Hi Everyone. Thanks for looking at my post. I may have the opportunity to purchase an older Minelab Excalibur with the seasearch coil for about $500 and what I wanted to know is do you guys think that is a fair price for an older (12+ years) detector and also how does the older minelab work in comparison to the newer machine (I currently have a minelab II 1000). I am wondering whether I would be better off to save my money and purchase a newer excal (maybe a blue 1000) or even buy a new SOV as a backup wet sand. This machine will be primarily used by Jess and also serve as a backup for me. I look forward to your thoughts and opinions....Thanks!