Quattro speed

[avalon_s]

I'm looking at buying a Quattro but I'm a bit confused about one comment I see/hear about this machine. Can someone explain to me what the issue is with slow recovery time. Is this related to the swing speed and if so what is considered a slow swing as opposed to a fast swing?

I like everything I read about this machine but I'm having trouble getting past this "Slow" issue. Any advice/help would be much appreciated. Greg

 

[backslyder]

Avalon, I've personally never had a big problem with this "so called" slow swing speed, but others have complained about it. The problem seems to be when your in "normal mode", not "high trash" setting, the detector is more accurate, but it takes a little more time to calculate all the information for you. I think, that people who are "power users" in a sense, find that pretty disturbing, because they want a quicker "response" per each swing. That's understandable, but you can set it in high trash mode and get a quiicker response, but you lose a little bit of accuracy. It's a judgment call on that one. I prefer to swing a little bit slower, which to me is an average, relaxed swing, and get the better accuracy. I wouldn't let that deter you from considering this detector, because as far as I'm concerned, it could give even the Explorer a run for it's money, and if you don't believe me, check some of the archieve posts of people who have owned both detectors. You may be able to hear the target quicker with some of the other detectors from other companys, but when you look at all the "pluses" of this detector, I'd really think twice before you buy the other guys detector. Just do enough homework on it. Marc

 

[JohnA]

depending on your type of hunting, you will get a smaller coil for trashy areas and a larger coil for open spaces with scattered targets. You have to take your time with any detector in an area with lots of targets, and when targets are few, recovery time isn't an issue. I haven't used my stock coil since the first month I had the machine. It does have a slower recovery speed than some detectors, but man does it find the loot.

 

[backslyder]

Amen to that, John!!! This detector is still a "bad boy", in my book, meaning one "heck of a detector". Marc.

 

[Black Davy]

I bought mine used I think I am the third owner, and I do not regret it, I purchased the small sniper coil from kellyco for those area's that I know will be heavy trash. This is how I look at it so many items are going to be trash/ring and the your numerical reading is bouincing between a couple numbers on your screen and locks in on a trash number, but after a a second or two after moving the coil away you go back over the target and get a differant number that is better. Two things are maybe going on trash and a good target are in the same area within a inch or two or there is a target that gives multiple tones based on how deep or old it is and the ground conditions thats all. I have basically gone to digging anything and everything so I really dont waste my time worring about waiting for the response I have typically dug the trash and then scanned again to see if a good target is deeper or the trash was giving multiple signals. I have no need to purchase a explorer and of course I am not knocking it but it was not in my price range as I was purchasing multiple units. The quattro will find the same things the explorer will. I also swing all my units the same speed, the only thing that changes between units is my coil overlap.