minelab advantage

[r.r.warren]

how come the advantage is not mentioned?.... is it a good machine?....... thinking about getting it for my primary. just got ace 250 and it's sweeeeet for 212.00 man it kicks ass. but i also need beach detector will the advantage do the job. ps.i live in Florida and back into metal detecting after 17 year layoff. so its like iam green all over again thanks later

 

[luckymindy]

I have an Advantage in practically new condition, with the small coil (unused) and the 10.5 inch slimline coil (used about 8 hours). I recently had the opportunity for a week-long hunt, and had never detected before. I used the Advantage for a while, but had trouble setting it (using the manual) to really discriminate, so I dug lots of trash. The organizer of the trip had a spare CoinStrike he loaned me, and by the end of the week I was pretty comfortable with it, so now i'm looking to sell my Advantage and buy a Coinstrike. Of course the CS was preset, I know NOTHING about how to set up a new machine, it will be a steep learning curve for me. It seems to be a machine many people really like, but a few don't. I just don't want to start over with a third machine (although I've been told the F75 is GREAT) or spend a lot of money, and the CS is really reasonable.
I was told by a guy with a Sovereign that my Minelab was fine, I just need to spend more time with it. But 8 hours' use, vs about 60 hours with the CS, I don't want to backtrack.
If you're interested, let me know. Or if anyone else is interested, for that matter.
Mindy

 

[MXTerer]

And the Advantage beats them all.

 

[mattockman]

n/t

 

[UK Brian]

There's a good dozen machines deeper and with better discrimination so you haven't tried the right ones. The Advantage and Musketeers (Tribunes before) were always one of the best for bang for your bucks but what some liked, detection depth far deeper than discrim. depth, was what put others off.
Minelabs pushing multifrequency as deep, single as not didn't help sales.
Great land machine with the Advantage being slightly deeper, slightly deeper and cheaper than the previous models but not a machine for wet sand.