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[Elton]

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[Elton]

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[blacktoe]

Thanks Elton,

Probably the main reason I was more stable was the lack of funds. You read these forums about all the different detectors and it kind of gives you the wants when what you have will work if you take the time to learn it. If my F4 hadn't needed service I would still be using it and wanting another even tho the F4 did what I needed it to do. I think new people do a lot of the same. These forums are addictive.

Thanks to Richard I got my want fulfilled. I am still going to keep and use the F4, it is a great detector. I plan on learning and using the Omega for quite awhile. It is a nice machine to me. I still follow the other forums but will temper the wants down.

blacktoe

 

[Elton]

At least till the next one..LOL

 

[Fabio]

Do you think they'll be making a special coil to use with a portable game console like PSP Portable or the Nintendo DS, in the near future?
Might be an interesting idea and/or project.

 

[Cupajo]

See my replies to your previous posts and you will find that you and I are in complete agreement!!!

GL&HH Friend,

CJ

 

[Elton]

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[Elton]

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[Dang]

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[Uncle Willy]

Good advice El. I always tell newbies to buy a simple machine that they can understand and learn easily and not overload their butt with some fancy "Gee Whiz" model that is more machine than they can handle. Many make this mistake, become frustrated rapidly and the machine winds up in the closet or for sale. I also tell them to start in coins mode, stay away from all metal or any other mode, and stay there for at least 50 hours, and to disregard the manual and run their sensitivity at 50% to 60% until they have familiarized themselves with the machine and know what it is telling them and why. I tell them to run air tests with various targets ( good and bad ) so they have some idea what they sound like. I tell them to start practicing their detecting in bark chip playgrounds where the digging and recovery is easy and where good targets are most likely to be found. I tell them to go slow and take it easy and not detect like they are killing snakes because the grass is hardly evert greener on the other side of the fence. I tell them to thoroughly learn their machine and to not fall for all the hype and start switching machines thinking the next, fancy, more expensive one, is going to make them "Detectorist Of The Year" overnight.

Bill

 

[Elton]

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[bluehazeman]

good comments from you Elton and Bryce/Bill, even in the short space of time that i`ve been into this rewarding hobby/pastime i`ve noticed that many owners are changing machines like they would socks=2`nd hand Safaris for sale and Explorers/XP`S, Whites DFX, Sovereigns etc, all the better for when i feel comfortable to move up from my 250 but a shame for the owners who`ve lost alot of

 

[Elton]

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[slingshot]

Yeah-I had my Ace 250 in a garage sale 3 times for $150. No one wanted to pay that for it-it had the Garrett pouch with digging tools and headphones. So I just started reading posts and couldn't believe what I'd been missing. Now, after a full year I'm STILL learning the thing. It won't be in a garage sale anymore.