AQ Ltd Impressed Me With This Little Chain

[tvr]

Couple hour hunt yesterday brought a little surprise. I rarely get chains, let alone this small. Was about knee deep in the wash and the AQ hit on this one. Did not come up on the first scoop but did on the second scoop. ATS at 8 and delay at 10.5 to quiet things in the water movement and the chain hit very well. No good way to know how deep it was but when I got home and did an air test the chain is heard well on the AQ at 4 inches; all metal. In the picture it is next to a dime I dug today. Not sure if I hit on the clasp or the little balls on the chain. I tested it with the Excal and need to be about an inch or closer to the coil to hear the faintest indication in all metal and scraping the coil to get it in disc mode with disc set on minimum ... it nulls at 1/2 an inch and nothing at an inch in disc on the Excal.

Markings in two places say 925.

[Joe Beechnut OBN]

Nice save buddy!! It is a amazing machine!

[tvr]

1 hour ago, Joe Beechnut OBN said:

Nice save buddy!! It is a amazing machine!

That it is!

[Ridge Runner]

I’ve looked online to see just who is selling the AQ LTD and I found it’s more than just Kellyco that’s got them for sale. I found out real quick that each have the same price and it’s take it at that price or walk away.

 If it’s anything like Whites TDI I’d never dug so deep for a target than I done with it .

 Chuck 

[Joe Beechnut OBN]

On 9/11/2023 at 2:02 PM, Ridge Runner said:

I’ve looked online to see just who is selling the AQ LTD and I found it’s more than just Kellyco that’s got them for sale. I found out real quick that each have the same price and it’s take it at that price or walk away.

 If it’s anything like Whites TDI I’d never dug so deep for a target than I done with it .

 Chuck 

I did a compare of the Whites Surfmaster TDI vs The AQ Limited, and the TDI had the 14.8 battery upgrade. The AQ was a good 3+ inches deeper on all targets tested. After using both you can tell the AQ is nothing more than a TDI on steroids. Now the TDI does run a lot smoother and I would say more adaptable to all locations.

[cjc]

On 9/18/2023 at 9:14 AM, Joe Beechnut OBN said:

I did a compare of the Whites Surfmaster TDI vs The AQ Limited, and the TDI had the 14.8 battery upgrade. The AQ was a good 3+ inches deeper on all targets tested. After using both you can tell the AQ is nothing more than a TDI on steroids. Now the TDI does run a lot smoother and I would say more adaptable to all locations.

Better on the 22k as well.  I think that a TDI Pro might have the edge though--just that with the coil submerged it has to be detuned so much that any advantage is  lost.  TDI  lacks a SAT control.

cjc