Nokta Makro Legend: How-to Setup a Coin Program - Tutorial - Step by Step

In this video I walk through setting up a good coin program for the Nokta Makro Legend. I'll take you through each step and how to setup everything. I go over tone breaks, Tone volume, and Tone frequency. Plus I'll show you how to save these settings into one of your custom programs so you will NEVER lose it. I am using version 1.08 and yes I am aware of 1.09 but it doesn't matter for this video. This is a good coin program to have saved off. Let me know what you think by dropping me a comment. Enjoy!
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[@bobducharme4809]

I just purchased a NOKTA LEGEND WITH VERSION 1.11. I watched your video and put in the coin program now I’ll try it out. I don’t know if my version will respond the same. I am brand new to this and your advice is invaluable. The manual tells you what the settings do but DO NOT tell how to put in a profile. You would think the company would put in some basic profiles. I am paying attention to everything you say. Good job. Like you said it’s complicated for a simple machine.

[@MentalMetal]

Be patient with it and take your time.

[@theodorerooseveltcharlesto1555]

I just got the legend and i'm going to be testing out the coin settings. Thank You for your help.

[@OP-Taylor]

Cant wait to try this out, the previous version of the coin program was already a solid performer!! Thanks for the great video..

[@MentalMetal]

You bet!

[@RectifiedMetals]

Thanks now I’m understanding the instruction manual 😂

[@MentalMetal]

No problem 👍

[@williamburns7426]

Your program is great. I'm fairly new to metal detecting and I've been hitting every coin. Thanks for sharing.

[@MentalMetal]

Thanks I'm glad its working for you. Enjoy.

[@otishinson9556]

Thanks for time and effort for the coin program can’t wait to try it

[@MentalMetal]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@Kevin-rp5ly]

Thanks for the video. I was trying to figure out tone breaks earlier today. I think this program will solve my problem.

[@MentalMetal]

Glad it helped

[@DetectorIstmoArturoLopez]

Wow thank you for your effort to show us the best way to use the Legend. Greetings from Mexico

[@MentalMetal]

No problem 👍

[@johnwalczak935]

Excellent step by step. Just the the way i wanted someone to help me learn this machine without spending all the personal time to experiment with mine. Thx!

[@MentalMetal]

You are welcome! That is the idea behind these videos.. to help others shorten the learning curve.

[@Deus-Too]

I set up my first park user profile using your coin settings! Tnx for the info! 👍

[@MentalMetal]

Nice!!

[@matthewcarrigan6752]

Great vid! Thanks for the how-to.

[@MentalMetal]

No problem!

[@davechumbley7239]

Love this program! Thanks for sharing

[@MentalMetal]

You're so welcome!

[@digginrev6139]

Thanks Mental Metal, I have a Whites VX3 and kinda familiar with settings adjustments but this video was real helpful its a bit more involved and this really saves time thanks for doing this....keep on swinging ....the DigginRev

[@MentalMetal]

my pleasure glad it helped.

[@830pc209]

Awesome. Been wanting a cherry picken program! Thank you MM

[@MentalMetal]

My pleasure

[@johnbarrale9923]

your video was fantastic ty very much just took my machine out of the box couple days ago cant wait to get started

[@MentalMetal]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@addysonwalsh]

Thank you, Scott. Your videos are excellent. Hope to meet you someday.

[@MentalMetal]

I hope so too! Thanks!

[@allenroebuck]

Awesome video, thanks for the information 👍🏼

[@MentalMetal]

No problem 👍

[@adizoabi9243]

great setting thank you so much ❤️

[@MentalMetal]

You're welcome 😊

[@digginrev6139]

Mental metal I used your settings from your video on how to set up part 1 and I went back to a park that I've hunted quite regularly I will say this there are three instances where I had multiple Targets in one home one had four nickels three quarters one dime one penny and I heard them all the other hole was one foil one dime and one nickel thanks for taking the time for sharing your setup it worked very well can't wait to go back and hit the park again

[@MentalMetal]

Happy to help. Glad you found success with it.

