Xterra 50 took a crap. Quatro ?

[jerry123]

Led is fading in and out on the terra 50 and volune is gone. Changed batteries still messed up. Minelab said it's something to do with the circut board and to send it in. I called Kelleco and they will send it to minelab and credit my card the difference for another detector. Looking hard at the quatro but the heavy coil might be a problem. Has anyone ever asked to swap out coils to the smaller/lighter coil? Or does the 10' coil standard? Do U think I'm making a good choice in detector?

Thanks Jerry

 

[beachguy777]

Jerry123. I purchaced a Minelab, Muskateer a couple of years back from Kellyco. Worked OK, but I knew it wasn't enough for my tastes, so I sent it back to Kellyco, (after calling them on the phone for consultation) and took a re-stock loss, but upgraded to a Quatro. I've never looked back. They say the Quatro is heavy, but I don't think it's that bad. Not any worse than the Muskateer, in my opinion. That's a real personal preference, the weight and ballance thing, but I think it's all worth it with the Quatro. I know some of the detector manufacturers have the housing that you can carry around your neck, or whatever, but the Quatro is such a great detector in every way, and I mean every way, to me it's worth it. I'd even put it up against the Explorer in many ways especially depth. I'm amazed to hear that your having that kind of problem with the Extera, especiall since it's a Minelab, but I'd highly recommend the Quatro. I understand that you can purchace an 8 inch coil for the Quatro, but, your getting more ground coverage per minute with the 10 inch and the only difference in the 8 inch is maybe you'd get a little more seperation of targets, but give it all some thought. I bought an extra 5" coil from Kellyco for super trashy areas, and it does seperate it better, but you probably get a little less depth and a whole lot less ground coverage per minute or hour than with a bigger coil. Food for thought. Good luck, and call em back at Kellyco. They seem to be pretty straight shooters down there.

 

[Bobbie]

If this is your choice. It does like to sing with a lot of different sounds but once you get used to it, it is a great machine. I have an 8" coil for it also which works better than the 10". I am also waiting for a 12" stealth coil to see how that works. It will find things for you but it has a slow recovery so you have to remember to walk a little slower and swing a little slower.

 

[Golden]

the Qauttro IS a great detector, no doubt about it. I have a problem with both of my wrists from time to time (Capul tunnel syndrome from furniture upholstering many moons ago), and I thought the 10inch coil might be a problem. But not so. After a bit of usage, I actually found my wrists got stronger. But I do use the 7.5 inch coil, also a minelab coil for the Quattro, for trashy ground, particularly the goldfields. But as Beachguy stated, there's the 5 inch coil too. I don't think the Quattro is overly heavy, but I think with most detectors, weight can be a factor, because of the swinging action on the wrist can be taxing, if you're not used to it. So I wouldn't give up too quickly, without some time to try.
Golden

 

[beachguy777]

You know what, Golden, I LOVE, that 5" coil for super trasy areas, it really does seem to separate the targets very well, but deep down, in my soul, or should I say, my (empty)pocket book, somewhere, I secretely want a 14" coil to mess around with. I'm just dying to see if it REALLY, finds deeper stuff, and my thinking is, it could cover more ground per minute because it's a bigger coil. The 18"???. That could be pretty scary too, but, I'm worried that might be "over kill", but again, I don't really know. My main concern here is, is it sensitive enough to find the smaller targets, etc., being such a large coil. Get my drift? What got me going on this stuff, is not only reading the posts at Kellyco, but I actually ran into a guy down at Ocean Beach, here in San Diego, on afternoon, who had an Excallibur with a HUGE, (probably 18") coil attached to it. I didn't give it too much thought at the time, but later on, I got to thinking, boy what a setup. Not only could he go into the water, but he could go really deep and cover a tremendous ammount of ground in less time. Of course, you could move that idea right over to the Quatro, and not get the housing wet, but still go deep and cover much ground.

 

[Golden]

yes I reckon the 5 inch would be great in really trashy ground. But I love the 7.5 inch, gotten used to it, and the smaller coil is a bit pricey at around $240.00, so while the 7 works for me, I'll skip the smaller coil for now. But you know where the smaller coil would be advantagous? When I'm detecting in really scrubby undergrowth, with your branches, twigs and sword grass growing everywhere, and I'm in a good spot fro relics. The smaller coil wouldn't get caught, or knocked about like the other one.

 

[beachguy777]

You betcha Golden. I would like to try the 7.5 some time. I would think it might be the best of both worlds; able to discect the different targets better than a 10.5, but able to cover more ground than the 5". That ground coverage thing can really make a differnce whether I break it out or not. It is nice because, like you say, you can manuver it better, and it does separate things better, I think, but gee whiz, you gotta swing it a "whole bunch" of times to cover any ground.