Cherry Picker
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Here is a link to the Minelab Knowledge Base article that includes the statement using the word obsolete in reference to single frequency detectors.
https://www.detectorprospector.com/...inelab-multi-iq-technology-details-explained/
I don't know of any other source for that statement. It has been misconstrued, exaggerated and maligned since it was released to the public to the point where even many Etrac and CTX users took offense for no reason. It wasn't about them.
For me anyway, it's true. I used to own several single frequency detectors. Now I just own one and it is an XP ORX. The Equinox, Legend and Deus 2 are SMF and single frequency detectors so I just don't need single frequency only detectors anymore.
The only reason I have an ORX is because XP hasn't fixed Deus 2's Goldfield gold prospecting program yet so it can be as good as the ORX for small gold nugget prospecting. If they fix it with an update in the future, the ORX will get sold.
Why is it that almost every person I've seen that uses an SMF detector end up saying they use a single frequency almost exclusively? I would think for beach hunters dealing with salt water and or bad mineralization, MF would be preferred, but it has been proven that a single frequency will outperform multiple frequencies.