[@waynemills8546]

Hi , Mental Metal , I have the Ledgend , v1.07 , I don't have access to a computer to upgrade , would this program work on the 1.107 , by the way I have subscribed and really appreciate you taking the time to help out us newbies !

[@jeffhunter9311]

Great video appreciate the settings I just subscribed Thanks recently started using The Legend. I Had a lot of issues with my equinox 800 Leakage and coil issues. I found a seated dime about 11" down with the legend right out of the Box On a permission I have pounded forever With the equinox

[@MentalMetal]

Thanks for the sub! Congrats on the seated. I haven't found one in awhile.

[@claytondunaway]

3 of 5 targets I dig with this at a park are coins. Pretty darn good. Thank you!

[@MentalMetal]

Glad you enjoyed it and happy its working for you.

[@mikedetector]

Hello, greetings from Colombia, colleague, very good explanation of discrimination by sound, the Legend is a very good metal detector. Blessings

[@MentalMetal]

Awesome, thank you!

[@giuseppecatalano7801]

Thank you for this video. 👍🏻

[@MentalMetal]

My pleasure!

[@diggersdentysonu.k.m.d8813]

Top video brother hooe your day has been good 👍

[@MentalMetal]

Glad you enjoyed thanks my friend.

[@garrettmarquart6702]

Great program thanks 4 sharing!!!

[@MentalMetal]

My pleasure!

[@garrettmarquart6702]

@@MentalMetal This tutorial was well thought out and helped me immensely write my own in other modes. Best I've ever been blessed to view. Thanks again!

[@nunyabidness1972]

I just loaded this into one of my open slots in my Legend. Wind chill is -10F today, so I'm not going to try it just yet. It all makes sense to me as far as the ranges you set though!

[@MentalMetal]

I don't blame you its cold here too.

[@ericliston6703]

Getting the lengend in acouple days switching over from Garett , thanks for the info I’m going to try this on this old farm I’m at found some surface coins but want to look alittle deeper

[@MentalMetal]

Cool good luck. Hopefully you have my friends at Fort Bedford a chance to earn your business?

[@tomr2210]

Thanks so much for this program. Wondering how this would work at salt water beaches. Using the park mode. Or if it should be set up in the beach mode. I hope to test both out-this week and let you know. For the hell of it i may even throw-in a few gold rings to see how the program responds. Thanks for a good starting point.

[@MentalMetal]

I think if you were on the beach I would use the beach program. This coin program will not pick up jewelry very well. If you are looking for coins and if rings fall in the same range (most of the time they don't) then it might work but I would stick to the beach programs.

[@markcarman9042]

You need to give that dog a little love !! Lol

[@MentalMetal]

That dog is spoiled believe me.

[@jamescinadr243]

Wow. I learned so much. Thank you. Any one of the multi better than the other for this set up? Like M1 M2 M3

[@MentalMetal]

Cool glad I could help. The frequency bands depends on what you are looking for and the ground conditions. I think most favor M2 and M3 is for damp soil so it just depends on the conditions you are up against.

[@archaeologicalrecoveryteam3160]

Great video, me and the wife just got the legend a couple weeks ago and wanted to know if this program would still be good with 1.11 updates? Thanks for the videos, keep them coming

[@MentalMetal]

Yes it is still good. I tested out with the new update.

[@Pirate19501]

Question. Once we setup a custom profile and save it how do you switch from factory to the custom ?

[@Pirate19501]

Mine will be here Tuesday 1-17-23 I'm thinking I should stick to the defaults before I go mess things up. This looks interesting though.

[@MentalMetal]

Learn the basics for a couple of weeks. Then start doing some adjustments.

[@laurencefoley7806]

Awesome video. Thanks for making it. I have two questions. 1. Would this setup also work well in field mode? 2. For the Tone Volume and Tone Frequency settings would it matter if I drop Zone 2&4 down to 1 for both settings?

