excalibur 800. I have been looking for a smaller travel detector for in shallow saltwater and was leaning towards the Ledgend. It's small, light, solid build and easy to charge. The Deus might perform better in Dive? But that dang antenna and plug choice! I'm just not that sure about the Legend anymore as my new water machine? Guess the only way to really tell is to try them both on my next Caribbean trip. Heck, perhaps I should be looking at the Manticore???

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Manticore is the deepest...slight over Deus II...Legend is deep also...Would love to put it up head to head with Excalibur..

Given beaches are a minor fraction of my detecting, I' d struggle to justify an extra grand on top of the legend.

@calabashphotography1234

6 ай бұрын

I totally understand..

I love my D2 but i still have no idea what im digging half the time ! On the other hand i know exactly what im digging 99% of the time with my ctx

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Give it time..

Damn, kinda disappointing results for the legend. Maybe recovery 1 next time.

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Everybody keeps saying that but I dont think you can run a recovery of 1 in the wet salt sand..or at least when I tried recovery of 1 tone became distorted..

I swing a Legend, deus 1, gold bug pro and a deus 2 and out of all of them my deus machines are by far the easiest to swing and the performance is not superior over the Legend but it is better

The Legend has bc rejection too :)

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

I know I used it in the video on the bottle cap test..Thanks

Is 2 inches worth the 1200.00, guess that is up to your pocketbook???????

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Yep that's one has to decide..

I believe if you ran the recovery at 2 or 1 you probably would of hit the 12 inch with the legend

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

I cant run it that low on the Beach ...

@ChrissyEis

7 ай бұрын

@@calabashphotography1234 it’s still a great machine found so many silver coins and IH pennies and nickels so deep for $500 hundred dollars good video

In all metal you get better depth on the legend instead of the G setting, and thst manticore seemed mighty chatty

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Where is the video on the showing the Legend deeper in all metal over ground out in the wet salt sand on a beach?...What you will get is a more unstable machine on the beach running it in all metal if you lower the stability down...No depth gain imo..

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

Manticore and Deus II both have low conductor beach programs which are way deeper but are a little more noisy...I can hit the 12 inch stuff with Deus and Manticore in their more stable programs also..Manticore video will be up soon showing this..

@diggingnashvegas

7 ай бұрын

@@calabashphotography1234 just curious have you tried m2 park out there ,or other multis on the legend

@calabashphotography1234

7 ай бұрын

will not work in the salt water..

I believe I should sell my LEGEND....