Not sure what you mean, but no. Generally not. It's one of the huge advantages of a transmuter - there are quite a few wands you can get easily after bypassing some very nasty mobs in duo.

I think the best part is, when you do get 'detect artifact' you can actually cast it next to some of these mobs to scan for wands. Most mages will piss them off and be unable to.

Yhorian