[@MentalMetal]

Thanks! It should work fine for field. For your 2nd question you can do that but when you do just give some air tests to see if you like the results.

[@laurencefoley7806]

@@MentalMetal thanks for the advice! I appreciate it.

[@bubbathecat9268]

If you setup the coin program then save to the user profile of choice will that be the only place the altered version is. Meaning if you are in park. And not in a profile will it be the standard settings.

[@JF-zr6ld]

Great video. would love to see this with our Canadian clad coins. I'm fairly new to detecting , and the Legend, and so far I can pick out silver coins and lots of pennies, but haven't found many others .... (Dimes, quarters , nickels etc.) M1 doesn't pick up our coins well.

[@MentalMetal]

Thanks! I think M2 might be slightly better for coins. You may have to adjust the tone breaks a bit depending on how the coins ring up.

[@MrBottlecapBill]

If you want to find Canadian coins my advice is just dig a lot more holes lol. Our coins are not consistent in any way. Especially the rusty ones! They can appear anywhere from iron nail range and up. Even the program he sets up here is going to miss coins I guarantee it. They just vary in composition and conditions too much over the years. These programs will help reduce the amount of trash you dig while you hunt coins however they won't find you everything of all ages. Even some small silver coins can ring up in non tradition coin zones.

[@JF-zr6ld]

@@MrBottlecapBill, sorry for the late reply on this. Though I’m more searching for older coins, I’m not against finding a few bucks in modern ones to buy a coffee either lol…. I have a country property , which I’ve spent a good amount of time searching, and have been amazed that I haven’t found more modern dimes, quarters etc.. lots of Pennie’s. Im sure they are there , I’m still sorting thru the endless junk in this yard. There are dozens of aluminum toothpaste tubes..

[@holihu9263]

good program thanks 👍 but like you said for the junk targets you can miss pennys and in my case small silver coins come in with a 33.

[@MentalMetal]

Good point

[@anthonyperkins6364]

Can you elaborate on the use of audio gain and how to reference what the 1-6 numbers indicate??

[@MentalMetal]

Anthony, the higher the number the louder the target will sound whether its deep or not. You want to run somewhere in the middle like 3 to get the depth perspective of the target. In other words, if you have a piece of trash close to the surface and you have the gain set at three, the trash target will ring louder because its closer to the coil. However a silver dime at 6 inches will be a very different and won't ring as loud telling you that its deeper. If you run everything high (like on 6) you won't hear that difference every thing will ring loud and you won't get that depth perception that you would if you ran it at 3 or lower. Now, there will be times perhaps at he beach where you may want to hear those deep targets ring louder, this would be where you would bump up the gain to something like 5 or 6. Hope that helps.

[@Coinstojewelry]

On the coin shooting program I noticed that you left custom mode and went into F. Can you explain that a little bit? I’ve been usually hunting in customs but after seeing your program I thought I would go ahead and just follow every step you put down. I’ll let you know how it works out for me thank you enjoyed the video.

[@MentalMetal]

Tony that could have been a fat finger mistake. Here are the written instructions that should be pretty clear. mentalmetaldetecting.com/nokta-makro-legend-coin-program-setup/

[@oldArmyVet]

How do you get to the bottle cap reject settings?

[@oldArmyVet]

I really wish they'd make clad and silver coins show up differently like the etrac did.

[@johnscalzi1228]

Hi Mental Metal. Do you plan on tweaking this program for the updated 1.11 software version? or can we still use your settings. Your work has done wonders for my success. Thanks.

[@MentalMetal]

The latest version shouldn't matter. It should still work just fine. I don't have the Legend anymore to give you a 100% answer. I hope to have one back in my possession soon.

