Quattro performance

[John (Australia)]

Has anyone used their Quattro in a detecting competition or coin hunt where it has been pitted against other types of detectors, and if so how did it stack up. Chapter 11 of "Mastering The Quattro" covers competition hunts so I assume the Quattro can be successfully used in a hunt despite the fact that the amount of ground covered would not be as much as a detector with a faster recovery time.
John

 

[mtdoramike]

in a seeded hunt, you stop & dig once you hear a beep or tone. What would concern me more than the recovery would be the sweep speed. Minelabs are notorious for slowwwwwww sweep speeds.

 

[Doug[Manila]]

How deep will the targets be? Will it be inland or at the beach? The book does teach you how to set it up for the Quattro but if you have another detector - a lighter & faster sweeping detector preferably with push button VCO pinpointing, that would be the unit I'd take to the competition hunts. Andy has got you covered for the Quattro.

 

[Mirage]

John,
Even though I am still fairly new with the Quattro I would not want to take it to a competition hunt. I don't know about competition hunts but I do some competitions with my son. He has the DFX. We have not done any "official" competitions but I am planning one soon. Just me and him at the local schoolyard. Who gets the most coins wins. But on a couple occasions I was trying just to get more coinage than him. The on time I remember he ended up with about 22 coins and I had about 20. Close. Usually he gets about 20-50% more coins (and trash) than I do. Once I master this machine I'll give that boy a good schooling!

Part of making the most of your time is target recovery. Being able to tell exactly where the coin is before you dig it. In my opinion it is harder to tell how close to the surface a coin is with the quattro. With the DFX I usually can tell if it's right on the surface, a half inch below or an inch below the surface.

Bob

 

[Angela (Australia)]

Hello, yes it's true that the Quattro has a slower recovery speed, but this slower recovery is when it passes over one target to another, without time for the computer to reset itself. So, if you set the Quattro for High Trash, to speed up the recovery rate, and if the competition is held in ground that's not overly trashy, and you keep the sensitivity down low, as most targets won't be buried too deep, I've found that the Quattro will lock onto targets quickly with a reasonably fast sweep speed. But, if the ground is trashy, then you would have to slow down the sweep speed to give it time to recover. I've never done competition hunting, but I can see no reason why, if the ground the hunt is held in is not trashy, why the Quattro can't be used, where it doesn't have to consistantly reset itself from one target to another.
Angela

 

[John (Australia)]

Thanks for your thoughts Bob, Angela, Doug and Mike. At the moment I am a one detector person and I plan to go in a competition hunt in May so it will be with the Quattro most likely, will let you know the result after.
John