Difference Between AQ Limited & AQ That’s Coming

[Tony]

The AQ has power, no doubting that but a true depth test must;

1. Be a blind test where a targets location is unknown to the operator

2. Have no “false positives” in the general search area

3. Preferably not have a one way signal

4. Have a sweep speed that represents a realistic hunt

[Tony]

44 minutes ago, Badger-NH said:

At the beginning of the video, why does it get a signal over the empty pipe?

 

 

Too quick a delay for the sand/saltwater or other settings relevant to sensitivity.

[Joe Beechnut OBN]

1 hour ago, Badger-NH said:

At the beginning of the video, why does it get a signal over the empty pipe?

 

 

There is a piece of crab pot about 2 inch's long with some legs coming off of it, It is a inch or so near the PVC pipe....it's giving the low tone (null)..see if I can find a picture of it..., we have a lot of this stuff in the bay, these are from lost crab pots breaking up.

[Tony]

........or the signal could be a piece of crab pot ?

Hope you are well Joe....... ?

[Joe Beechnut OBN]

55 minutes ago, Tony said:

The AQ has power, no doubting that but a true depth test must;

1. Be a blind test where a targets location is unknown to the operator

2. Have no “false negatives” in the general search area

3. Preferably not have a one way signal

4. Have a sweep speed that represents a realistic hunt

I fully agree... but these give one a general Idea of what the machine is capable of and really you learn doing these test. Not just how deep it is but the machines characteristic. 

One of the secrets of the AQ is one way signals. I can't tell you how many gold rings I have dug with the AQ , then even more with the excalibur. Just a faint one way of the swing ...signal. One reason I hunt with my eyes shut, they stand out so much more when your focused... Mike Guard and I have talked about the one way signals with the excalibur for years...

And let me add....... Eyes closed........one reason I fell in a hole, not pay attention to my surroundings...to focused on the audio..?

 

Thanks Tony, Good to see you... I'm doing very well. Maybe I'll be back out this summer? I would be out there now, family obligations.

 

[Tony]

Eyes closed when detecting.......not a chance.....too many nice things to see on the beach or in the water.... ? 

But yes......repeatable one way signals have gotten me good gold......must be the angle of the ring that shows itself from one direction and hides itself from the other.

[Carolina]

14 hours ago, Joe Beechnut OBN said:

March I hope to have more time to where I can study the Disc side of this machine. It does work but I'm just not confident enough to take the chance. Carolina does very good in the Tones mode....something I need to work on too..

I think you could gain more depth and clarity if you lower the reject now to say 2 or 3 with the ATS at 8.5. Give it a try. Thanks for the video’s. 

[cudamark]

15 hours ago, calabash digger said:

Sorry to disappoint you ... Yes, I want a machine to test to up my views and subscribers no doubt about it. I put a lot of effort into my channel and want it to grow. I did not want to start a forum because I feel like there are some great ones out there ( Steves is one of the best) and I did not want to compete with them. The more machines  I show on my channel helps it to grow.

I also want to know what the deal is on the Impulse . I have guys in my area asking about the Fisher for beach hunting and there are probably 30 in the club down there. I know a couple of the top local beach hunting guys and they were asking about it..

Like Steve said above the people on this forum probably could care less about my test on a beach here in North Carolina. 

BTW A deep PI that is light could have a application for relic sites here in my soil...I know there are  deep relics here that other detectors can not reach. So I am very interested in the Discrim capabilities of the Impulse.

If you're looking for reliable discrimination relic hunting, the Impulse is not for you. It's pretty much a beep and dig machine. In my detecting with it, surface discrimination works reasonably well, but, targets that have been there a while or are down deep don't react the same, so, all bets are off. Deep, YES! I've never dug so many 18" (and deeper) bobby pins and other iron trash. As mentioned, it's a very specialize machine that I will only use under specific circumstances.

[dewcon4414]

This plan and simple was a test model normally given to testers with NDAs so ya never here who they are.... and they then gave the machines back.  Fisher tried something different.... allow a group of good hunters to test a machine and talk about it.  AND they could buy their machines.  Unfortunately the price was released as well.  Maybe not the best idea.   We got to see this machine evolve and change.  Fisher learned quickly what we liked and didn’t.   Even though from the beginning Rick said the production model was going to be in that mentioned price range.   So your complaint is the tester got to buy their machines at an unheard of price .... not that the machines are any different