mcjtom Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 With Deism vanquishing the airwaves, in other news: https://detecthistory.com/news/broken-vanquish-metal-detectors-what-vanquish-owners-should-consider/ 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valens Legacy Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Sad news for sure, I hope that the problem is resolved quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 ? Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff McClendon Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Not trying to pour cold water on this topic but, Detect History is not a site that I depend on for, as they stated, "Unbiased" information. I am not doubting for one moment that the Vanquish pictured has suffered catastrophic damage. How/Why that happened would be nice to know since Detect History states that they do not know the circumstances or details or even the provenance of the photos. Detect History goes on to speculate about a possible chronic problem with no evidence to back that up. Detect History has often given wrong specification and feature information about detectors they have reviewed including the Vanquish. I rate their accuracy and journalistic/review quality as barely above MD Hunter due to their tendency to sensationalize and exaggerate the "facts" as they see them. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Goldman Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 39 minutes ago, Jeff McClendon said: Detect History has often given wrong specification and feature information about detectors they have reviewed including the Vanquish. I rate their accuracy and journalistic/review quality as barely above MD Hunter due to their tendency to sensationalize and exaggerate the "facts" as they see them. Totally agree. To your point, I don't really find bias in general towards or against any brand or model with this blog. Just lack of accuracy and exaggerated sensationalism whose author only seems motivated by providing content solely to generate views and clicks rather than to inform. Bottom line, a highly unreliable source of information on detecting. If you don't value credibility, it does sometimes make for an entertaining read, at least. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mh9162013 Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 48 minutes ago, Chase Goldman said: exaggerated sensationalism That's putting it mildly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post phrunt Posted December 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 25, 2021 it takes a fair bit of an impact to do that, it was probably crushed and twisted bouncing around in the back of a truck with a bunch of other stuff resting on it or something, it's a click bait story. If it was really a problem we'd know about it by now. Yes my Vanquish isn't extraordinary build quality but it's not going to break like that unless something that I'd consider my fault happened to the detector, not something you'd blame Minelab for. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck M Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 On 12/23/2021 at 11:40 PM, mcjtom said: With Deism vanquishing the airwaves, in other news: https://detecthistory.com/news/broken-vanquish-metal-detectors-what-vanquish-owners-should-consider/ I been using the Minelab Vanquish 540 for just about a year now. I haven't had one issue, I personally think the Vanquish is built pretty well. He must have been using the detector for w walking cane 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khouse Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 If I learned anything from the photo is that there is a lot of meat in that area. That was abuse plain and simple. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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