This review method is a new approach for me. I put this machine in the hands of Shelly, an eleven-year-old girl. It took me only five minutes to give her some basic instructions on metal detector use, location and recovery techniques, and I set her free (with two other kids equipped with Fisher and Garrett start-up units) in a one-room play area. acre behind a church. Before we share Shelly’s remarkable numerical feats, let’s take a look at the Titan 1000 XD.
The Titan 1000 XD is advertised as a 4-in-one detector, and for good reason. First of all, it has automatic tuning. Second, it has automatic ground balance. Third, it has auto tone technology and fourth, it has automatic target identification. It can be used to find all kinds of treasure, but I think it’s more suitable as a starter coin toss unit. Automatic preset features make it a true on/off detector. It also has a user depth adjustment good for up to six inches deep in two inch increments (2,4,6). This does not mean that the instrument only finds things up to six inches. In fact, I unearthed coin-sized objects up to about 10 inches. The Titan is part of the new technology hobby machines that are very attractive, lightweight and easy to use. They are only priced slightly lower than start-up units from the big four American manufacturers and don’t have the appearance of being strong, durable machines for hunting in rough terrain. However, appearances can be deceiving. This is a good depth machine that will find a lot of treasure. As I mentioned earlier, I took three young men for about an hour and fifteen minutes to a playground behind the church to try out the Titan and compare it to two other units as well.
Shelly used the Titan 1000 XD, Kevin used a Garrett Ace 150, and Cage used a Fisher 1212X. The area searched was used for our Easter metal detecting venture with over $250.00 in US coins buried. The Easter Sunday boy hunt returned over $200.00 worth of coins with possibly three hundred coins still buried in the quarter acre tract with most of the coins buried only a couple of inches deep for this treasure hunting venture. I gave the three of them the five-minute pre-hunt training instruction and let them go. They had a lot of fun finding the coins and I was amazed at the results. Kevin found 45 coins totaling $4.59 cents (11 quarters, 10 dimes, 15 nickels, 9 cents) using the Garrett. Cage found 65 coins totaling $7.92 (23 quarters, 15 dimes, 10 nickels, 17 cents) using the Fisher. Shelly surprised both children by finding 110 coins totaling $11.38 (32 quarters, 20 dimes, 20 nickels, 38 cents) using the Titan. That’s finding better than 1.5 coins per minute. All three are new to detectors and Kevin is the only one of the three who owns a detector. He won the Garrett 150 in January at a church kids contest. He is a very proud second grader. Any treasure hunter would be proud of Shelly’s results. Finding $10.00 an hour is not bad at all. He easily identified it with the Titan 1000 XD and found exactly twice as many coins as the children. To ensure that the testing process was accurate in terms of the coins found, I spray-painted one side of the 2,500 buried coins for the Easter scavenger hunt. Now there are less than 80 Buried Coins left from that promotion for Easter and Kevin will have a chance to find the rest on his own.
The Titan 1000 XD, made by a Texas company, performed exceptionally well for this kid’s company and Shelly knew what she was looking for almost every time a coin was retrieved. Some coins buried together gave you wrong readings. She would highly recommend this detector for a new hobbyist or as a fun machine for the veteran as well. Here’s to “dig it”!
