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Here's an idea I think would lure 'new' people to this hobby and keep them.
Reduce the learning curve by creating a sample response library of .wav files for new people to download. Dime at 3 inches, dime at 6 inches, dime on edge, rusty nail, pull tab. The Explorer is ready to detect right out of the box, thats progress, turn it on and go but deciphering the various responses is still quite a challenge for new people like me.
For example I wasted time the past couple of days digging rusty nails I would not have dug if I had a sample of what a rusty nail sounds like. In a couple weeks I'm off to CA for some prospecting and want to use my Explorer but I don't have the first clue what kind of a response to expect from a gold nugget.
Time is really a factor these days. Its not 1970 its 2001, times are different, people have less free time to invest in learning new hobbies like this. I see the frustration some new people are expressing on the forums and I wonder how many new people have given up on this hobby out of frustration? I suspect a few and those are lost future upgrade sales, accessory sales, etc.
Could you use a response library in the field? I know I could easily store an entire library on my pocket pc for use in the field.
I'm just now noticing the more subtle differences in responses. A consistent tone versus a warble, a pure tone versus a scratchy raspy tone. A library would help a lot with that learning aspect.
Also, I don't have a collection of older coins to sample, for all I know I have passed over good targets. Books suggest buying sample coins but I'd rather buy a probe or small coil instead of investing in a whole collection of coins and you would rather I buy accessories too.
I'm new so I have a new persons perspective and perhaps this is not workable for reasons I'm not aware of. From a business perspective it makes a lot of sense though.
Oh...build a response library into the detector...now that would be very cool.
Reduce the learning curve by creating a sample response library of .wav files for new people to download. Dime at 3 inches, dime at 6 inches, dime on edge, rusty nail, pull tab. The Explorer is ready to detect right out of the box, thats progress, turn it on and go but deciphering the various responses is still quite a challenge for new people like me.
For example I wasted time the past couple of days digging rusty nails I would not have dug if I had a sample of what a rusty nail sounds like. In a couple weeks I'm off to CA for some prospecting and want to use my Explorer but I don't have the first clue what kind of a response to expect from a gold nugget.
Time is really a factor these days. Its not 1970 its 2001, times are different, people have less free time to invest in learning new hobbies like this. I see the frustration some new people are expressing on the forums and I wonder how many new people have given up on this hobby out of frustration? I suspect a few and those are lost future upgrade sales, accessory sales, etc.
Could you use a response library in the field? I know I could easily store an entire library on my pocket pc for use in the field.
I'm just now noticing the more subtle differences in responses. A consistent tone versus a warble, a pure tone versus a scratchy raspy tone. A library would help a lot with that learning aspect.
Also, I don't have a collection of older coins to sample, for all I know I have passed over good targets. Books suggest buying sample coins but I'd rather buy a probe or small coil instead of investing in a whole collection of coins and you would rather I buy accessories too.
I'm new so I have a new persons perspective and perhaps this is not workable for reasons I'm not aware of. From a business perspective it makes a lot of sense though.
Oh...build a response library into the detector...now that would be very cool.