A Few Notes on the Nokta \/ Makro Legend<\/b><\/u><\/p>\n
by Clive James Clynick<\/p>\n
The first thing I noticed about the Legend was it\u2019s processing. Like the Anfibio\u2014this processing makes for super clean audio in iron or dense trash. With the Legend however, this processing is fast and detailed enough to mediate multiple frequencies at once. This means that both the audio and meter information is more accurate as these frequencies cross confirm.\u00a0 As with any multi frequenciy machine, these frequencies examine the ground in different ways\u2014making detection very thorough and deep. The Legend\u2019s processing does two things:<\/p>\n
1\/ I immediately noticed how well this machine \u201cpulls\u201d up responses in dense trash or iron. Particularly in the multi-tone modes (6 and 60) these signals are reported very cleanly.<\/p>\n
2\/ This accurate processing reports the quality<\/i> of responses well. What I mean by this is that targets that are rusted, made of diverse alloys or odd shaped such as \u201ccan slaw\u201d sound rough whereas something made of fewer metals or a round object will give a cleaner, more solid tone.\u00a0 This is a great operationg characeristic–especially for beginners–helping you to focus on good qualtiy signals.<\/p>\n
Also, weak conductors such as thin foils sound weak\u2014that is, they don\u2019t sound more solid than they are.\u00a0 This is especially important when searching for small gold.<\/p>\n
This strong multi-frequency processing also means that simple target testing is very effective. So when you want to know what size or shape a target is\u2014or how consistent it is\u2014tests like using varied sweep speeds and directions will give you a lot of audio and meter information. Also, where you see big meter jumps\u2014these are highly meaningful\u2014indicating a poor quality signal or something odd-shaped. Pinpoint mode also gives good information on whether something has the sharp, narrow tone of a non-ferrous target\u2014or the wide, drawn-out tone of iron. This effectiveness comes from the Legend\u2019s high \u201cresolution\u201d–that is\u2014the accurate processing of the multiple frequencies gives a lot of detail on what is under the coil.<\/p>\n
This is also a detector with a lot of fidelity. You have the option of running multi frequency\u2014or any of the single ones to bring up specific target ranges and examine the ground from a number of standpoints. The machine can be run fast or slow with high or low Iron Bias. This adjustable iron filtering is by far the most important feature of the v. 1.09 upgrade. What this means is that in dense junk or iron you have the choice of trying to speed up and bring up the \u201ccleanest\u201d responses–or to slow down and use the Legend\u2019s processing to saturate what\u2019s under the coil more and bring up tones one what you are looking for. These types of settings examine the ground in very specific ways letting you return to heavily worked prime ground with never before tried search methods. There are some remarkable videos out of the Legend\u2019s low bias settings \u201cseeing through\u201d multiple spikes to bring up a tone on silver\u2014as if the iron was not even there.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve also had to opportunity to run the Legend at a tough, high-saline ocean beach. It performed well and even had great audio in nail infested sections\u2014giving longer tones on non-ferrous targets that were mixed in. This audio processing was so accurate that the Legend even distinguished stainless steel from iron.<\/p>\n
The Legends clean, sharp audio and tone menu choices are a great tool to help at these tough sites.<\/p>\n
The v. 1.09 upgrade offers new audio preference choices including VCO (Pitch Audio), and Boost.<\/p>\n
These are some of the great performance characteristics that I\u2019ve noticed about the Legend in my first season of hunting with it.<\/p>\n
I highly recommend this great detector for hunters at any level of the hobby.<\/p>\n
Good Luck Detecting,<\/p>\n
clive<\/p>\n
A Beginner\u2019s Guide to the Nokta \/ Makro Legend v.1.10 (beta)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n