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The Big question? Quattro or Exp 2

Hi Doug, I tell you what I have used just about all the big name detectors out there over the years there has been good ones and not so good, but I have never felt as confident in a detector as Minelab. Every time I take that Quattro out it amazes me, weather its finding coins at depth or coins next to iron and junk. Cant wait to get my hands on one of those Exterra 50's. Probabally use it as my woods machine/old foundation sites seeing how it is considerably lighter.
 
Both Machines are excellent..both can produce...I would say that the overall performer would be the EX II BUT there is a big learning curve with it...I have had both machines and have a Quattro now...The Quattro is no slouch.. easy to learn, great depth, a little slower swing speed.. With all that said, my preference is the Quattro just because it is simplier...I like DFX's but I don't use one on a regular basis... I would rather turn my machine on, make a simple adjustment and start hunting....If you like to exchange ideas, squeeze ever 1/16inch out of a machine, tinker a lot, experiment a lot, go for the Ex. II... Neither one will let you down...get an 8" coil though.... Best to you, RichardnTn
 
I have never seen any machine go as deep and run as quite on wet sandy beaches, in the surf, as the Quattro.. I will not tell you how deep I have dug coins in wet sand for fear someone will jump in here and question it... You will simply be amazed...RichardnTn
 
I've dug big old copper pennys at 18 inches+,that was in all metal mode with the senstivity maxed out,those really faint signals where the re is no sound in pinpoint mode only a tiny rise in the bargraphs really take some digging!

ok I'll admit it,the copper pennys were more like 2 feet but who's going to believe that? lol
 
All metal mode,sensitivity maxed at 20,stock coil,remember Doug these signals will identify first as low digit ferrous such as -1,-2,-3,as you sweep you will see the meter give the odd jump upto a positive number and then back to -1.-2,-3,I did once dig a -7 that after some frantic digging as the rising tide filled the hole turned into a George II copper penny giving 34 on the meter!

Still I reckon the coin has to be big,highly conductive and lying perfectly flat before you get a signal past 18+ inches.

Like I said who's going to believe it?,not me had I not had the great good fortune to buy a Quattro.
 
It's great to see such a response from everyone. This is exactly what these forums are for sharing information. As I expected, I have seen many differant views on these machines and your input will be put to use when I finally chose my next machine.
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Digger, I'm very impressed with your recant here. It takes a big man to admit that he might have made a mistake. I really mean that, because I can't tell you how many times I've gotten over extended on something or other on this forum, let alone life itself, had felt in my guts I needed to make some kind of recant, but at the same time, I have to say again, man what a place to share feelings about our hobby and find out great information at the same time. Oh, and, by the way, You GOTTA, GOTTA, tell us if you hunted that old time house. I feel like Mike, I'd kill to hunt a place like that. :|:cry::razz::yo:
 
That's Ok digger. That's still a cool picture and I'm sure the kind of house we'd all like to hunt around. As far as Explorer II vs an Explorer III, I'm not sure what Minelab has up their sleeve. I'm not sure what the reasoning was behind putting out the Quatro after the Explorer, but I'm pleased with my Quatro, even though I'd love to have the two numeric readouts of the Explorer, I think it's pretty comptetative even with the Explorer. I'm only saying that because of what I think Mike from Virginia Beach is saying, because he's owned both of them, but at any rate, I hope you are happy with whatever detector you choose. To me this is a great forum to help you make that choice. Good luck and happy hunting.:|:O:geek::|
 
Well I decided to purchase a used Quattro from Richardntn Backwoods detectors and its on the way. Richard was nice enough to let me know the previous owner and they were nice enough to talk to me about it. And why they tradded it. With the money I saved I will be able to look into getting another unit also. all of the info and conversation was great and I look forward to be able to post some finds soon, weather permitting.

Thanks again for all the help!!! :cheers::minelab::clapping:
 
Mike, I think you've got some good points here. I would agree that we're looking at detector compitition here between the different manufacturers. That's always got to be an issue, I think, for a manufacturer, and look at the comietition you'd have to deal with being a detector manufacturer. A lot of parameters to deal with and look at. I personally agree with you, to a large degree, that it "ain't always the detector", albeit, I do think that the better the detector, the more possibilites a person has, but there certainly is a ton of skill and practice and experience involved here along with a certain ammount of luck, and I would throw in the parameter of research. I really believe that some good research can go a long way as far as finding a decent site to hunt. Man what a great but challenging hobby this is. There really are all those different parameters and probably some more I havn't even mentioned, like wet ground, to deal with. Well, I'm wating for the detector that actually gives you a readout or picture of what's actually in the ground, dates and everything. Just kidding. I really think that would take a lot of the excitment out of it and there would also be too many people involved at that point and there might not be any treasure left after a while.:|:O:geek::|
 
James, I've read that before about the bar graph, that even the faintest change in the graph means there's probably something down there, deep.
 
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