Nothing to chew on, obviously. Lots of already dug targets, and most of the targets that weren't already dug were shallow high tone screamers. They have a good time and dig tons of great stuff. Nice guys, I'm sure. But, it's not something you watch to learn anything about detectors or detecting technique. Colonial coin and relic identification, maybe. Even in a 30 minute video I can't imagine them spending even 45 seconds simply recording the audio and screen as somebody simply swung it over the field. That's not what their channel is all about, and you can't blame them for giving their viewers what they want.
Hey Garrett, send me a personal message if you want to give me an Apex and I'll gladly take it out and film some footage in challenging spots with potential. Not places where you can literally trip over a large cent or walk away with a handful of keepers even if you used a potato on the end of a stick. I'll compare it pre-dig to the AT Pro and the Equinox full audio and screen capture. I'll even demonstrate how to use the pinpoint feature to dig plugs the size of a soda can rather than a hub cap (and still ding the target).
Do you think it's telling that we don't see video footage like that yet?
It could be the best detector ever made, but there's no reason for Garrett to declare war if they can win (i.e., meet their sales goals) without fighting. If Garrett wanted bunch of people to do comparison videos they have plenty of people who know a million times more than I do with access to a wider variety of places to hunt.
So, why give it to some guys who barely demonstrate it? Because Garrett only needs to show that "serious hunters" accept it as a "serious machine." As far as Garrett is concerned, whether it's better or worse than XYZ detector is for other people to worry about. As long as its accepted as a serious machine, then Garrett will be too busy selling them.
Interesting point and I can't disagree with you there.
I totally agree that was not much of a demonstration. A very short hunt, and was hoping for more. Did you notice the Apex was making a lot of noise like they had them jacked wide open. I would not think EMI would be bad where they were. Might have been cause grass was tall and they needed them cranked with the narrow Viper coil.
Until they come out with a waterproof version, you'll still see two of their biggest "stars" using AT series detectors for their water hunting--NuggetNoggin and AquaChigger.
I totally agree that was not much of a demonstration. A very short hunt, and was hoping for more. Did you notice the Apex was making a lot of noise like they had them jacked wide open. I would not think EMI would be bad where they were. Might have been cause grass was tall and they needed them cranked with the narrow Viper coil.
The video before this one(same property),I believe they said the electric fence was causing interference with the Max. Probably the same interference. They do like to run them hot though.
They find 50 coins in every video so there must be so many out there they have little to no value anyways.
Rule#1:
What and how you see others use (add any item here) will not be your results. Could be better or could be way less.
Has any company rep had a Metal Detecting get together to show off any equipment and try it out? If something like this happens in the north east let me know!
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All the coin rubbing in the video, just watching those coins devalue right in front of you eyes.