Minelab X-Terra 50
Sreet Price $650 - Coin, relic
Number of Reviews: 12
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Jim Garrison in Plano, Texas -
I have had the X-Terra 50 for about a week. As with any new machine there is a learning curve. I really like the 3 pre-programmed metal patterns. Lightweight and easy to use for long periods of time.
I am very impressed at the sizes and types of targets this unit will detect! The readout is very accurate. If it says the target is at 8 inches....it is at 8 inches.
I have logged about 20 hours with the X-Terra 50 and the 4 AA batteries show no sign of wear.
I would have to say that my favorite feature of the X-Terra 50 is the Pinpoint. It is dead-on accurate. Talk about a time saving feature!
All in all, I really like the Minelab X-Terra 50 and give it a rating of 5 Stars.
Apr 19, 2006
19 people found this review helpful.
X-Terra 50 Excellent Performance
Mike K in Norfolk, UK -As a novice to metal detecting, I read all the reviews and decided on the X-Terra 50. I wanted a good general purpose detector which could be used on any site, until I decide to specialise. The important point was that the detector would perform well enough to hold it's own at club meetings.
I received the small lightweight box containing all the bits and within 30 minutes I was out in the back garden putting the X-Terra 50 through it's paces.
I found the search coil to be very sensitive and quite capable of picking up targets several inches below the surface.
Today I took the detector for a trip to the seaside and despite all the dire warnings about ground balance and the need to reduce sensitivity on wet sand, I found several coins on a beach which had been very well searched since the end of last summer. Most finds were at about 4 inces below the surface, but a 50 pence coin was recovered from 10 inches down.
I found that provided a solid signal was received when sweeping, pinpointing was spot on with depths very accurately displayed. Aluminium (or aluminum) ring pulls and bottle tops were also found at considerable depths. I could have nulled them out, but detecting a drink can ring pull at over 6 inches is pretty good performance.
After a couple of hours, I could tell just by switching to pinpoint and checking how solid a lock I got on the target as to whether it was a coin or aluminium scrap.
Another detectorist using a mid market model found only a single one pence coin searching the same area as me. One up to the X-Terra 50 I think.
After three and a half hours, I returned to the car a little better off financially and with a wealth of experience gained.
The detector is very light and easy to handle. I won't say that my arm wasn't starting to ache, but at nearly 50 and not too fit, I could have gone on for another couple of hours if necessary.
So, read the manual, do check how to adjust ground balance and sensitivity, (just a couple of button pushes), and you have a detector that can definitely hold it's own against any other machine on the market.
The option of being able to purchase a smaller higher frequency search head, means that I can completely change the character of the X-Terra 50 without having to buy a new detector.
I have some reservations about the strength of the supplied plastic bolt to fix the search coil to the stem, but in practice it has proved to be quite adequate for the job so far. I imagine that other makes and models have similar methods of fixing the search coils.
An impressive machine which can be used by a total novice but with the performance to satisfy just about any metal detecting enthusiast,
Feb 13, 2006
34 people found this review helpful.
The things people forget to tell you ! !
Simon in UK -
The x-terra 50,a good detector " BUT " :-
1. The new mobile phone technology inside this detector is affected by your mobile phone. Evertime your phone searches for a signal, you hear it loud and clear in your earphones.
2. As every detectorist desires, lighter, deeper, more accurate and less iron. You all know this dream.
This machine is very light, it is deep but until NASA interpret the U.F.O technology they are said to be experimenting on, I don't think we have reach a the stage where iron isn't a problem (though I must say it is alot better than Fisher CZ at eliminating "coke")
3. Purchase a control box cover and store at room temperature (mine steamed up under the display screen).
4. The search coil is technologically advanced and light weight but could be more durable (I stood on mine by mistake on rough ground and cracked it).
5. Please can somebody design a nylon bolt that will hold the coil sturdy for more than a coulpe of days.
I'll leave the positive points of this machine to everybody else.
Although I've given my opinion of what could be improved on this detector, with determination and machine bonding (sharing your bed and all that) you will achieve good results with this detector.
GOOD LUCK
Dec 26, 2005
22 people found this review helpful.
THIS IS FUN (second try)
BOB VALDEZ in Belgium, Europe -(As I made a few slips of the pen, I'll try this again... Hate to make faults !)
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THIS IS FUN !
The X-TERRA 50 is the best detector I've ever had. I own an XP G-MAXX (a "normal" detector with a very good recovery speed) and a Minelab Explorer II (an excellent super detector. If only he didn't drink batteries and HAD a recovery speed all together. And he might have been a "bit" lighter on the arm, as well !).
The X-TERRA 50 is rather light, almost as light as the XP. I can use it for 5-6 hours without having to stop working. Of course, I found A LOT : Euro coins, toy cars, small jewels and TONS of rubbish. But it was always great fun.
The 4 x 1,5V AA batteries last like 35-40 hours (this is a guess).
As far as I am concerned, the "reach" = impressive & perfect. It shouldn't go any deeper, for me. I find a coin (a cupper 50 Euro cent) maybe at 25 centimeters. Untill 2002 we had Belgian Franks ; now we use Euros. So, since we have plenty of old coins on our Belgian beaches the last thing I want to do is dig for all the left & useless clad.
I have been practicing with my new detector for at least 3 weeks (4, now, lol !), every single day, and for at least 3 hours a day (it is dark at 5.15 PM, here, now). The whole thing is perfect : light, long lasting batteries, ID, very good pinpointing, display. What élse do we need ?
So, if you want a very very good detector : the X-TERRA 50 should be your choice. Besides, prices are reasonable, I thought... Personally I think the X-TERRA 50 could make out a new standard in metal detecting...
BOB VALDEZ, Belgium
PS I ALWAYS use the ALL METAL PATTERN even if there is some or even a lot of rubbish.
Dec 25, 2005
18 people found this review helpful.
THIS IS FUN !
BOB VALDEZ in BELGIUM (Europe) -The X-TERRA 50 is the best detector I ever had. I own an XP G-MAXX (an "normal" detector with a very good recovery speed) and a Minelab Explorer II (an excellent superdetector. If only he didn't drink batteries and HAD a recovery speed all together ! And he might have been a "bit" lighter on the arm, as well !).
The X-TERRA 50 is rather light, almost as light as the XP. I can use it for 5 -6 hours without having to stop working. Of course I found A LOT : Euro-coins, toy cars, small jewels, and tons of rubbisch. But it was always great fun.
The 4 batteries last like 35-40 hours (this is a guess).
As far as I am concerced, the "reach" = perfect. It shouldn't go any deeper, for me. I find a coin (a cupper 50 cent (Euro) maybe at 25 centimeters. Since we have plenty of old Belgian coins on our Belgian beaches the last thing I want to do is dig for al the left old clad in useless Belgium FRANKS !
I have been practising with my new detector for at least 3 weeks, every single day, and for at least 3 hours a day (days are getting short, in Belgium) and the hole thing is perfect : light, long lasting batteries, very good ID, very good pinpointing. What else do we need ?
So, if you want a very very good detector : the X-TERRA 50 should be your choice. Besides, prices are reasonable, I thought... Personally I think the X-Terra could make out a new standard in metal detecting....
BOB VALDEZ, Belgium, near the coast
PS I ALWAYS use the ALL METAL PATERN, even if there is some or even a lot of rubbisch.
Dec 18, 2005
36 people found this review helpful.
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