UK METAL DETECTING

kered · Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 97 Location: NW Spain

this is on ebay.es

The ATLANTIS IMPERATOR 2 is a high performance (MOTION and NON-MOTION)metal detector with an enormous detection capacity !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Perfected Metal discriminator !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

28X31cm DD Search-Coil !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Extreme detection depths up to 300cm for large objects and up to 48cm for coins !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Adjustable sensitivity depending on the search purpose and target. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Automatic and manually adjustable GROUND-FILTER !!!!!!!!!!!!

Detection possible even in difficult soils containing minerals !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

INCLUDING 230V Charger and HEADPHONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i wish Laughing

Samuel · Joined: 16 Oct 2007 Posts: 153

i think theyve mixed cm with mm!

Samuel · Joined: 16 Oct 2007 Posts: 153

i think theyve mixed cm with mm!

UK Brian · Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 431 Location: Wales

Don't write it off to soon.
The original Atlantis was sold as the Explorer beater when the Explorer had been out a few months.
Wasn't as deep. Didn't work on the wet sand and the construction was poor. Very poor coil connector. Cheap construction but a fraction of the price of many machines of the time, so for performance to price ratio, not bad.
They took on board the complaints and came out with the Mk 2. This had a far better build standard. Unfortunately they decided to improve the coil and this caused a lot of problems.
Think the order was the 2001, 3001, the Eco or might have been Echo which was a cheaper cut down machine and at some point the super deep Imperium came out. This is the for runner to the ones on E-Bay.
This had a gell battery, a 'Power Boost', 28 x 31 coil and the deep seeker 37 x 41 cm.
The control box could be used under the rear arm rest but being a bit like a mini breeze block in shape and weight it was a little heavy for me and the controls were hard to get at. Fortunately you could sling it round your neck.

Finally we get to the new Imperator which looks a better design but as I haven't used it I can't comment. The previous model was better on mineralised ground than the original Atlantis's. They lacked sensitivity so were more deep hunter for large objects than coin hunter. If they haven't brought out a smaller coil I can't see it being something you would think of for hammered coin hunting.
The dealer, Uzman Electronics in Germany, shipped them in from Turkey I think. Turkey is the new electronics heart of Europe. When you buy a Sony, Sanyo etc from Tesco it most likely has been made in Turkey by Vesa.

For those interested in depth (8 meters). Have a look at the new Nokta range noktadedektor.com

Brian

kered · Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 97 Location: NW Spain

Rather than a free field scanner with them it would be better a JCB Shocked

UK Brian · Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 431 Location: Wales

Sorry should have put the English link

http://english.noktadedektor.com/index.php

Nice offer is that you get a free machine if you can demonstrate your machine is better. But why would you want an inferior machine to the one you already have ?

rayredditch · Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 222

No, cm would be right 2,54cm (25,4mm) is an inch, otherwise his coil would be very very tiny !!

Samuel · Joined: 16 Oct 2007 Posts: 153

kered · Joined: 29 Sep 2007 Posts: 97 Location: NW Spain

Me too:- ie 300cm(9.843feet) for large objects and 48cm( 18.89 inches) for coins

rayredditch · Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 222

It probably is quite deep, but what would the discrimination be at the quoted depths (Theorising that it could get that deep) ?
I mean metres on a panzer tank, yeah, and maybe 48cm on a cartwheel coin !

UK Brian · Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 431 Location: Wales

I'm not going to mention the Mikron NRG 100 then which I hope to be trying in the New Year.
These ex Eastern block/Turkish and Bulgarian machines have gone from poor performance and worse build quality to not bad in a couple of years. Minelab launched its first machine into Europe (1500 or might have been 15000) and it had depth but the discrimination was very hit and miss and need the fastest sweep speed known to man. Only took them about a year to come back with the original Sovereign and the Tribune.

I wouldn't buy any of the unknown machines off E-Bay but they are in dealers on the continent where they can be tried and handled. At present state of play you can pay a fortune for a German hoard hunter or match the depth at a half the price by going Bulgarian. Build quality is not that of a Lorenz or Pulsestar but its catching up quickly.