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wave: Best water detector opinions please
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Sanddigger
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The Excal is an expensive machine but you get what you pay for and the results show it. If you are working a heavily hunted beach and the other hunters have better detectors than you do then you are at a disadvantage. A detector not designed for your conditions will be a pain in the neck. Hours of swinging that produces only falsing and junk will discourage the most dedicated treasure hunter.
When I decided to get back into treasure hunting a year ago I had to make a decision a) buy an entry level unit and then trade up or b) dive in feet first and buy a top of the line unit. I chose (b) and I don't regret it one bit. My Excal has paid for itself many times over in loot found as well as giving me trouble free operation and reliable signals. It is a pleasure to use and is my way of relaxing at the end of a hard day (that and a dram of good scotch). I've had to modify it to make it better but that is a lot cheaper than trading up several times and taking a loss on each detector as I sold it to buy the next upgrade.
As a further note, it is true that detecting is 20% machine and 80% operator but it is implied that you have to have a machine that is at least adequate for the job. If you are serious about getting out on the beach and into the water then spend the money on a machine that you can grow into and enjoy doing so.
JMHO,
BDA
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When I decided to get back into treasure hunting a year ago I had to make a decision a) buy an entry level unit and then trade up or b) dive in feet first and buy a top of the line unit. I chose (b) and I don't regret it one bit. My Excal has paid for itself many times over in loot found as well as giving me trouble free operation and reliable signals. It is a pleasure to use and is my way of relaxing at the end of a hard day (that and a dram of good scotch). I've had to modify it to make it better but that is a lot cheaper than trading up several times and taking a loss on each detector as I sold it to buy the next upgrade.
As a further note, it is true that detecting is 20% machine and 80% operator but it is implied that you have to have a machine that is at least adequate for the job. If you are serious about getting out on the beach and into the water then spend the money on a machine that you can grow into and enjoy doing so.
JMHO,
BDA
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GraveDiggerMax-VaBch-Va
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BEACH HUNTER
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migolddigger
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Yes Clarie's!!!! LOL
I know Mike might disagree with me on this, but smellico is not my warehouse. I don't like buying refurbished detectors or equipment. LOL. OK, not all there stuff is, but I have heard some bad reports on this happening. I support the small shop guy that can give guidance and hands on and actually let me try the machine out first. Yes that's right!! The local mom and pop place that will give you the same price for a new machine. I will drive 2.5 hours instead of buying on line. Just ask my local dealer Al Holden at Pro Stock Detectors here in Michigan. I did that very thing today. I'm sorry if this sounds bad, but in the day of computers and Bay shopping, anyone could get one delivered to theres home. The fact of the matter is, you will miss out on advise experience and help of a local dealer. They also take trade ins. I Hope I haven't offend anyone buy saying this, but it's just my opinion. Support your local dealer and he'll support you.
Tom
I know Mike might disagree with me on this, but smellico is not my warehouse. I don't like buying refurbished detectors or equipment. LOL. OK, not all there stuff is, but I have heard some bad reports on this happening. I support the small shop guy that can give guidance and hands on and actually let me try the machine out first. Yes that's right!! The local mom and pop place that will give you the same price for a new machine. I will drive 2.5 hours instead of buying on line. Just ask my local dealer Al Holden at Pro Stock Detectors here in Michigan. I did that very thing today. I'm sorry if this sounds bad, but in the day of computers and Bay shopping, anyone could get one delivered to theres home. The fact of the matter is, you will miss out on advise experience and help of a local dealer. They also take trade ins. I Hope I haven't offend anyone buy saying this, but it's just my opinion. Support your local dealer and he'll support you.
Tom
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I used to buy from this old guy there. I did make the mistake for buying a cobra beach maganet, my bad, I should have done the research on it first. My bad not theirs, they do allow you to test their machines before you buy them. I didn't test the the cobra beach maganet, but I asked if I could test the next one and they said sure no problem, you can go outside and try the one I wanted to buy and was extremly happy with that. I got to try it out before I bought it!
I do plan on buying detector #3 there as well.
krissy
I do plan on buying detector #3 there as well.
krissy
I'm not trying to be smart but, how can you say one detector is better than another by just upgrading?I would think that both detectors should be used on the the same object at the same time to prove that point.I still have my first detector I bought over forty years ago and sometimes I take it with me just to compare it to my others.It always tells me I'm over the object but not the depth or ID.Just something to think about.When you get a signal,dig it.I don't think we will ever see a detector that will bring your finds out of the ground.
Good hunting
Good hunting
Arkie John
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Jim:
I'm not saying that 1 detector is a quantum leap better than another. Some detectors are better in depth, discrimination, IDing, and numerous other features depending on conditions. I did my research before I bought and made the decision to spend more to get what my research told me to be the best underwater detector available overall in features and ability. I still had to upgrade the batteries, the shaft and knob cover to make it the way I wanted it.
I'm not saying that other detectors don't work, they obviously do. If I had gone with an entry level unit like a Viper Trident or a BH Surveyor I think I would have been dissappointed with it and traded it in for a better unit and then possibly trade that one in for an even better unit.
More expensive is not always better but quality usually costs more. My personal philosophy is to buy the best I can afford and take care of it so that I get maximum value for dollar and maximum pleasure from my purchase. When I was a carpenter I learned early that cheap tools make the job harder and the results mediocre, quality tools are a pleasure to use and the results are superior.(if the results are still bad I have only myself to blame) In short, the tools pay for themselves. There is a whole economy based on marketing inferior goods that don't last and they wind up being replaced with more inferior goods. The foundation of a throw away society, I choose not to participate in that economy.
To each their own I say,
BDA
I'm not saying that 1 detector is a quantum leap better than another. Some detectors are better in depth, discrimination, IDing, and numerous other features depending on conditions. I did my research before I bought and made the decision to spend more to get what my research told me to be the best underwater detector available overall in features and ability. I still had to upgrade the batteries, the shaft and knob cover to make it the way I wanted it.
I'm not saying that other detectors don't work, they obviously do. If I had gone with an entry level unit like a Viper Trident or a BH Surveyor I think I would have been dissappointed with it and traded it in for a better unit and then possibly trade that one in for an even better unit.
More expensive is not always better but quality usually costs more. My personal philosophy is to buy the best I can afford and take care of it so that I get maximum value for dollar and maximum pleasure from my purchase. When I was a carpenter I learned early that cheap tools make the job harder and the results mediocre, quality tools are a pleasure to use and the results are superior.(if the results are still bad I have only myself to blame) In short, the tools pay for themselves. There is a whole economy based on marketing inferior goods that don't last and they wind up being replaced with more inferior goods. The foundation of a throw away society, I choose not to participate in that economy.
To each their own I say,
BDA
