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Why so many Minelabs and V3i for sale?
- Thread starter Ronk
- Start date
Larry (IL)
Well-known member
Most people give their reason right in the ad but for the most part, the E-Trac, Explorer and V3i are the most advanced detectors on the market and many buyers are not able to or unwilling to learn how to use them. Some of the users who should buy a much cheaper turn on and go hunting detector opt for the biggest and baddest machine on the market thinking they will produce more finds. They quickly find out that there is much more to the hobby than swinging a coil over the ground waiting for a beep. Also many newbies find that the hobby is a lot harder than they first thought especially after digging 50 targets of which 40 of them are trash and the other 10 are zincolins. :veryangry:
My idea is kinda on the same line as Larry. Most of it, IMHO, has to do with location. I'd love, for a few days, to have one to play with. But my daily agenda, in a 50 mile radius is playgrounds, parks, tot lots, etc. I can't imagine anything being over 4" in these places, and all the "old" places are private property. So I spend a $1000 to find a coin 2-3" deep? Well, some do and then realize they never get to a viable location to use all this depth. So I understand when posters don't pay attention to my little posts on my Ace 250, or my Silver umax, or my Compadre,,etc. But they're great for what I do.
BarberBill
New member
Slingshot makes a good point. AND it's just as much fun retrieving a coin using the Ace, Silver or the Compadre and they are light and simple. All the bells and whistles on the higher end machines may be nice, but even then you have to retrieve the target to be certain and if the coil doesn't pass over a goodie it doesn't matter how much the detector cost.
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The newbies and even some of the so called Pro's get caught up in the Bells and Whistles. Realize it is to hard to learn all it's features or tricks and give up. I've seen it first hand "many" times. The saying here I guess is," Discretion is the better part of Valor." or in this case Wisdom. How many ants can you kill with an Atomic Bomb ???? It is the same scenrio. I call it "Over Kill". Think about it ok. PEACE:RONB 
I just got my Minelab Explorer 2 from a guy that does metal detect alot but only like a month and a half out of the year. He only went in the fall and had to spend probably half that time to reaquant himself with the machine. Not that it is a real difficult machine but it has its own language that if you don't hear all the time you tend to forget what its saying. If you go from spring til fall (or if you are lucky enough to live where you can go all year round) then you don't have that relearning period.
they are hard to learn and can be very frustrating, taking months if not years to get comfortable with.
Turn and go machines are fun and you don't have to put in the hours to learn them
Do you want it to be fun or work?
My Ace 250 is fun,Omega 8000 is fun but a bigger learning curve, the SE Pro is work but it has found things the others won't
Turn and go machines are fun and you don't have to put in the hours to learn them
Do you want it to be fun or work?
My Ace 250 is fun,Omega 8000 is fun but a bigger learning curve, the SE Pro is work but it has found things the others won't
In addition to the reasons already mentioned, I think a lot of people jumped in because of the rise in precious metals and news articles about treasure hunting success.
When they realize what goes into detecting, they opt out. If a person doesn't love the hobby, its returns seldom pay for the work that goes into it.
I have seen a huge number of Bounty Hunters, Whites, and Minelabs on the market lately that had very little use.
When they realize what goes into detecting, they opt out. If a person doesn't love the hobby, its returns seldom pay for the work that goes into it.
I have seen a huge number of Bounty Hunters, Whites, and Minelabs on the market lately that had very little use.
TC-NM
Active member
When I bought my Vision (V3) back in the summer of '09, it came off of ebay. The guy just bought it and had it just under 2 mos. and lived in Mich. Him and his wife were expecting their first child. So he had to sell it for whatever reasons, probably a crib, diapers, baby clothes, etc. He told me he might get back into the hobby when his kiddo gets to about 5 or older. I know that both of them can get out to do some detecting. . . A Father/Son thing.
I know I got a real good deal on a high end machine, not saying that a turn-n-go detector can do the same thing. You gotta be patient in this hobby. You'll get discouraged alot of times getting skunked one day and turn around the next time and get a ring or two & sometimes a coin spill.
So you see RONK, I guess people have their reasons and this is just one of them.
TC-NM
I know I got a real good deal on a high end machine, not saying that a turn-n-go detector can do the same thing. You gotta be patient in this hobby. You'll get discouraged alot of times getting skunked one day and turn around the next time and get a ring or two & sometimes a coin spill.
So you see RONK, I guess people have their reasons and this is just one of them.
TC-NM
People need cash (out with the old to get something more pressing taken care of) and this time of year is always the same for that. You buy one of the two top boxes and they are an asset for selling. We all like the machines we like for good reason....they "fit" us and our expectations in what we want to enjoy with the hobby. I personally have seen a lot more lower end detectors for sale just because of the larger volume of them out there. "Blondes" just get more attention.