The answer is yes, they are both good in their own way. The problem is you have to find somebody with a D2 to take a look at. We have tried in the past to check out a D2 and can not find anybody with one to see. I wrote a post on why the manufactures are not having "Meet and greets". I know what the Nokta says about about the Legend and we find it does alot more then what the manufacture says and that is a bonus. We saw the D2 for maybe 5 seconds and know nobody who does have one to see, go detect with and mostly compare the D2 to the other many metal detectors we own. How does it measure up to the Nox 600? Apex? Legend? Any Pulse metal detector? Uncle Tony said it best: Buying a metal detector before you see it is like getting a mail order bride, You just don't know what you are getting. KellyCo has a excellent return policy and are truthful with all their metal detectors so I would go order from them first after talking to them. We had a very stressful day full of bad news about cancer so if we are all over the place, we are: From Tom's River to Long Island and parts unknown. CHOW!

Staten Island has a great Metal Detecting club. I'd look into them. Antorino Manucci and Uncle Tony approved too!

Rec'd a good Metal Detector? I'd start with the Legend from KellyCo. If you ever find yourself just a little south from you, Let us know. Most of NY needs a MD Permit. Long Island Needs a MD permit of some sort. Most but not all is beach metal detecting south east of you. CT is hit or miss. CHOW!

Legend makes great underwater headphones that we use year round. We got ours from KellyCo. CHOW!

The Parks Police Suffolk County Police or Nassau County Police will check from time to time. They know us so they do not check as they know we have them. Get a ID holder to wear it around your neck. Law Enforcement has been good to us and has acked us to help people fond stuff from time to time and we do gladly help. Sun up to sun down and paid parking. Tom's River coastline is a different story. CHOW

https://newyorkstateparks.reserveamerica.com/posProductDetails.do?id=357340&contractCode=NY

Did you ever find that pinpointer you lost in the woods? We teather ours to us.

KellyCo said it's all next Gen. I am not sure what next Gen is But it maybe the lighter metal detector. We have the legend and on the beach we find it better then our MineLab. For the record, MineLab makes a killer metal detector but we just find all the bottle caps besides coins ect. We can not figure out how to identify bottle caps with the MineLab. Matter of fact, when we are on a sand berm in the ocean, The MineLab is amazing just like the Legend. With the legend we can void the bottle caps. Another thing is that we just find more quality stuff with the Legend. KellyCo helped us along the way and when our "Associate" in Long Island got Cancer and is still fighting Cancer, KellyCo sent him some good luck stuff before his first surgery. On the beach we use a sand scoop and not a pinpointer. In the field we use a shovel we got from KellyCo.

Long Island you need a Metal Detecting permit seperate from the NYC permit. If you come to Long Island, Let us know!

We will keep you in our Prayers. You will beat this then find 100 gold rings. Uncle Tony

How did you make out? What was the solution to the problem?

So the Etrac that was purchased was 550 Australia currency and 500 for the legend was using US Dollars, Do I have this correct?

I would pick the Legend. It has a Gold setting on it. We seem to find more valuable stuff with it with the ferris check. CHOW!

I love our Nox but the possible leaking of it keeps mine out of any water where the control box might even get a splash. Our Legends spend many hours under the water with no problems in ocean waves and rip currents. Notka's waterproof headphones are excellent! I think both detectors work even better with thee HunnyBadger scoop! CHOW!

If that screw cap is stripped, It MAYBE just pressed onto a stud and can be pulled off. Look up faucet handle puller on youtube and it may come off this way so you could get to the stud and use a pair of locking vice prips to back it out.

you have a picture?

So a pinpointer you can not sweep or it's a metal detector, And we can only sweep with a metal detector or it's a pinpointer? So when you "Pump" a metal detector, Is it a pinpointer then? Yes I am playing on words here and just having some fun. One of the boys brought this up and yes we laughed. Kind of like you park on a drivewy but drive on a parkway. So is a scoop a calender that does not have days?

Sounds like the Bays by the Tom's River Social Club. Short walk to the water but long beaches. Right now we are out of our area on a island east of NYC to help a "Associate" with his cancer. We walked the bays local to him and there is not much beach. When we took his wife and daughter out for a day of beauty with the works, we hit the hamptons beach and there wa alot of room to swing there. Remember there is always the water to hunt. Anytime you enter the water to metal detect you better be wearing a Life Vest. CHOW!

Sir: Love that your kids are excited about, lets face it, spend quality time together, make memories that lat a lifetime and that will pass to their kids the fun they had with their Hero, and his name they call him DAD. Watch as many videos on metal detecting as you can. Yu will learn alot and when something comes up with the Nox 800 of yours, You can figure it out. Love to the family. CHOW!

One of the boys always grabs a White's Treasure Master everytime we hit the beach. He does very very well. Our "Associate" who just went thru major cancer surgery started with a NOX and had just god awful problems with it finding stuff. He then purchased a Legend and within the first 2 months he found more with that egend then the 3 years with the Nox. He is going back to the Nox because after the cancer surgery it will be a little easier to swing. He also wants to see if he can figure out why the Nox and him did not "Become one" like the legend. Not every metal detector on the market "Works" for everybody and here is where a TRUE TEACHER like Merrill comes in. We can all learn from him and thru his videos figure out the "Why". CHOW!