Mike Haer

Personally I like the E-trac over the CTX. The VDI is more stable on the E-trac especially in the coin range. With an e-trac I can tell the difference 99% of the time between a penny and dime. %40 percent of the time on a CTX. With that said I think personally I would choose a Nokta Impact..The only thing I have seen that I like better about the E-trac is FBS technology (explorers, e-trac, ctx) have the best, most stable VDI's. Where the Nokta isn't quite as stable with my little bit of experience it is very close and it's a much better balanced detector, more affordable, DEEP, even deeper than the E-trac/CTX and I love the Iron volume setting

A little off subject here but I think this is a huge misconception when it comes to Tesoro. I had the same mindset for many years, old analog technology wrapped up in what looks like a kids detector, not interested! Until I seen for myself what Tesoro's are capable of. I do all sorts of detecting but I enjoy relic hunting the most. I have used just about everything out there, whites, fisher, teknetics, minelab and others trying to find a good, light weight relic machine. At least for Ohio soil I stuck with my E-trac, running it in TTF. For me at least it beat out all the others. Then one day I got to see how a $160 dollar Compadre handles heavy iron and was blown away. Tesoro's are my go to for relic hunting, hands down I haven't even found anything close. I do however get what you're saying and agree but would like to make the point I think they are great detectors for the right occasion. I get what the article is about and I think it is a good point and very relevant to the subject of metal detector manufacturers. Personally I have been looking overseas. The Nokta impact is very impressive, one of the best detectors I've ever used for my kind of detecting relic/old coins. They are also known for amazing customer service. Anyone heard of the Rutus Alter 71? Very impressive detector! So I'm not happy about it but while FIsher/Teknetics keep re-inventing the T2 and F75, Minelab never being very good with their customers (or dealers), Garrett's success with the A/T line has seemed to go to their head and has greatly effected customer service form what I hear, not to mention the MAX getting some very mixed reviews, Whites at least to me has been lagging behind for some time.. I am looking overseas. my first post here, I hope no one hates me for this! All just my opinions of course