I got a good one too from my first C$ experience. I'd told the local dealer that I wanted a C$ as soon as they were available. He got one of the first ones and called me up to come over and check it out. I got there and he warned me that I wouldn't be impressed. Of course, being right when they came out, no one knew yet about the factory preset being too hot for most places. So anyhow, I take the detector to his test garden and this thing absolutely sucked. Erratic was an understatement. So I passed on that one but "stayed tuned" on the C$'s and kept thinking what could have been wrong when I tested it initially. I mean I KNEW that Fisher wouldn't put out a top of the line detector that functioned like this one. Well, after further investigation I found out there was an underground dog fence nearby that was raising havoc AND that dealer was using aluminized paint to mark where the targets were, so actually I was trying to read through solid aluminum particles, in horrific RF interference, with the thing running way too hot to boot. The C$ went from an apparent piece of crap to one of my favorites and the rest is history.
for a great machine for what he wants to do. 