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What are the main differences between a Quatro Pro and an Explorer 2?
- Thread starter Tagamet
- Start date
The only thing they are the same is they are FBS detectors, use the same battery pack and coils, look the same shape, but different colors. Coils are the same and both heavy.
The Explorer has more setting to adjust to get better performance, so you can fine tune it better. It also give you both the ferrous and conductivity of the target by the smart find or digital numbers, the Quattro only give you the conductivity of the target. The tones are adjustable on the Explorer for your hearing, the Quattro they are not. The Quattro has a slower recover speed, so you will have to double check your signals more, but seems to lock on to the deeper ones better being it is slower recovery. They are both good detectors and the Quattro is not made to be equal with the Explorer or better or even compared to the Explorer, but a detector you can have your FBS and a little easier to use than the Explorer.
Rick
The Explorer has more setting to adjust to get better performance, so you can fine tune it better. It also give you both the ferrous and conductivity of the target by the smart find or digital numbers, the Quattro only give you the conductivity of the target. The tones are adjustable on the Explorer for your hearing, the Quattro they are not. The Quattro has a slower recover speed, so you will have to double check your signals more, but seems to lock on to the deeper ones better being it is slower recovery. They are both good detectors and the Quattro is not made to be equal with the Explorer or better or even compared to the Explorer, but a detector you can have your FBS and a little easier to use than the Explorer.
Rick
wheelbubble
New member
Larry the display on the quattro is a 100% better than exp2 although it is the same size it is easier to see,different color,you don't have to twist around to see it in any kind of light...
Warriorwon
New member
Tagamet
Rick(SD)correct me if I've misunderstood but the Quattro will give both the conductive and the ferrous of the target by cross-saving.
I'm not familiar with the Explorer, how it operates or how it reads the Con/Fer but the Quattro will give both also.
Rick(SD)correct me if I've misunderstood but the Quattro will give both the conductive and the ferrous of the target by cross-saving.
I'm not familiar with the Explorer, how it operates or how it reads the Con/Fer but the Quattro will give both also.
The only thing I could do with my Quattro was to get a conductivity reading on the meter, but ferrous tones. I could do this in the relic mode or the all metal mode too. In the coin and jewelry mode it was conductivity tones. I could not get ferrous numbers on the display and don't think you can unless I missed something in the book. Now the Explorer XS II has both the ferrous number and the conductivity number displayed at one time on the meter plus you could set the tone to either ferrous or conductivity tones.
Warriorwon
New member
Had to go double check,but I get target number and tone in coin mode in Con/Fer both. Don't know how the EX 2 works but with the Quattro crossed-saved all modes Con/Fer can be achieved with ID number.
Rick(SD) do you still have your Quattro?
Tagamet
If you are looking for a Quattro check the Metal Detecting Equipment Classified Forum here first. AFTER I got my Quattro I found a better deal here on the forum. This might work to your advantage for the EX2 also if that the way you decide to go. It would be worth going through the 35 or so pages and sending a few private messages to save some cash.
Rick(SD) do you still have your Quattro?
Tagamet
If you are looking for a Quattro check the Metal Detecting Equipment Classified Forum here first. AFTER I got my Quattro I found a better deal here on the forum. This might work to your advantage for the EX2 also if that the way you decide to go. It would be worth going through the 35 or so pages and sending a few private messages to save some cash.
No I don't have my Quattro anymore as the tones were just too high pitched on silver to be heard by me with my bad hearing. This is where the Explorer you can adjust the tones to your hearing.
Now with the Explorer XS II in digital mode it will show the conductivity and ferrous numbers on every target. Now if you set the tones to conductivity than they are like any detector as the higher the conductivity is the higher the tone will be, but the numbers will show the conductivity and the ferrous of that target. Now if set for ferrous tones the number don't change, but the tone now will go by the ferrous content with the least will be the highest tone and the most the lowest tones. Where this help out is when we detect where there is a lot of nails as in conductivity tones these nails will be on top of the screen so they will give the high tone like a coin would be. Everything on top of the screen is high pitched in conductivity no matter if it falls on the right or left hand of the screen. The conductivity if using digital would be around 30 while the ferrous would also be around 30 if a nail. Now if this was a coin then the conductivity would still be 30 while the ferrous would be 0. If you run now in ferrous mode the nails would be a low tone as the more ferrous the lower the tone would be. I am sure you see this on your Quattro too if you run in all metal or relic mode as it uses ferrous tones so those item with high ferrous would be low tones,but if you run in conductivity you number will be the same, but the tone would be high tones on a nail.
