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Buying a Quattro

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Rob (IL)

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I'm buying a detector in the next day or so. I know the Quattro is killer at the beach no need to reply to this. I only get to hunt the beach 1 month a year. The other 11 months I hunt trashy parks and forest preserves. They are hunted to death. I can't afford the explorer. So for 11 months I need a deep coin hunter with good disc. How good would the Quattro be for my needs. In Illinois we got clay. How would it compare to an XLT or MXT? Rob
 
I have used the for several seasons, good machine. Switched up to the DFX for about three seasons did ok with it but I expected quite a bit more than it could ever give and yes did spend alot of time learning it. Decided to try the MXT in hopes whites would redeem themselves and yes that machine did preform very well in most cases, and I have found quite a few older coins and relics. I was very pleased with the MXT but after seeing how well some friends were doing with there Explorers I was always curious. Spent about two and a half seasons with the MXT and decided to give a Quattro a try. I've been using the Quattro for about a month and a half now, which hardly makes me an expert but I can honestly say this machine is far superior to anything I've ever used and I've been hunting for a loooong time. Since I started with it I've found 27 silver coins about a dozen indian head pennies 2 large cents one being a 1797 at over 12 inches and 9 rings, 7 believe it or not out of one hole go figure, a ton of wheaties and clad change. I would say 95% of these finds came from hunted out trashy parks and a good portion were at very impressive depths. Now I just cant wait until next season. I guess what I'm saying if you want a good machine get the MXT if you want an absolutly incredible machine get a Minelab. Just remember the Quattro loves to go sloooooow but when it locks on a coin wheather its 2 inches or 12 inches it just wont let go. Hope this helps
 
B.Ratny is right on the money - I primarily hunt very worked out and trashy sites - I have used the Quattro for about 6+ months (Tesoro,Whites,Bounty Hunter RB5 for the previous 30 years). It was the best detector I ever used hands down (until I recently purchased an Explorer II).

I have personally dug silver dimes in the 8-9 inch range and my deepest - a wheat back at 11.5 inches.

The Quattro is amazingly deep, but I cannot stress the next statement enough - U must go SLOW - especially in trashy sites. The Quattro is a very good machine but requires a very slow and methodical sweep speed to lock on to the good stuff.

It's discriminating is excellent - but you will miss targets in a trashy site if u set that discrimination too high. What I mean by "miss" is the Quattro takes time to "reset" between targets (I am sure u have read about this as there are many threads in this forum that detail that behavior). Swing over a target that is discriminated, and it nulls - if a good target is really close to the discriminated target the null transfers to the good target as well cause the Quattro did not have time to reset. I found that one of it's greatest strengths is it's multi-tone capabilities (takes some getting used to if you are not a Minelab user though). You can set the discrimination to a fairly low range and depend on the tones the detector gives you to determine whether or not to dig. Even on the deepest of targets, the tone is very reliable.

In addition the learning curve is pretty steep with the Quattro - you have to be willing to take the time to learn what it is telling you and be aware of it's "reset slowness" while adjusting your hunting style to accommodate that slowness.

I can almost guarantee that you will not find another detector with the depth capabilities of the Quattro - except the Explorer 2 - which makes sense as they use the same FBS technology. In my area anyway - I hunt with buddies that used both the Quattro and ExpII - what the Quattro "pinged" on, the Exp2 pinged on and vice-versa....

That's my experience - for what it's worth.
 
Yes it is, upstate NY I hunt with ED and Charles on occasion there the ones that steered me in the Minelab direction just wish it did'nt take so darn long for me to break down and try one.
 
im downstate. we should hook up sometime when the ground thaws. i know some good g-sites we can dig some deep stuff and shake some bones outa good finds. my goal next season is 100 rings.
 
Sounds like a great idea I have a standing goal of 100 silver coins a season, it was close this year but I pulled it out in the end with 104 I don't think it would of happened without the help of the Quattro. Hit my other goal with my first American coin from the 1700's. Definately would'nt of happened without the Quattro. I almost aborted the hole I did'nt think a coin could go that deep at least never dug one that deep before. This year my other goal besides 100 silver coins is a toss up between a gold coin or american silver coin from the 1700's.
 
I really want to thank you guys for your comments. This is a big investment for me. The order goes out tomorrow morning.It was zero here today but I'm heading for south Texas around Christmas. I'll be able to even hit the beach. By the time the ice and snow leaves here and where you are at I should have a couple of months experience. Rob
 
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