CWRelichunter
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I just thought I would pass this along to anyone who may be contemplating purchasing the X-terra 50. Please understand as you read this post that I am not trying to bash the new Minelab model, I am simply trying to give everyone a heads-up before they make a decision to purchase a new $600 detector.
I have found out that the ALL-METAL mode is <u><b>not</u></b> a true threshold based all-metal mode. It is a <u><b>ZERO-DISC</u></b> mode (just like the Garrett GTA models have.)
I mention this because I purchased an X-Terra 50 without reading EVERY single post that has been made on the X-terra 50. My mistake. Thirty minutes after I purchased mine, I read a post that finally mentioned the all-metal mode was just a ZERO-DISC mode. Heck, not ONE review that I have read mentioned a ZERO-DISC mode. I guess I should have assumed something was not quite right since there was not a Threshold control that normally goes along with a true all-metal mode.
However, when a manufacture has a button called <b>All-Metal</b> I tend to assume it is a real all-metal mode and not ZERO-DISC mode. The All-METAL button could have just as easily been called <b>ZERO-DISC</b>. Both have 8 letters. Go figure.
With all of this "new technology" (?) floating around to improve metal detectors I find it kind of funny that the all-metal mode is not only NOT being fine-tuned by manufacturers for continued superior performance, but in many cases it's being totally ignored. Get this now, the deepest mode of operation is totally 100% ignored. Strange.
Has anyone who currently owns an X-Terra 50 tried hunting in pinpoint mode? Is the depth less then, equal to, or greater than the ZERO-DISC mode? Is it difficult to press the PINPOINT button and hold for extended periods of time? I wonder if the Pinpoint button can be modified to be <B>ON</b> for extended periods of time? Or maybe an ON/OFF toggle switch for pinpointing can be added?
Most likely not, but these are questions that I, J in VA, likes to comment about when I purchase a new detector. I try everything I can to see what a detector can do, and cannot do.
Once again, I am not bashing the X-terra 50 as it may seem in this post. It hasn't even arrived yet for me to use. Rest assured though, when it does arrive, I will be posting how I feel about a new detector with a ZERO-DISC mode that has been called an all-metal mode. Oh yeah, I'll comment on the disc mode too. I might even like it and decide the pinpoint button is useless. You never know.
J in VA
I have found out that the ALL-METAL mode is <u><b>not</u></b> a true threshold based all-metal mode. It is a <u><b>ZERO-DISC</u></b> mode (just like the Garrett GTA models have.)
I mention this because I purchased an X-Terra 50 without reading EVERY single post that has been made on the X-terra 50. My mistake. Thirty minutes after I purchased mine, I read a post that finally mentioned the all-metal mode was just a ZERO-DISC mode. Heck, not ONE review that I have read mentioned a ZERO-DISC mode. I guess I should have assumed something was not quite right since there was not a Threshold control that normally goes along with a true all-metal mode.
However, when a manufacture has a button called <b>All-Metal</b> I tend to assume it is a real all-metal mode and not ZERO-DISC mode. The All-METAL button could have just as easily been called <b>ZERO-DISC</b>. Both have 8 letters. Go figure.
With all of this "new technology" (?) floating around to improve metal detectors I find it kind of funny that the all-metal mode is not only NOT being fine-tuned by manufacturers for continued superior performance, but in many cases it's being totally ignored. Get this now, the deepest mode of operation is totally 100% ignored. Strange.
Has anyone who currently owns an X-Terra 50 tried hunting in pinpoint mode? Is the depth less then, equal to, or greater than the ZERO-DISC mode? Is it difficult to press the PINPOINT button and hold for extended periods of time? I wonder if the Pinpoint button can be modified to be <B>ON</b> for extended periods of time? Or maybe an ON/OFF toggle switch for pinpointing can be added?
Most likely not, but these are questions that I, J in VA, likes to comment about when I purchase a new detector. I try everything I can to see what a detector can do, and cannot do.
Once again, I am not bashing the X-terra 50 as it may seem in this post. It hasn't even arrived yet for me to use. Rest assured though, when it does arrive, I will be posting how I feel about a new detector with a ZERO-DISC mode that has been called an all-metal mode. Oh yeah, I'll comment on the disc mode too. I might even like it and decide the pinpoint button is useless. You never know.
J in VA