[@user-dd8wf8up2t]

Yes this program works with version 1.11. Set it up last night and picked up two Wheaties 1909 and 1911 today along with a copper button yet to be identified.👍

[@jerrytalley802]

Hey MM, do you have and/or use and like the 6” coil? I just saw 2 new coils, wish I had them to test at the beach, thanks

[@MentalMetal]

No I never had the 6" so I can't really say anything about it.

[@user-tb6ou4bt6q]

Can the detector penetrate the rocks

[@cowboygeologist7772]

Thanks. Got mine today. Just couldn't wait for the new one with all carbon fiber shaft, new cuff and LG30 coil. No way to know how long it will be.

[@MentalMetal]

Congrats you should be able to upgrade it when they come out. I think I heard $39 or something. Not 100% sure on that.

[@cowboygeologist7772]

@@MentalMetal yes, the factory rep in Turkey said $39 for new upper shaft and cuff, instead of $69 for current owners. She also said, if you buy the LG30, she will throw in the cuff and shafts free.

[@MentalMetal]

Excellent customers will be happy about that.

[@lloydjones9401]

This coin program worked pretty good for me. But Park mode, all metal at 15 kHz netted me much more finds.

[@MentalMetal]

Thanks Lloyd I think it will all depend on your ground conditions and how much junk you have in the ground. 15 kHz may be the secret sauce for you for your hunts which is great if it is. I have better performance with MF where I hunt.

[@Janotes]

Your Dog is like the hell with that stick you're swinging throw my damn ball..😄👍

[@MentalMetal]

haha :-)

[@franksflytraps]

what do large cents come in as?

[@jaredrobertson1955]

I have a vanquish 440. It’s good, but it picks up nails at the same number as pennys. It has slow separation. I’ve been looking at the legend and think it’s a pretty good detector for a good price. Do you think this detector help me separate the penny from nails. I’m detecting a plantation home with lots of property. I’ve been digging lots of nails.

[@MentalMetal]

Yes the Legend will serve you better than the Vanquish for that permission. Reach out to John at Fort Bedford Metal Detectors for a great deal. His information is linked in the description of the video. Tell him I sent you though :-)

[@ronledbetter4993]

I just purchased a Legend V1.13. Does this tutorial apply to it also. Or should I look for a tutorial specific to V1.13. Thanks!

[@MentalMetal]

This will work fine for 1.13

[@keithmcdaniel2480]

Have you tried this coin setup with update 1.11

[@anthonyperkins6364]

Say I have a saved program say Park 2 that I want to modify…… can I go to the checked icon then uncheck it , make changes, then recheck the icon to save ????? Or do you have to completely redo the complete process????? Another question, manual says Park 1 is default.or can I save on Park 1 ? How do you get back to default Park ??? A complete FD ?? Thanks Tony

[@MentalMetal]

Anthony, If you haven't pulled down the most recent user manual from Nokta's website you should get it and you should update the machine to version 1.09. All of the new updates are captured in the manual and will explain most of what you are asking to include how to do a Factory Reset. For each search profile (Park, Field etc.) you have the ability to save off 4 separate profiles for each search profile. So you yes you can build a custom program in Park 2 like you mentioned and save it/overwrite the existing custom profile like you mentioned.

[@jessiesmith7715]

Got a question, why could you not set this up in field mode to go deep for old coins ? Just wandering, I’m new to the legend

[@MentalMetal]

You can there is nothing keep you from doing that.

[@kenh733]

will this setting work with the 1.14 update? since it has deep target and Beast mode

[@MentalMetal]

It should.

[@waynemills8546]

I'm new to detecting , purchased a Ledgend and installed Mentals coin program in my profile, probably a stupid ? , But how do you access the profile when ready to detect? Installed it in custom and park , thanks for any response ( running v1.11 )

[@Sleddman]

Go into settings. Click on the man icon. Go to 1, 2 3, or 4, where ever you saved your program on. Then go back to main screen. Your saved settings should be there. A little icon on top center of screen tells you what number program you are on. Detect

[@patrickmanasco5905]

My war nickle rings same as modern and buffalo, abt 26

[@MentalMetal]

They will vary a bit depending on your conditions. You may need to adjust the range a bit to cover down for them.

