maxxkatt
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I know lots of people here will get a new detector and keep the old ones for different reasons. I am a one detector man since when I get a new detector I have to sell my old one to help with the cost of the new one.
But the real cost of a new detector is the time you must put in learning the new detector. When you switch brands like I did going from an AT Pro to the the Equinox 800 you have an even longer learning curve than if you stay within the brand. Eg going from the AT Pro to the AT Max would be less of a learning curve than going to a Minelab model.
I cannot imagine trying to keep the AT Pro and the 800 and use them both. I hunted the AT Pro in the pro metal mode and eventually learned what most of the sounds meant over a 3 year period. Some things stay the same with a metal detector regardless of brands and models. For instance on a double D coil when you have two different metals and are separated in a vertical arrangement in relation to the vertical center of the coil the readings will be averaged. When the arrangement is horizontal then you get two separate more accurate readings.
Now some advantages come along with a new model like the 800's ability to really pick out individual signals among multiple targets under your coil. But with this advantage comes a longer learning curve. On the 800 it feels like I am flooded with audio tones on multiple targets and I really have to slow down and take the time to see if the good ones are really good ones. Of course the only way to do that is to dig all or most of the iffy targets. See some things stay the same.
So the question is for you guys who have listed in your profile owning multiple machines especially of different brands do you use all of them for different types of hunting?
If so is it a challenge to remember all of the knowledge required for both detectors?
I notice on the 800 a huge feature is the ability to adjust the tones and ranges of target breaks and in effect make the 800 sound more like the detector you are used to using like in my case the AT Pro. But again it takes more time to learn to understand and use all these features.
But the real cost of a new detector is the time you must put in learning the new detector. When you switch brands like I did going from an AT Pro to the the Equinox 800 you have an even longer learning curve than if you stay within the brand. Eg going from the AT Pro to the AT Max would be less of a learning curve than going to a Minelab model.
I cannot imagine trying to keep the AT Pro and the 800 and use them both. I hunted the AT Pro in the pro metal mode and eventually learned what most of the sounds meant over a 3 year period. Some things stay the same with a metal detector regardless of brands and models. For instance on a double D coil when you have two different metals and are separated in a vertical arrangement in relation to the vertical center of the coil the readings will be averaged. When the arrangement is horizontal then you get two separate more accurate readings.
Now some advantages come along with a new model like the 800's ability to really pick out individual signals among multiple targets under your coil. But with this advantage comes a longer learning curve. On the 800 it feels like I am flooded with audio tones on multiple targets and I really have to slow down and take the time to see if the good ones are really good ones. Of course the only way to do that is to dig all or most of the iffy targets. See some things stay the same.
So the question is for you guys who have listed in your profile owning multiple machines especially of different brands do you use all of them for different types of hunting?
If so is it a challenge to remember all of the knowledge required for both detectors?
I notice on the 800 a huge feature is the ability to adjust the tones and ranges of target breaks and in effect make the 800 sound more like the detector you are used to using like in my case the AT Pro. But again it takes more time to learn to understand and use all these features.
