I'm getting back into metal detecting after having not done it for about 10 years and having trouble deciding between a whites or the minelab quattro and was hoping some body has any feed back on what detector is a better and witch one detects deeper any help is appreciated
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quattro vs whites dfx
- Thread starter diver1382
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My 2 cents, it's probably going to be determined by the type of hunting you do. Older parks both would probably work. Generally speaking the quattro has a slower recovery response time, whites dfx steeper learning curve, I would probably go with the dfx, it's more comparable to the explorer. There's some good deals out there on slightly use units. Good luck.
If you are going for clad/jewelry and relatively shallow silver coins and don't mind doing some programming adjustments go with the DFX.
If you are looking for deep stuff in hunted out parks go with the Quattro.
Cellar hole hunting and woods hunting - probably more the DFX.
If you can foot the bill I would recommend the Explorer II(or SE) with a 7.5" coil as a starter.
If you are looking for deep stuff in hunted out parks go with the Quattro.
Cellar hole hunting and woods hunting - probably more the DFX.
If you can foot the bill I would recommend the Explorer II(or SE) with a 7.5" coil as a starter.
Golden
Member
I'm not familiar with the DFX, but if I may say so, don't let the slower recovery speed of the Quattro be a determining factor on which detector to buy. At the beach, if the ground isn't so trashy, you can move fairly quickly with it. in trashier ground, yeh you might need to slow down a fair bit in your sweep speed, but you probably will pick up targets where other detectors may not also. I believed that in competition hunting the Quattro would be too slow, but having entered one just recently, with the Quattro, I don't believe it's the case any more. So the slower recovery isn't really all that much of a problem as some might have previously thought. If you're hunting on your own, enjoying the day out detecting, what's the hurry anyway in finding targets? I think too much negativity has been placed on it's recovery speed, where in most cases, it doesn't really matter.
Golden
Golden
beachguy777
New member
Golden, I totally agree, although I haven't used the DFX either, I think we need to look at the whole package, and not just the sweep speed. We can set the sweep speed up with the high setting on Quatro, with a little reduced accuracy, but to me it goes plenty fast, even at the slower normal setting, and if you put on a smaller coil, it's super fast. I'm just speaking my mind here, but also from my own experience with my Quatro. When you consider the depth, very accurate notch able discrimination, ground problems (being virtually eliminated) and the ability to put on a small coil that will "pick out darn near any target you want". What more could you want? Marc.