Teknetics G2+ Review: A Light Relic Machine at a Single-Frequency Price

The same problem it solves on every machine that offers it: a fully silenced reject leaves you unable to tell a rejected nail from a rejected bottle cap sitting next to a coin. Teknetics FeTone system reduces iron volume rather than cutting it entirely, so an experienced ear can still register that something ferrous is there while giving full volume to non-ferrous targets. Paired with V-Break, which lets you set the tone breakpoint for specific target ranges rather than relying on a factory default, this is a genuinely tunable discrimination system aimed at exactly the ground where cheaper machines struggle: century-old sites with heavy iron content.

Ground Grab computerized ground balancing rounds this out by adjusting to varying soil mineralization automatically, which Teknetics states helps in both highly mineralized soils and saltwater environments specifically for stable operation. The ground balance guide explains why that stability matters more on relic ground than on a clean park lawn.

Published figures only. The gap in this table is entirely about water, since three of the four machines publish a coil size and a discrimination system.

Same price, and a genuinely different set of published priorities.

This is the cleanest same-price comparison in the whole review set. The Teknetics G2+ and the Nokta Simplex Ultra sell at an identical $299.00, and Nokta states the Simplex Ultra is fully waterproof to 16 feet in its own listing. The G2+ bullets used here make no waterproof claim whatsoever. That does not mean the G2+ will fail in wet grass or light rain, but it does mean you should not plan to wade, work a river bank, or hunt the tideline with it based on anything published in this listing. Where a listing is silent on water, assume dry land only until a dealer confirms otherwise.

Second, weight and ergonomics are genuinely strong here, Teknetics publishes just over 2 lb, but that comes with a tradeoff most lightweight machines share: fewer physical switches and a control layout built around V-Break and FeTone rather than a long menu of extras. If you want digital target ID numbers on a screen the way the Bounty Hunter Land Ranger Pro or the ACE line provide, confirm the exact display type before buying, since the published bullets used here describe audio-based discrimination rather than a numeric ID scale.

Third, this is a single frequency machine by design, aimed at iron separation rather than at the salt or heavily mineralised extremes a multi-frequency machine handles. On a dry inland relic site that is the right tool. On a salt beach it is not, for the same physics reason covered on the frequency chart.

Published owner discussion of the G2+ and its First Texas siblings consistently praises the weight and the iron handling together: people hunting old farmyards and house sites report being able to work through iron trash for longer without arm fatigue, and credit FeTone specifically for letting them work confidently in ground that silences cheaper machines into uselessness. The V-Break system draws praise from experienced operators willing to spend time tuning it, and mixed reaction from beginners who find the extra control less immediately intuitive than a simple discrimination knob.

The recurring caution is exactly the one raised above: owners consistently report being careful around water and rain with this machine, since no published rating tells them otherwise, and several published reviews specifically compare it unfavourably on that point against same-price waterproof rivals. Owners also consistently recommend burying known targets to learn the audio responses on this machine's own ground, since a tone-based discrimination system rewards familiarity more than a numeric one does.

Buy it if:

• You hunt old house sites, farmyards or relic ground heavy with iron.
• You want the lightest possible build for long sessions, published at just over 2 lb.
• You are willing to learn a tone-based discrimination system rather than a numeric one.
• Your hunting is exclusively dry land.

Skip it if:

• You want a published waterproof rating, where the Simplex Ultra states one at the identical price.
• You want a digital numeric target ID display rather than audio-based discrimination.
• Salt beaches or wading are part of your plans.
• You want the deepest published relic performance in this maker family, where the F75 is the step up.