decided that even though I prefer the SE Pro of all the Minelab Explorers I've owned and used, my bad back and shoulders and patience just does take well to the weight issue. Poor balance and 'feel' for me and many I know who also have health issues. I just dumped it and went back to a model that I had, or reacquired, that I knew and were proven to perform.
However, even though I am especially fond of concentric coils and certain detector performance, I wanted to check out a few models on the market that were designed with and for a Double-D design. I'd tinkered with the T2 a little before, not much, but decided I ought to get one and give it some serious field time.
As most know, there will be times and places where you need to deal with EMI issues that I usually don't experience with many other models. However, it's easy adjustments to accomplish that, and with the very well designed T2 controls (1 knob and 1 button on the control face) it couldn't get much easier. I used it enough to like it and then I trimmed a few more models from my detector arsenal and added a Teknetics Omega.
Different operating frequencies, and the Omega came with an excellent elliptical concentric coil that works great. I didn't have the round 5" DD for the T2 but got one for the Omega and then let those two models handle most of my needs for a while. I like the T2 a lot better than the FBS series models for several reasons, and a big one if the light and handy 'feel' combined with the performance potential.
Monte