Wyoprospector

I bought a 705 when they 1st came out, it died in a day, kellyco replaced it, next 1 died in a month. 3rd 1 worked great on FL beaches, but was a dog on tailing piles in WY where my Diablo excelled. Called minelab in LV from the site and a guy named John could not help me. So that was it for me and minelab. Maybe there have been updates in newer units, but I won't try another. I have a Bounty Hunter Tracker IV I bought as a joke and it totally ignores hot rocks here in AZ, still hits on quarters, nickels at 5 to 7 " and a gold 3.3 gram coin at 7-8". Sub gram gold at an inch. Not bad for a $100 toy. My TDI is my main machine here right now.

Hello, newbie to this forum, not to detecting. Bought a few detectors over the years based on Steve's great reviews. Had trouble with the 705 though, got one when they first came out, after a few days it failed, kellyco replaced it, the second failed after 3 mos, third was a charm. So I learned and used it on FL beaches and was very satisfied. Then I took it to WY and started nugget shooting in the prospecting mode. Everything was fine until I came to a tailings pile when I could not get the machine to STOP sounding off like it was over a target. Went off the tailings pile and it worked fine as before. I made several adjustments and without any success I called minelab, they tried to help but could not solve the problem and were going to have John, the X-Terra specialist call me back. The call never came and I sold the unit to someone who only detected beaches. Luckily I had my Tesoro Diablo II to take over, it worked flawlessly on the same tailings pile and others that I searched. Anything similar happen to you down here in AZ?