Nokta Makro Legend, First Look…<\/b><\/p>\n

-very, very nice build quality\u2014very solid feel but much lighter than the Anfibio. Wand telescopes in and out much more cleanly. Coil is a tiny bit heavier than the AF28 to accommodate the MF winding.<\/p>\n

-overall a nicely balanced unit-not so light as to make a larger coil \u201ctop heavy.\u201d<\/p>\n

-lot of information on the screen keeps all of your choices visible, very well laid out. Super fast access to any feature \/ adjustment. Maybe takes a bit of getting used to just how much is there. 1^{st<\/sup> day I\u2019m already flying around it.<\/p>\n}

–great sounding audio<\/u><\/i>, not \u201cbitty,\u201d nice faint range, not over-modulated.<\/p>\n

–<\/u><\/i>g<\/u><\/i>ood tones come though the digital noises well, <\/u><\/i>even at high Sensitivity levels. <\/u><\/i> Reminds me more of the CTX than the NOX\u2014full, strong sounding tones, clean processing and target assignment.<\/u><\/i> (Indoor testing tells you a lot about how a machine handles any kind of interference).<\/p>\n

-recovery speed just barely takes air test targets at full on–(so much for any of these \u201cconclusive\u201d on-ground videos). This is a feature that\u2019s designed to work in ground while processing the full MF signal and ground. <\/u><\/i>I would add that an Iron Bias control, added to this speed has the potential to clip \/ loose targets\u2014possibly the reason why N\/M initially opted for a pre-set. Where you have a lot of corroded or alloyed metal though (such as bottle caps), adjustable Iron Bias certainly improves the versatility and effectiveness of the machine. Not a feature to be taken lightly though\u2014an advanced setting.<\/p>\n

-turned down to Rec Spd 2, unit passes \u201ciron cross\u201d test with a medium sized band and two rusted spikes. Perfect tone and ID.<\/p>\n

-big difference between M1 and M2 settings M2 has much more low conductor sensitivity, livelier, sharper tone overall.<\/p>\n

-good, versatile selection of single FQs. I like the addition of \u201c10\u201d kHz as a \u201cmiddle\u201d high conductor \/ bad ground search mode. If the Anfibio is any indication I know that the 20 kHz will be sharp on gold and nimble in iron.<\/p>\n

-Gold mode\u2014the audio of this mode shows the sophistication of the filtering \/ processing. Clean, fast responses. Looks like a great fresh water black sand \/ edge \u201ccherry picker.\u201d<\/p>\n

-I like the addition of a Stability control to augment (or even stand in for) normal signal balancing methods that often take a lot of trial and error to use effectively. Doesn\u2019t seem to constrain the signal that much in air-seems like a combination of (lowered) FQ weighting and a low level adjustment of Discriminate and 1^{st<\/sup> Tone Break? I know for sure that this feature will allow the use of higher Sensitivity settings.<\/p>\n}

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A Beginner\u2019s Guide to the Nokta \/ Makro Legend v.1.10 (beta)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n