Who has used an Outlaw and what are your thoughts?

[jtalley007]

How does it compare to other machines for depth, stability, discrimination.

Thanks

Jerry

 

[Hombre]

I got one in November of last year just before we went into the deep freeze of winter. Depth is similar to the Bandido ll

 

[tabman]

Hombre is right, the Outlaw runs smoothly at sites that are laden with nails and iron. I might add it's very sensitive to small targets and hits hard on gold rings and nickels.

tabman

 

[TAB.HUNTER]

I don't have a lot of time on my Outlaw yet. I get the depth I'm happy with. Please understand, I am rapidly approaching 66 years old and tend to get lazy more often. That condition translates into digging no more than 6" usually. I have dug a penny at 8", and a rusted 3/8" nut at the same depth. Both were reburied and checked again in order to be sure the targets didn't drop out of the side of the hole at, say 2". I've been under power lines with no problems. I love the discrimination. I had the Silver. I would say the depth is close to the Silver. That is not a fair comparison where I live. The advantage the Outlaw has is the adjustable G.B. We have soil here where the Silver is inoperable. You can take a magnet and run it on the ground and get iron particles. I am a relic hunter. I needed something that did not see bits of small nails and could punch through the hot ground a little better. The Silver is a great machine; just not for my hunting style & location. The problem was worse with the Silver and the cleansweep.
I had the Lobo S.T. Great machine with the auto ground balance. Worked well here in North Eastern Nevada. Even with the 180 discrimination, it separated targets well. I could take a flat iron nail & put it over the top of a dime & STILL see the dime in the tone. I loved that machine. However, I sold it because of the weight. I shattered my "swing elbow" when arm wrestling. The weight killed me. I tried the other arm. No deal. I devised a Swingy Thingy strap that helped a lot. I modified the control box so it hung under my forearm on the shaft. That helped a lot. Of course the control box was detachable but I felt that was cumbersome. Especially with corded headphones. The auto ground balance was just the ticket for ground that ran hot to cold in extremes and rather quickly. My hope is that Tesoro is coming out with a new Lobo in a micro-max housing with auto & adjustable ground balance. I, like others on this forum, am saving my money, waiting to see what is offered. I just passed on a White's GMT like new at $350.00. I'm not going to wait too much longer. It's -6 degrees this a.m. I'm itching to go south. Tesoro M.D., are you listening? Okay, I digressed. I have had two White's MXT's, a GMT, Minelab SD2200 P.I., White's 6000 D.I., White's V3i,the Tesoro's mentioned above, Minelab X-Terra 305, Garrett Ace 150, and the Minelab Safari in the recent past. I'm quite happy with my Outlaw. It fits me and my hunting style. This is very important when choosing a machine. Some of the machines I had were very good. They just didn't work for me, or it was due to my insatiable desire to try "new" tech. I came to my senses when I was using my VX3 along with my neighbor who was using a duct taped Amigo 2. He was walking circles around me and HAVING FUN TOO!!!

 

[Neil]

Tab Hunter that is a great post

 

[kaolinwasher]

I have used it all summer , and I like the machine but i really think its not a deep machine , but its not shallow, its going to get dimes to about 6" but in my mineralized soil it could not get a 6" deep dime but it hit hard on a pull tab in the same dirt at 6"-and thats one good point about the outlaw it hits hard on Gold & aluminum I would say it is its strong point it runs amazingly smooth and has very good disc . I would highly recommend it for sports fields, it ignores nails almost completely, but will sound off on flat iron like a tobacco can but if you move the coil to the edge it should crackle , I really love the all metal mode , you can do a lot with the threshold AM like turning down the threshold and ignoring lots of small nails and bit s of foil and it will still pound a gold ring , if you are looking for something deep this is not your machine but if you want to pound things in the 4 - 6 range with good disc and Iron reject its going to do well the ground balance is super . I did not use or care for the pinpoint button i just would use the toggle and go to all metal the VAQERO is about a solid 2" deeper than the outlaw but prone to hit the smallest things, I have yet to try the VAQ but i can see its deep hope that helps some