Looks like Garrett finally realised they can market a detector for around $3000. It had better act like one.
If it's anything like the Garrett detectors of the past two decades, Vlf and Pl, it'll be just another badly designed and under-performing lemon.
That is the saddest pre-release video of a detector I've seen. And I'm betting the units as bad as the video was to watch.
An 8 inch metal box cache at 2 feet? Big deal. A picture of small nuggets to prove this new Extreme can be sensitive on small gold, as if it hit them during testing. A square backpack to prove it's a carry anywhere all-terrain unit, Jeez.
They couldn't just make a sensitive, deep seeking pulse induction metal detector with a true and decent ground balance, solid threshold with a changeable tone, and a good coil choice without discrimination, could they.
They had to go and make another dive unit. It will have the same silly headphone connection the AT gold and Infinium has, usable with those rotten Garrett headphones or with an adaptor.
Who the heck suits-up and dives to detect? Five people in the world? Ten?
And Garrett are going to market this unit to the prospector!?
I hope they didn't let their dealer man in the clip from Far North Queensland test it. He isn't excactly 'up on things'. I don't think he ever gets his coil closer than six inches to the ground.
If this thing has reverse-discrimination and a Bell-Tone, I'll laugh my head off.
But I'm going to buy one. If it is well designed and does the job, not in direct comparison with a GPX, but by it's own merits alone, then I'll buy another.
They aren't getting another chance though. This is it. For history!
