Description
How deep can the Nokta Legend 2 with the LD22 9-inch coil really detect? Does increasing recovery speed sacrifice too much depth? And how low can you run your sensitivity before losing a deep coin?
In this video, I'm back in my North Carolina test garden putting the Nokta Legend 2 LD22 coil through a series of real-world depth tests using a 10-inch-deep Mercury dime and a 10-inch-deep half dollar.
The results surprised me!
I start in Field Mode using M1 multi-frequency and test recovery speed settings from 1 all the way to 10. Even at the maximum recovery speed, I can still hear a faint response from the buried Mercury dime!
Next, I lower sensitivity to see how much signal strength I can sacrifice while still detecting those deep coins.
I also compare Field Mode and Park Mode to see how each responds to the same buried targets.
WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THIS VIDEO:
Nokta Legend 2 LD22 9-inch coil depth testing
10-inch Mercury dime detection
10-inch half-dollar detection
Recovery speed testing from 1 through 10
How recovery speed affects deep target signals
Sensitivity testing from 25 down toward 12
Field Mode vs Park Mode comparisons
M1 multi-frequency performance
Target separation around a contaminated deep coin
My preferred settings for balancing depth and target separation
MY NOKTA LEGEND 2 SETTINGS
For these tests, I'm primarily using:
Search Mode: Field, with Park Mode comparisons
Frequency: M1 Multi-Frequency
Sensitivity: Starting at 21, then testing higher and lower values
Recovery Speed: Testing from 1 to 10
Ferrous Discrimination: Off
Audio: 6 Tones
WHAT DID I LEARN?
One of the biggest surprises was how well the LD22 coil continued to respond to a 10-inch Mercury dime even as recovery speed increased.
At recovery speed 10, the dime produced a very faint signal, but I could still hear it.
I also found that sensitivity around 21 gave me a relatively quiet detector while maintaining a usable response on my deep test targets.
For my North Carolina soil conditions, I'm leaning toward recovery speed 5 or 6 as a practical balance between target separation and depth.
Keep in mind that these are my personal test garden results. Your soil conditions, target contamination, mineralization, and detector settings can produce different results.
WHERE TO FIND THE LD22 COIL
Fort Bedford Metal Detectors
https://fortbedfordmetaldetectors.com
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