Teknetics Delta 4000
Price: $280
Avg. Score: 
4.32
Based on 22 reviews
4.32Based on 22 reviews
Avg. Durability:
4.36
Avg. Ease of use:
4.43
Delta 4000
July 21, 2014
I must give the delta 4000 5 stars and 5 stars as well for the money. I
have owned a great variety of detectors and I still go back to the delta
4000. It is very on point with the depth as well with the vdi. I would take
this detector with me on any hunt just as well as a contest or etc....... I
give it a 5 star raring, yes there are over priced detectors that the delta
4000 will do just the same and in a lot of cases do better at the price.
So for the people who hesitate on buying the delta 4000 and go with the 750.00 brand I truly believe your making a mistake. The delta 4000 will do and find the same thing as the 750.00 machine.
Max Depth: 11 inches on US quarter
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Would you recommend this to a new user?
Yes, absolutely!
DANPAM1974(at)YAHOO.COM from
HOMETOWN PA.
183
Great price, great detector!
May 30, 2014
I bought the Tek Delta 4000 as a 'buddy' machine or a backup to my White's
MX5 not really considering that it would be more than a machine to hand to
my girlfriend or a friend to use to join in the fun. While I wouldn't use
it to replace my MX5, I must say I was VERY impressed at how well this
little affordable machine performed. I would have no problem using this
detector if I had to send my main machine in for service, or found myself
without my MX5.
I only had one other machine in it's price range which was an Ace 250. Kept it 3 days before I returned it. Despite all the love for the Ace 250, I did not like it at all. There ARE alternatives to the ubiquitous Ace 250 in it's price range that are a much better detecting experience than the mighty yellow Ace, and the Tek delta is it. Much better VDI because of the numeric scale than the Ace's block target ID, better balanced and aesthetically it's a sexier detector (IMHO) than the Ace. (I know, looks don't matter but they do to me).
In the right soil, it is VERY sensitive and impressively deep. Fast recovery speed too. Much faster than the Ace, which is one the the reasons I returned it. The Tek can false a lot, especially on the left/right side of your swing but the trick is to listen closely for the repeatable tones and examine the tone closely by sweeping the coil over it in all 4 directions and make sure it's repeatable before you decide to dig. If not sure, dig!
I usually run mine at sens. 10 (2 above stock). Sometimes it's so sensitive I have to sweep the coil 1/2" or so above the ground because of the false signals but that can be overcome with some practice. Quarters sound like manhole covers with this little machine. I have to sometimes raise the coil up literally 6-7" inches off the ground to pinpoint a surface or shallower quarter. Thats a GOOD thing.
Operates in 3 modes - discrimination and 2 all-metal modes that still retain the target ID. See if the Ace will do that. Also VCO pinpointing is very good. VCO on a $250 machine? Yep. The Teknetics has got it. It's lightweight, agile and provides a ton of power.
I've found very deep dimes for a unit at this price. 7-8" on a dime with a solid ID is not unheard of. The 5 year warranty is great too. All in all, having the low/mid end Tek makes me wonder how the higher end Omega 8000 or T2's perform over my main MX5 machine. I know they're lighter. Maybe next year I'll part with my MX5 and look into a high-end Teknetics. I was that impressed.
Max Depth: 8 inches on US quarter
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Yes, absolutely!
Jay Emm from
Milwaukee, Wi
235
Teknetics delta 4000
March 27, 2014
I don't know if I have an exceptional machine or if my soil conditions are
perfect for this machine, but I get a lot more depth from this machine than
any reviews give it credit for. I just dug a small brass ball button last
weekend that was a solid 10-12 inches deep, and the signal was
unmistakable. Most of my finds are 6-8 inches deep and you can see some of
my digs live on you tube under the channel "I Dig History".
I just started this hobby in November of 2013 and have some outstanding finds. This detector is very easy to operate, and in my opinion is the perfect detector for a beginner that does not want to invest too much money in a detector.
Max Depth: 8 inches on US quarter
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Would you recommend this to a new user?
Yes, absolutely!
Brady from
Eastern Virginia
172
Delta 4000
May 21, 2013
I just bought the delta today tried it out in a park and in an hour found 1
quarter, 1 dime, 10 pennies, and a 1929 street car token. The token was
down about 7 inches, not bad for a dime size token. I been used to my old
turn on and go Whites classic II but the delta is my new main machine,
great unit for the price.
Max Depth: 7 inches on US quarter
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Would you recommend this to a new user?
Yes, absolutely!
MIke from
Montana
123
Good for the price
September 28, 2012
First off if you have bought two 4000 and neither one works, its a human
error and you should just give up md. I bought one for my son and its a
great machine with good depth and mostly accurate readings. I use the
fisher f5 and sometimes pull out the delta to use just for the heck of it.
The bad part is the auto gb cause some soils it has a hard time despite coil type. This unit does awesome on the soft sand on the beach in all metal mode sensitivity at 10, and does OK on the wet sand with a few adjustments but less depth. I like the unit but I think the t2 is better but a little more pricey.
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Brian from
Savannah Ga
148
Great Bang for your Buck
September 26, 2012
I bought a new Garrett Ace 350 and hated it!! I managed to trade it for a
brand new Teknetics Delta 4000. What a difference!!! The Delta 4000 is
going to be my first of many Teknetics machines. I love this detector. My
first time out I went to a local park which I had already done with my
Garrett. In just 1 hour I found 15 clad coins. This is 15 coins that my
Garrett missed just weeks earlier. I can't brag this machine up enough for
the price.
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Peter Lucas from
Canada
204
Teknetics delta 4000
June 25, 2012
For awhile now I have been wanting a metal detector. I looked online and
always saw That Teknetics was a top choice and that it was better than a
garret ace 250. My first day I had it I looked in my backyard for just like 30 minutes since the sun was going down and found 15 cents. The next day I went to the park and was looking still learning the sounds and what not. I went to to one area and it went off and read as a mid number I started to dig may be a inch and found a gold bracelet. I sold the gold for 66 dollars the same day.
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Nicolas from
Dallas Texas
215
Love it.......
May 17, 2012
Great machine for the money. All I could find in the beginning was junk
and zinkins. But once you learn what it is telling you you get better at
it. Vdi numbers are usually accurate. If the vdi jumps around it is
either junk or multiple targets the tone helps in this matter. I have also used it in wet salt sand. Notch out iron and foil sometimes nickel and lower sensitivity down to from 4 to 6 and still get good depth.
Speaking of depth and contrary to other things I have read. I have found penny's and dimes as deep as 9" Quarter's at 13" even in dry soil and dry sand. Periodically it will be fooled by a rusty screw or beer bottle cap and tell you it is a coin. But so will many of the more expensive machines. In all metal mode these items will appear larger than a coin. Hope this has been helpful.
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Doug from
Virginia Beach,Va
314
Delta 4000
April 13, 2012
I purchased this metal detector approximately 2 weeks ago and have found it
to be a great detector! I have found lots of coins, a real gold pocket
watch, hatchet and I'm new to this hobby. At first I was kind of lost and digging up a bunch of trash items, but that was before I figured out how to discriminate use sensitivity and notch out all the trash. Now I know most of the tones and when it's a good time to start digging.
I don't care what others say about this detector because I think its a whole lot of detector for the price. I give it 5 easy stars! Thank You Teknetics! airportcop47(at)yahoo. com
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Ed from
Virginia
272
Love it
February 13, 2012
This detector is awesome and easy to use.1-99 target ID is awesome and it is perfectly balanced and light weight.
Lots of features for not a lot of money.
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Frank from
Midwest
168