BootyHunter
Active member
Well the Garrett Axiom will be available soon at nearly 4000 dollars, which is a bargain vs Minelabs Pi offerings, and it can get some more depth being a pi. But depth isnt all there is to it, not by a long shot. I would say the sales of the legend are not where NM needs them to be, and they widened the gap between a Legend and even the Equinox 600. I think it is to increase sales, especially before the Manticore and to a lesser extent, the Axiom, are available. People only have so much money, if NM can entice them to buy their machine which is available now, vs waiting on yet to be released machines, then they want to do so. Also to sell as many as they can before those machines release is possibly a factor.Maybe not enough legends been sold , why drop the price if some thing is selling well. Good detector the legend BUT the market is flooded now
with metal detectors. Plenty of buyers though because as soon as one person quits the hobby because of all the junk another hunter joins the hobby.
The new Minelab at £1800 is unlikely to go any deeper than the cheap legend. VLF is just a surface picker down to a few inches. These things
won't go any deeper no matter how much you pay. I heard from a small dealer he has dozens of pre orders for the new minelab , so much for
there been a recession. Detectorists will pay $1000 to $2000 per centimeter for extra depth.