Troy Shadow X3
Street Price $850 - Coin, relic
Number of Reviews: 10
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Troy Shadow X3
Shadow X 3 " REVISTED"
John N in Vancouver BC Canada -
Well it is strange to be doing a review on a detector that I had recently owned and found wanting!!!A series of events lead me to try the Troy X 3 again, after a friend just swore that it was such an excellent machine.( Because I respect this fellow's opinion so much, I ended up trying another X3.) The unit I owned previously.... while it was nice.....didn't really impress me. I took the new unit to all the same places ... and what a difference!!! The iron disc is much improved, the audio is actually quiet. The noise problems I had before were just not there. I had to test sweep it every now and then.... to be convinced that it was on. Even on the medium mineralized beach it worked very well. And in my trashy parks the bottle caps were dropping out rather cleanly, This leads me to believe that something really must have been wrong with my first unit. I should have returned it to Troy for repair. I failed to do that because a local dealer... who was an electronic tech, told me that these X'3 had a history of being noisy , "that's just the way they are" he told me ....wish I could find him now. He also told me the X5 was not much better.I hate to admit it but I must.... I really like this machine. I'm glad I gave it a second chance, as it is now fast becoming my "main" machine. I apologize to Troy for the previous review I had submitted.
Nov 11, 2007
4 people found this review helpful.
Troy Shadow X3
Mike Butler in Southport.UK. -I have used this machine on the beach and inland and although it takes time to understand its signals, when you do you wont dig trash.I have found ££s on the beach in both wet and dry sand and relics and old coins at some depth inland. It sells at £349 in UK and worth every penny.At 2.2lbs it is super light and its waterproof and built to last,what more do you need!! Super machine.
Jun 17, 2007
4 people found this review helpful.
Excellent
Peter in Central Europe -Excellent machine if you understand what it says to you. Reqires a lot of practice. A good headphones is must! Perfect identification of trash, very sensitive for small and tiny silver and gold coins. Very high recovery speed, good for heavy trash areas. I recommend to buy 5x10" DD coil for much more effective sweep and a little bit better depth than primary 7" concentric coil (while the accurate pinpoint ability remains the same). It is the best analogue machine I ever owned.
Mar 15, 2007
6 people found this review helpful.
Not so good!
Allan Bouter in Zoetermeer, The Netherlands -
Hello,
The Troy X-3 dissapointed me.My first detector was a Fisher 1210-X,it was very great, only his depth wasn,t great.If there was iron the fisher make a clicking sound,if there was other metal( coin or something) he made a nice smoothy sound!
The Troy x-3 is screaming when there is iron in the ground,almost the same as other metals!!
Last time i found a tin (pewter)spoon but i was lucky that i started digging because the signal was very poor for a "big" spoon!And lot of times there were very bad signal on coper coins too not very deep in the ground!So...for me the old Fisher 1210-x was a better detector for a much better price!!Now i gonna buy me another detector.
Jul 23, 2006
1 visitor found this review helpful.
good detector,but..........
steve fuller in cambridge,england -
a great lightweight little detector that can go deep,very easy to use.here's my problem,on finding a silver hammered coin OR just finding trash,the tone of the detector remains the same! How i miss the high pitch squeeling of my old Lobo supertraq on finding something good,a dull crack on finding trash.i think this reason is the only floor in the shaddow 3,otherwise a great little machine.
May 21, 2006
2 people found this review helpful.
X3 An OK Coinshooter!!
John N in Vancouver, Canada -Well I sucked it up and paid the big bucks for this simple lightweight detector, expecting lots. It was really nice performing in light mineral soil. But in the heavier mineralization... it was average at best. Too bad I had much bigger hopes for it according to the price of the detector. It was very noisey and it's disc system picked up much more iron in trashy mineralized conditions. On five seperate targets( that I compared side by side with the Tesoro Cibola) the disc was raspy and would lead me to reject those targets, where as the Tesoro Cibola which my buddy was using beside me was much smoother running and more definite on them in the disc mode, under the same conditions. In fact 2 of the five targets that the X-3 rejected were large cents from the 1920's. And one was a very small child's 14K gold ring!! On the beaches around here this detector was of no use unless it was in paybox type light mineral/ dry sand. If I had my money back...I wouldn't buy this one again. In mild soil it's a keeper, I loved the light weight but the Cibola is light weight too , and half the cost. This unit leaves me with mixed feelings, I liked it alot until I started using it in tough situations, there it just feel apart under pressure. Use this unit for competition hunts, it will do well there.
Oct 02, 2005
12 people found this review helpful.
Troy X3
Terry ETex in East Texas -The X3 is a multi purpose detector that allows the owner the convenience of owning just one machine that covers several different types of Treasure Hunting. Including coins, relics, and jewelery.
It is a sturdy well built metal detector that is weather proof, you can hunt in the rain and not worry about damage to the detector. Weighing in at only 2.2 lbs. with the 7" coil allows anyone the ability to swing the detector for extended periods of time under a wide varity of conditions. All of the Troy coils are interchangeable. This includes the 5",9" and the DD. It has great depth and sensitivity. I have dug 22 short cases at 6" and coins at 11".
This is definitly a keeper. I recommend it to anyone trying to decided which metal detector to purchase. Terry
Apr 25, 2005
7 people found this review helpful.
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