Which Detector is Better???

[Bradley137]

I get asked alot about which detector is better? I always try to give unbiased advice based on my experience with many different brands through the years and this is my conclusion and simple to understand:

In any given situation one might outhunt the other, but in my 30 yrs. experience it's usually the users proficiency with the detector that makes the difference. With that being said, the key to treasure is experience and confidence in your machine and certainly digging lots of trash. Take time to learn your machine in and out and it'll reward you with success.

As a side note, too many people think of detecting like winning the lottery. They want something for nothing, or if you will, the easy way, but if you don't do the work that is required in metal detecting, your success will be extremely limited. Everybody wants their detector to show them exactly what's in the ground so they want have to "dig it" unless it's something good, but those guys are fooling around and fooling themselves and leaving plenty of goodies behind for me. DIG THE JUNK AND YOU'LL FIND THE GOOD STUFF. H.H.

 

[colt]

and that is with any detector.Years ago I would hunt with an old timer, who used a 4900 DL MAX, the man was one with his machine and out do me two to three to my one, he knew his detector and if in doubt dig it out.

I just need more time to use the two detectors that I have, I go about once every two weeks for about 4 hours at a pop, but I am not complaining at least I get to do some of the things that I enjoy, it could be a lot worse. I have some good friends that have been out of a job for over a year and they have it a lot worse than I do.

Colt

 

[Dave J.]

Using the right kind of detector for the kind of detecting you do, counts for a lot. I've known guys who, swinging an entry level machine (for example the BH Tracker 4), could outbeep most guys running the high end machines -- in tot-lot and public park work, where digging with a shovel is a no-no. Those same entry level machines simply wouldn't cut it for gold prospecting or Civil War relic hunting situations, no matter how proficient the user.

Provided that the machine you've got is not inherently unsuited to the kind of detecting you do, I agree with Bradley137 that proficiency counts for more than the machine does. That's why I have a strong preference for simple, straightforward user interfaces. They make it a lot easier to become proficient in the use of the machine. The recent Fisher GB & Tek G2 provide an example of how far we've gone in putting full performance behind a starkly simple user interface. A beginner can master the machine itself fairly quickly, and from then on out it's a matter of learning the sounds.

--Dave J.
Chief Designer, FTP-Fisher