This is why i say you can not get a ferrous number on your Quattro as the meter only read the conductivity of a target, but the tones are conductivity in coin and jewelry and ferrous in relic and all metal, but numbers don't change. If they did and you run ferrous then a silver coin would read 0.
I hope I was able to explain this.
Rick
Now with the Explorer XS II in digital mode it will show the conductivity and ferrous numbers on every target. Now if you set the tones to conductivity than they are like any detector as the higher the conductivity is the higher the tone will be, but the numbers will show the conductivity and the ferrous of that target. Now if set for ferrous tones the number don't change, but the tone now will go by the ferrous content with the least will be the highest tone and the most the lowest tones. Where this help out is when we detect where there is a lot of nails as in conductivity tones these nails will be on top of the screen so they will give the high tone like a coin would be. Everything on top of the screen is high pitched in conductivity no matter if it falls on the right or left hand of the screen. The conductivity if using digital would be around 30 while the ferrous would also be around 30 if a nail. Now if this was a coin then the conductivity would still be 30 while the ferrous would be 0. If you run now in ferrous mode the nails would be a low tone as the more ferrous the lower the tone would be. I am sure you see this on your Quattro too if you run in all metal or relic mode as it uses ferrous tones so those item with high ferrous would be low tones,but if you run in conductivity you number will be the same, but the tone would be high tones on a nail.
This is why i say you can not get a ferrous number on your Quattro as the meter only read the conductivity of a target, but the tones are conductivity in coin and jewelry and ferrous in relic and all metal, but numbers don't change. If they did and you run ferrous then a silver coin would read 0.
I hope I was able to explain this.
Rick
Warriorwon
New member
Perfect!
I understand what you said! The last thing I want to do put out misleading info!That gives me a better understanding of what is going on! Hope I haven't confused anyone.
I believe I saw Tagamet's WTB on the classified for an Explorer so I think he has made his choice. Thanks Rick(SD)
I understand what you said! The last thing I want to do put out misleading info!That gives me a better understanding of what is going on! Hope I haven't confused anyone.
I believe I saw Tagamet's WTB on the classified for an Explorer so I think he has made his choice. Thanks Rick(SD)
Mike (Virginia Beach)
New member
As Rick said, you can choose the sounds to be either Ferrous or Conductive, regardless of your hunting mode, be it "Digital" (Numeric) or "Smartfind" (Graphic). Both visual modes represent the relative conductivity of the target where the audio selection represents the ferrous or conductive qualities.
In the field, it looks like this:
Digital...with the zero being the Ferrous and the 29 the Conductive.
[attachment 16756 hunt2.jpg]
Smartfind...with the cursor in the upper right being the relative conductivity.
[attachment 16757 hunt3.jpg]
Here we can see both displays of the same target, a 1952 quarter.
[attachment 16758 quarter1.jpg]
And the target, dug.
[attachment 16759 quarter2.jpg]
Personally, I prefer to hunt in Ferrous tones and digital mode, though I do switch to Smartfind frequently to see what's going on there too. I previously had a Quattro and enjoyed it a great deal. The Explorer II more fits my style now though, for the "tweak monkey" in me. Both are great machines.
In the field, it looks like this:
Digital...with the zero being the Ferrous and the 29 the Conductive.
[attachment 16756 hunt2.jpg]
Smartfind...with the cursor in the upper right being the relative conductivity.
[attachment 16757 hunt3.jpg]
Here we can see both displays of the same target, a 1952 quarter.
[attachment 16758 quarter1.jpg]
And the target, dug.
[attachment 16759 quarter2.jpg]
Personally, I prefer to hunt in Ferrous tones and digital mode, though I do switch to Smartfind frequently to see what's going on there too. I previously had a Quattro and enjoyed it a great deal. The Explorer II more fits my style now though, for the "tweak monkey" in me. Both are great machines.