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FISHER COINSTRIKE OR MINELAB QUATTRO WHICH ONE PERFORMS THE BEST
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Do you want to have to hunt slow like a turtle or a little faster? The C$ has the best seperation at moderate sweep speeds of anything out there. I have read a lot of negative comments about the Quattro's performance in trash. Don't sound good to me. <img src="/metal/html/shrug.gif" border=0 width=37 height=15 alt=":shrug">
I'm finding it easier and easier to resist having to try all the new machines that come out. <img src="/metal/html/biggrin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="
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I'm sticking with what works for me.
<UL>Coinstrike
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I'm finding it easier and easier to resist having to try all the new machines that come out. <img src="/metal/html/biggrin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="
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<UL>Coinstrike
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[quote Jackpine Savage]The C$ has the best seperation at moderate sweep speeds of anything out there. I have read a lot of negative comments about the Quattro's performance in trash.
I've got both and I prefer the Coinstrike in the trashier areas. It's a tougher call when it comes to my weekly visit to the beach though. Quattro seems significantly deeper there,don't know how others feel about this? Both good machines, but overall, I prefer the all round performance of the Coinstrike and I find it's better in trash than the Quattro.
I've got both and I prefer the Coinstrike in the trashier areas. It's a tougher call when it comes to my weekly visit to the beach though. Quattro seems significantly deeper there,don't know how others feel about this? Both good machines, but overall, I prefer the all round performance of the Coinstrike and I find it's better in trash than the Quattro.
Ditto what sand_reaper said. Quattro deeper. Coinstrike better at target separation. When I want to quickly find targets that I know are 5" deep or less and I am going to pretty much dig everything the Coinstrike is the way to go. I have been using it more but am having a hard time letting go of the Quattro since it is a very good detector and like using it in certain applications. Each tool has it's place.
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and to me that is the Quattro's biggest selling point. Now, if you are a very Sloooooow hunter and hunt at a snails pace, don't mind the extra weight, batteries 8 AA's only last about 15 hours if your lucky then get the Quattro. It will lock onto those deep coins, pretty accurate ID, but about worthless in trash or comp hunting. It however excels on the beach or open fields. Not my choice at all for parks, school or private yards. The lag time or target response time is slooooow.
Now, the Coinstrike has a quick response time, which equals a fast swing speed, which works perfectly at comp hunts, I just used mine at a recent comp hunt and it gave the Xterra 70 a run for it's money. It's hip mountable, uses 2 9 volt batteries and they last a good 20-25 hours. Coinstrike is deep and locks on quite well to those deep targets.
If you ever have a chance to do this test, take the Quattro, lay out 4-5 targets about 2-3 feet apart in a line. Then swing the Quattro over the targets with a slow to moderate sweep. I'll bet it will hit the first target and then pass up 2, 3 or even all the other targets because of slow target processing. I know, I tried this test several times before coming to the realization that I had to stop inbetween each target and wait for the Qauttro to reset itself before moving on to the next target.
But, the Quattro is a good machine, I really liked it and the quality of construction pus the Xterras to shame, but unfortunately it didn't match my style of hunting and I could overcome the weight issue.
Now, the Coinstrike has a quick response time, which equals a fast swing speed, which works perfectly at comp hunts, I just used mine at a recent comp hunt and it gave the Xterra 70 a run for it's money. It's hip mountable, uses 2 9 volt batteries and they last a good 20-25 hours. Coinstrike is deep and locks on quite well to those deep targets.
If you ever have a chance to do this test, take the Quattro, lay out 4-5 targets about 2-3 feet apart in a line. Then swing the Quattro over the targets with a slow to moderate sweep. I'll bet it will hit the first target and then pass up 2, 3 or even all the other targets because of slow target processing. I know, I tried this test several times before coming to the realization that I had to stop inbetween each target and wait for the Qauttro to reset itself before moving on to the next target.
But, the Quattro is a good machine, I really liked it and the quality of construction pus the Xterras to shame, but unfortunately it didn't match my style of hunting and I could overcome the weight issue.
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In my coin garden the best my coinstrike could do with maxed out settings was to barely pick up the 6 inch copper penny. And even that was a stretch. It would not pick up the 7" or the 8" pennies. Forget the 6 inch silver dime. Now the Quattro even with the small coil would get all of them including the 10" Quarter.
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and the Quattro would hit on it as well with the stock 10" DD coil, but with the 8" concentric, the Quattro wouldn't even make a peep on that same Quarter. But again, my soil is pretty neutral here. Now the Xterra 70 wouldn't make a peep on the quarter either. The best I can get out of the Xterra from what I can tell so far is about 8" and that is a stretch. But I'm not done testing it out as yet. But so far, it aint impressing me at all depth wise.