You obviously are a fan of the Nokta Legend. This is obvious with nearly every post you make. Yet you say you're not a Fanboy. But then any time someone favors a Minelab They to you are the fanboy. Just help me understand how it works out that anyone that doesn't agree with you is always wrong? I have heard you interject your opinion about the Legend when someone was deciding between two totally different detectors. You prefer the Legend (WE GET IT).
I think something you have lost track of is that if it wasn't for Minelab there wouldn't even be a Legend. Maybe you should thank Minelab for that huh?
Once again: "Up until fairly recently, I owned 5 detectors, from 4 different manufacturers (including Minelab). Heck, I've often suggested a Minelab detector, depending on what was requested".
I've recommended a Vanquish model many times, when someone was looking to buy a low cost and simple to use SMF detector. Albeit, in current similar requests, I no longer recommend the Vanquish, since the Score models were released. Why? Because the Score models are better detectors for the price. Ditto for the Legend when compared to the 600/800. That's not being a fanboy. That's using logic and facts to make a suggestion, instead of using emotional bias. "Emotional bias" is what a fanboy uses. BTW, I've also recommended the X-Terra Pro in the past for certain users, as well as the D2, and Tracker IV for other certain requests.
It just so happens that Nokta makes excellent low cost SMF detectors, that typically provide much better value for the dollar when compared to the competition. So, of course I'll often recommend one of their SMF detectors. If another company offered even better bang for the buck on a particular model, I would be recommending the detector from that company.
Furthermore, Minelab didn't SMF technology, and it's debatable if they, or Whites, were the first to use SMF technology in a hobby metal detector. So, you're wrong when you said:
if it wasn't for Minelab there wouldn't even be a Legend
Granted, Minelab introduced variants of SMF, like BBS, FBS, and Multi IQ, but that is what is called "natural progression" in the technology field. In other words, if Minelab didn't introduce those variants, then another company would have, because the variants are the natural progression of SMF. If it wasn't for XP and Nokta, the X-Terra Pro (awesome detector for the price), wouldn't exist, and we would be paying a heck of a lot more for a Minelab detectors.
What is clear since the release of the Legend, is that it really pissed off many of the 800 users. So much so, that the Legend's Facebook page was inundated with Minelab trolls. Minelab 800 users were literally
angry about the Legend. Imagine some 800 suers getting angry just because a company produced a better detector at a lower cost? That emotional anger is a further defining characteristic of a fanboy. In fact, some were so angry, that they were even throwing racist slurs towards Nokta. Absolutely pathetic and disgusting.