How good is the quattro?

[harry]

HI How does the quattro stack up to the sovereign? Have a explorer2 and have a sov. both find good deep coins. Love the sov 2 pro, not used to the explorer 2 yet but have found a few good coins and tokens with it. The sov. kicks butt if you know how to use it. Just wanted to know if anyone has both and how they feel about it. Thank you for your time. Harry

 

[Richard@BackwoodsDetectors]

Harry, I have had the EX II, an Elite, a GT, and a Quattro.... but IMHO, the Quattro is the best machine that Minelab has ever built... I know a lot of people are going to disagree but for my hunting, I like presets and the versitility with them..... Too, I got as good as if not better depth with the Quattro... At the beach... hands down, it is the winner..... handles
salt water and wet sand better than any machine I have ever used. Sorry to sound bias
but........... Richardntn

 

[harry]

thank you rich, how about land hunting? I believe you about the beach sounds great so far. Harry

 

[Rick(ND)]

Harry,

I had the Quattro, or should I say 2 of them last fall plus I have the Explorer XS II and the Sovereign GT now. Like you the Explorer XS II I am still getting used to even after a few years, but it is a great detector, The GT is the one I seem to do the best with and the Quattro i don't have anymore. When I had the Quattro I found that I was getting too many good signals that were trash until I found that you have to get a good signal, lift the coil until the threshold returns, then check the target again you are trying to ID. The reason is the recovery is slow and sometimes a good target or a false one will carry over to the next target, What this is if it see a item that is not disc out it will lock on to it and the next metal target will sound the same and if it is a solid target then it will sound good. Now on my test I found if it see a disc out target first than a good one it will not null of the first target so you wont miss the good target. By raising the coil so the threshold returns and going back to the target you now will get a correct ID of that target not one that it locked on to before. I was surprised at how many good target now nulled or changed tones and ID numbers I thought were good. Now before you think this is bad as it is not as it seems to lock on to some of the deeper targets better than even the Explorer will. We have proved this when I had mine as a guy that does real well with the Explorer got a weaker and deeper signal and ask me to see if the Quattro could get it. I was able to lock right on to it with a good signal, lifted the coil and let the threshold return and went back over it and it locked right on, when dug it was a barber dime at 9-10 inches deep. Before we dug it I had my Buddy try the Quattro and he said it was definitely and better signal than the Explorer was getting. I then got another weaker signal and being I didn't have my X1 probe on it I got my Elite I had at the time and it just nulled as there was so many nails there. I went back with the Quattro and it sounded good and dug a 1917 Wheaties at a good 11 inches, so I know the Quattro works great, but this slow recovery can be a problem for some until you get used to it.
One more thing I seen with it is the pinpointing as I am used to getting the signal, hit pinpoint and go right back over the target again, well with the Quattro if I did this I would get no signal in pinpoint. I made sure I had it off to the side and even raised to coil before hitting pinpoint like I do with the Explorer, but still did it. I found that is I waited 3 or 4 seconds before I hit pinpoint,or 3 or 4 seconds after I hit pinpoint it had no problem then, so even in pinpoint it is slow recovery.
I feel being the Quattro is is the newest FBS detector it has some software that is not even found in the Explorer as Minelab is always trying to improve on what they have. This is the case with the new Sovereign GT as I feel it is even better than the XS many of us loved. The reason is Minelab is always trying to improve on what they have,


Rick

 

[beachguy777]

I think it works good on the land too. I've done parks, curbsides, etc. and still found penny's 8 to 10 inches with no problem. It seems to sort the trash pretty well. Depending on which way you swing it towards the target or the direction of the swing can make a difference in which target it reads first, it seems, if they're very close together. I also have a 5" coil that separates the trash very well and goes reasonably deep. At any rate the five incher really separates the trash but of course covers less ground per swing. It's a great detector in my opinion. I havn't used the explorer or soverign but I hear they're both fine detectors also. It's hard to beat at the beach, kicks ass on the salt water and mineralized sand and goes really deep.

 

[harry]

Thanks for the advice, went to a place that my friend and i hit to death with explorer and sov. still found a 1898 ih at 10in with the explorer2. starting to love this machine. thanks again Harry

 

[Anonymous]

I'm hearing from users, and dealers off the record, that the recovery speed is so slow that it causes the major problems you have mentioned, EXACTLY! So, when will a new chip appear seems to be the question.

 

[Rick(ND)]

The reason is that it is designed this way so it will lockon to some of the deeper targets better, if they speed up the recovery I dont feel it will lock on to the deeper ones like it does now..