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Simple, workhorse design, no fancy displays - I wish manufacturers would go back to at least having one unit in their line ups like this. The Gold Finder 1000 was close, gold shaft and all! I remember doing training on units like the XT18000 and Eureka Gold and customers would pull out their instruction manual and ask me where I'd recommend (for starters) they set their various pots and switches, and they would mark it with a red pen.

100% agree. Funny thing is I was already a multi-line dealer selling Quest and Nokta and many other things when Minelab asked me to be a dealer in the first place.

The original Scuba Tector was based on the Xpointer Pro pin-pointer, but with a rectangular 5" search head. This is fixed and not replaceable. Then they released a new range of pin-pointer with a new shell, Xpointer Max (VLF with Iron ID) and Xpointer II (P.I.), and a Scuba version (Scuba Tector Pro) with a replaceable pivoting coil. The Scuba Tector II is like the Scuba Tector Pro but with a larger fixed coil. Got some in transit so look forward to trying it out.

I've done a video showing the QuickStart guide.

If micro and weight are your considerations, then Nokta Gold Kruzer is hard to beat. You didn't say where you are intending to hunt, and soil conditions. If it's milder soil types, then the Gold Kruzer is awesome, particularly in the 3 tone Micro mode.

😆 At least there is a little consistency between models (and even manufacturers) with icons for common functions. But I think icon + word is the way to go.

Racer 2 was great, but I think the menu and button layout combination of the Anfibio was even better.

Vic, I'm the same, never found earbud type headphones comfortable. The only one's I've ever been able to use are Koss The Plug. They have that squishy foam like safety ear plugs do. So you squash them, insert, and then the foam expands to fit. But the big problem with them for detecting is the back of them is open, so they'd be hopeless in the wind. But sound quality from what I remember was really crisp.

All sizes have been selling here, but yes the 9" was the first to run out. But I did order a few more 10x5's, so without counting I'd say that sales are about even on all three.

The Evo line will remain full spiral, not stacked spiral. A good idea to combine the 12x8 and 14x9 into one in my opinion. 13x9 should be a ripper size for my old 4500 and E1500.

Wonder how it compares to an old Sovereign?

Hi everyone, I've seen a few comments (mainly on Fbook) on the new software, so I thought I'd clarify a couple of points. The Auto ground balance has not been sped up - it has actually always been quite quick. If you listen to the audio when ground balancing, as you start to pump the coil up and down any variation in the audio is usually gone within 2 seconds max. What was always a little slow to catch up was the ground drift indicator bars, sometimes taking many more seconds before making their way back to the centre. This behaviour is what has been sped up in Version 2.0.0. Changes to Coil Calibration. There has been an important change implemented in the Coil Calibration process, but I'll first explain what was happening in the past. Firstly, the Ultra Fine mode is a specialty setting, and it requires specific coil specs in order for it to work correctly. Older coils were hit and miss whether you'd get a successful calibration in Ultra Fine. So, if you had a coil that would not calibrate in Ultra Fine, it would say Not Optimal. Yes, you could use it, but the threshold would be a little erratic, and you'd most likely have to reduce the sensitivity considerably. In all cases, a user would be much better off detecting in Fine with a higher Sensitivity, rather than use the coil in a "Not Optimal" Ultra Fine mode. So the decision was made that if a coil doesn't calibrate in Ultra, then that mode would not be available to use. This is to provide the best possible user experience. The Sadie Mk2 and new Coiltek Elite Max series will all calibrate in Ultra Fine. Hope that helps.

Personally I have always preferred a slower tracking speed. SD2200, GP3500 on Slow or Medium, SDC2300. On the GPX's (like the GP3500) the tracking speed is adjustable, and if using it, I was 50/50 in Slow or Medium, never Fast. But for the initial fast track or Quick Trak, I have always preferred the original 4500's slightly slower balance. It just feels right to have to pump the coil a few extra times and hear the ground response slowly fade away. GPZ is its own beast, with its unique coil so can't really be compared, but I really like the way it works in Semi-Auto. The 6000 tracks a little too aggressively in my ground - far too often a deep signal starts to fade after only a couple of sweeps, which can make it easy to dismiss as ground noise. For a high dollar machine, it really should have had the ability to run in Fixed, or at very least an option to pause the tracking. I don't know if it's the actual tracking speed or other parameters at play, but it's definitely doing things faster than the SDC2300.

I have tested a 10x5" on the E1500 and found it performed very nicely. It was very stable on the ground, in the same spot where I was digging a few false signals with the 9" Elite (camo version). I have been limited with field time lately due to a bad back, and I also smashed my toe so have been hobbling around in a lot of pain just getting the day to day stuff packed and out the door, but slowly on the mend. Hopefully get a lot more time in the field soon, especially with the new 9".

So the threshold level is fixed, but the numbers are still scrolling when you adjust? It is the same for speaker and headphones?