[@america2revolt]

Why were your icons flashing. I just hot my Legend and it came with the 1.07v and that is what I am learning with. Or should I download the 1.10v beta and learn the machine with the newest update? But I matched your tutorial step by step and am getting all the dame tones and numbers with the same coins! THANKS. BTW I have been using a White's Spectrum XLT for the last 20 plus years. First new upgrade in over twenty years!!

[@MentalMetal]

I would get 1.09 before I would do the beta update. I've been hearing problems with it. My icons could have been blinking because of the video recording. So its hard to tell from your message but you are getting the same results that I was getting? If so, great.

[@america2revolt]

@Mental Metal Yeah on your video when you selected the tone icon it was flashing on the screen. On my machine when you select the tone icon it only has a outline box around the icon and not flashing. Probably in one of the updates to better tell which icon you are on without having to look at the box around the icon. And yes I was.getting the same tones and ID numbers when I followed you instructions.

[@MentalMetal]

Yeah must be an update for sure. Glad to hear my instructions are still good. Its been a hot minute since I put that video out there. As of March 1st you should be able to get the final update for the Legend.

[@shawncaldwell593]

I tried to factory reset my legend detector but it doesn’t work. I don’t have anything saved on it so could that be why?

[@MentalMetal]

Yes thats probably why but that is my guess.

[@donsmith2267]

Question on your coin program, when you show this is there a reason you set it up in F(Ferrous Off) instead of setting it up in all metal

[@MentalMetal]

Don i sent you a response via messenger.

[@kobbz1161]

@@MentalMetal Can we know why?

[@ProofInThePoof]

In my experience, when you set up his program, regardless of the mode, it will hold true and remain the same as you toggle thru your discrimination modes. I made sure to check after setting it up. So for example, you can toggle to All metal mode even if the program was set up under ferrous program and the settings remain constant as long as you saved your settings to a specific user program. Hope that helps.

[@dirtfishingnewfoundland4353]

Best deep coin program after months of digging Is - Park All metal Multi 2 or 15khz 6 tone Tone Break at 9 Sensitivity 26 Volume 5 Recovery speed 6 Iorn volume 2 Rest of the buckets vol. 10 IF 4 SE 5 This program works deep accurate and stable even among iron infested groun. Note* if you don't dig pull tabs you don't dig gold rings

[@MentalMetal]

Thanks for sharing!

[@kilner79]

had a nox 800 been out of the hobby for a while i cant decide if to go for a deus2 or the legend and any info when the new minelab is due ?

[@MentalMetal]

I'd like to think I've provided good information for both all of them but only you can make that decision.I haven't heard of anything new from Minelab coming out yet. But I'm not in Minelab's close circles so who knows. Good luck with your decision.

[@kilner79]

@@MentalMetalyou have provided good information what about a video just on teh build quality of both unless you have allready done one of those

[@MentalMetal]

The build quality goes to the Legend. The Equinox itself is a gem but they cut corners building it and they have had issues with water leaking in but I haven't had any issues w/mine.

[@johnbarrale9923]

what is your multi set on m1, m2, m3 or 15khz

[@MentalMetal]

you can run it on all of those but M1 is where I started.

[@johnbarrale9923]

@@MentalMetal ty very much

[@tedyoh7394]

I've worked out 8 days in a row....haven't lost a pound yet.....

[@MentalMetal]

Where to go w/this... I'll just ponder my response over a twinkly... do they still make those?

[@tedyoh7394]

@@MentalMetal Lonnies camp favorite is 2 boxes of Nutter Butters and a gallon of milk....

[@MentalMetal]

ahh Nutter Butters I'm hitting those tomorrow. Thanks I forgot all about those.