Here ya go Minelab holds the ticket http://minelab.ca/index.php/en/minelab-technologies
Does anyone here know when Minelab patented BBS/FBS expire if ever?
Good question! I know if/when it runs out Minelab is in deep do do!
The DFX has Minlab gut's,the V3i is not considered a multi freq machine just because it uses ,scans,or set on one freq at a time 2.5,7.5,22.5 freq is not a multi freq machine,sorry Minelab has that ticket
Thats what I am hoping!
Here ya go Minelab holds the ticket http://minelab.ca/index.php/en/minelab-technologies
Notice that in all their marketing literature they only discuss how many frequencies it transmits, not how many frequencies it actually uses to receive and process the signal.
I recently read the e-trac is only using 3 frequencies at any one time. For years I thought the ground was being bombarded with 28 frequencies...don't believe the hype. At the end of the day though, it comes down to performance. I don't care how the sausage is made...
Does explain why my two frequency DFX is as smooth as my excal at the beach though.Was gonna do a waterproof mod.But the wires in the DFX are caulked in.If i break the wire it is all over but the crying!
I think...or maybe I heard from the inside that minelab is inflating the prices on everything because they want to sell the company.
I have a V3i now Don't let the brainwashed make you think you're going to find any less with that DFX in the wet. I worked a beach all week with a guy with loads of experience using an etrac I did as well if not better than he did. Once you understand how to use the V3I it's a monster in the wet. I found lots of gold with my DFX love that machine. Guys will say that a beach hunter ID is the same as a DFX but it's not you can make more adjustments to better suit your conditions on a DFX....even more with the V3I. Guys just don't want to learn it. The V3i uses 3 USABLE frequencies as many as any minelab can muster no matter what ML says. Whites is going to come out with a waterproof TDI pro. That's going to be a killer....you didn't here it from me ...