V80s Are In Canada

[phrunt]

The Quest v80s are in NZ now, not sure when they arrived as I haven't followed it but I'm surprised how cheap they are.

Quest V80 Detector (dredgenz.co.nz)

If I wasn't just buying another PI I'd be buying one to try it out, I like the how high the frequency can go.

[Digalicious]

Get real guys.

As much as you, and admittedly I, want to believe in wishes, this detector is just yet another SMF detector that will (or should), perform about the same as any other SMF detector.

In other words, YAWN.

 

[phrunt]

On 1/26/2024 at 10:26 PM, Digalicious said:

Get real guys.

As much as you, and admittedly I, want to believe in wishes, this detector is just yet another SMF detector that will (or should), perform about the same as any other SMF detector.

In other words, YAWN.

Mosey on back to your associated part of the forum then, I've never seen two SMF's from different brands being the same in performance even when one mirrors the other, each have their positives and negatives, some more positives than others.  The Quest has attributes I think may be beneficial, and I welcome their efforts to bring another SMF to market, they haven't tried to replicate another brand, they've made their own detector with its own features and frequencies, prospectors may appreciate its higher frequencies too, time will tell.

V80 Spec:

• Frequency (kHz) – 5, 10, 15, 20, 40, 60 HYPERQ
• Programs – Park, Field, Beach, Gold, Cache (deep) + 20 User slots.
• Tones – 2, 3, 5, 99
• Gold Mode – Special Gold Theme.
• Iron Volume – 9 levels
• Fe/NonFe Bias: Yes
• Recovery Speed – 1 to 9
• Noise reduction: manual, auto
• Ground balance: Auto + manual pumping
• Power – 1 to 5
• Display: 2.7″ B/W LCD, 400 x 240 pixels
• Battery: 5600 mAh
• Wireless Headphones – WireFree Pro Bluetooth
• Coil – 11×10″ and 9×5″ Blizzard II
• Telescopic stem – Carbon Fiber Round
• Waterproof Loudspeaker, Detachable
• Haptic feedback vibration
• Fully submersible to 5 meters.
• Flashlight
• Rechargeable
• Firmware Upgrade: Yes
• Weight 1.40kg (3lb 1 oz) with Blizzard 11 Coil
• Stem collapses down to 58.42cm (23 inches)

Looks to be one of the top SMF's on the market to me.

What Is HYPERQ™:

Higher detection frequency. The HYPERQ platform is able to deliver multiple frequencies, including signals up to 80kHz, simultaneously to find fainter targets deeper with higher precision in difficult conditions. This is possible due to its use of a high-performance microcontroller with a 480MHz speed Cortex-M7 STM32H750 series, as well as a low latency and low noise 4 channel 768kHz sampling rate ADC5140 from Texas Instruments.

Higher processing speed. The V80 machine is able to generate and transmit frequencies of 5, 10, 15, 20, 40, and 60 simultaneously, thanks to its powerful microcontroller unit (MCU) and analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) unit. Additionally, this combination allows for the processing of multiple targets simultaneously and quickly reporting the most valuable results.

Auto noise cancelling. The high-speed processing capability enables us to run high-accuracy automatic noise cancellation with just one click. It will select the quietest channel for the upcoming detection in just 10 seconds.

[George Kinsey]

I have friends in Canada who would go "Stealth" to help a brother out.?

[JCR]

I have always been intrigued by experiences of how different, but "similar" machines "see" & find targets the other won't. There has got to be more to it than just luck.  That's part of why this hobby is so much fun.( a big part of why I have 9 different detectors too)  I'm in the more the merrier camp.