Hello everybody this is my first post in the Minelab Safari/Quattro Forum. I have metal detected for 25 years with various brands of metal detectors. In 1997 I bought my first Minelab Metal detector a Sovereign XS which I still use. I soon found out that this metal detector was something special. I was finding coins with nails in the same holes, that my other top of the line metal detector could not detect. I have been hooked on Minelab since then.
In 2005 I decide to buy the Quattro MP and I just could not get the hang of it. I was getting alot false readings, the fluting tones, jumping numbers on the TID screen, which confused the heck out me and I got discouraged with the Quattro. I continued to use my Sovereign and I bought X-Terra 70 which I really like also.
Last week I was getting ready to sell the Quattro (my Quattro looks amost new) and I decided that I would give it one more try. I started reading this forum and I got alot of good information. What I have notice about reading about both the Safari and Quattro is that you really like them or really don't like them. That most of the opinions on both the Safari and Quattro were favorable. I figured that I would take out the Quattro and put the information to work.
Today I took my Quattro to a local fairground where there is alot of iron, the place is littered with the stuff. (Most places were I MD are like this) I am talking huge chunks Iron down to nails and iron bottle caps and when you sweep the Quattro in all metal you can hear the Iron grunt all over the place. Over the years at this place I have pulled out number of old coins and jewelry. Anyways I lowered the sensitivity and was was sweeping Quattro reel slow in coins discrimination pattern. I was still getting the falsing and the TID numbers jumping around. So I made one more adjustment and notch out the TID #40. After I made this adjustment my Quattro was like a different machine, no falsing,and it was running smooth with no more jumpimg TID numbers. I hunted for about an hour and I found a sterling silver wedding ring down about 5 or 6 inches, a clad dime, a copper penny, Man I am happy, its like having another new metal detector. Thank you for the information everybody.
John
In 2005 I decide to buy the Quattro MP and I just could not get the hang of it. I was getting alot false readings, the fluting tones, jumping numbers on the TID screen, which confused the heck out me and I got discouraged with the Quattro. I continued to use my Sovereign and I bought X-Terra 70 which I really like also.
Last week I was getting ready to sell the Quattro (my Quattro looks amost new) and I decided that I would give it one more try. I started reading this forum and I got alot of good information. What I have notice about reading about both the Safari and Quattro is that you really like them or really don't like them. That most of the opinions on both the Safari and Quattro were favorable. I figured that I would take out the Quattro and put the information to work.
Today I took my Quattro to a local fairground where there is alot of iron, the place is littered with the stuff. (Most places were I MD are like this) I am talking huge chunks Iron down to nails and iron bottle caps and when you sweep the Quattro in all metal you can hear the Iron grunt all over the place. Over the years at this place I have pulled out number of old coins and jewelry. Anyways I lowered the sensitivity and was was sweeping Quattro reel slow in coins discrimination pattern. I was still getting the falsing and the TID numbers jumping around. So I made one more adjustment and notch out the TID #40. After I made this adjustment my Quattro was like a different machine, no falsing,and it was running smooth with no more jumpimg TID numbers. I hunted for about an hour and I found a sterling silver wedding ring down about 5 or 6 inches, a clad dime, a copper penny, Man I am happy, its like having another new metal detector. Thank you for the information everybody.
John