xlt spectrum,,eagle spectrum,,,,xlt ???

[comcat]

hiya guys,,have just bought my first XLT,,,,,,,but not entirely sure which model,,as it has not turned up yet,,,thing is i was told that there are 3 models of this machine,,,are they all the same,,or are some better than the others ??? i am almost sure its not the eagle,,,but is there a difference between the remaining two,,,,the machine is not new,,but is unused,,and could be 5 or 10 years old,,not sure,,believe it has the flat 950 coil,,,,,rgs

 

[Monte]

Then, about 10 years ago, it also got a little name change was was still the good ol' XLT.

The Eagle Spectrum was a pre-XLT model. It had a larger control housing, a smaller display screen, and was powered by 4-C cell batteries.

That was replaced by the XLT. The XLT used the smaller control housing with the slide-in 8-AA battery box. The original XLT was called the Spectrum XLT and came out with version 1.0 and then, after a relatively short period, they made a few simple program adjustments and that was version 1.1 which stayed until the end.

Then, the Spectrum XLT, which has also been referred to as the 'Rainbow' version due to the multi-hue rainbow of colors on the side of the control housing and 950 search coil, had a face-lift about 2001. They changed a few models and named them the E-Series, at which time the XLT dropped the multi-color decal, the "Spectrum" reference, and the control housing then showed XLT E-series. It was still the familiar version 1.1, however, and continued to work great!

Monte

 

[comcat]

thankx for that Monte,,,thats really informative,,,i reckon it must be one of the later two,,,or as you say,,,,the same but diferent colours,,??? am really looking forward to usin it,,,best regards comcat,,