The Deeptech Onyx 'River Performance'
I wanted to get the Deeptech Onyx for my river hunting, did I really need to get another machine? no not really but I genuinely love metal detectors, I can't have too many, it's the simplicity within the operation of the Onyx that attracted me to it. It's very similar to the Vista X just without the extra settings and options, I've used the "X" on the river with great success so I knew that the Onyx would perform really well. Deeptech were kind enough to build me a 5.5' inch coil because I don't require the larger stock coil for my hunting on the foreshore. The build quality is along the same lines as the Vista X, it's the same shaft, module and battery compartment, the overall design isn't the best but to be really honest it doesn't bother me. I'm far more interested in the way a machine performs as opposed to what it looks like. The controls are simple, you have threshold, discrimination, volume and a switch that changes between disc ...
