metalwrkr
Senior Member
OK, so I bought this used DFX. On the plus side I tried it on the beach where the sand was saturated and puddles of salt water were everywhere. Worked well. Quiet, stable and found dimes, pennys and a couple of nickels. I can see it is far superior to the AT PRO as a salt beach machine. But at the soccer fields and park I just can't get used to it! I run the PRO in zero mode and it's like driving a Ferrari: snappy, concise and unambiguous. Blazing recovery and great depth! The DFX in any of the factory programs is like driving an old Rambler station wagon with worn out shocks and slack steering. The target signals lag way behind the actual location and are long and drawn out. Solid signals are few and far between even in areas that I know are full of tab tops. I have tried some of the custom programs available on the web, not much better except for depth. The whole targeting language is somehow sloppy and slow feeling. I am very disappointed. I would not want to keep this machine even as a backup at this point. I know that a DD coil like the PRO has will give a more concise target response than the stock DFX concentric. Also a DD will be more adapted to our highly mineralized NW soil. The original plan was to get a small SEF or DD coil because I would have wanted to use the machine as a coin and jewelry and beach unit and as a backup. At this point I don't know if I want to gamble the money. I have only had the unit a week and a half but have used it quite a lot in that time. All I could think of while I was using it was "Why the hell am I not using my AT PRO right now"! Do any of you DFX users have any insight or suggestions as to what I do now??