LOL Craig .....im hoping thats not the case. I tell you one beach i hunt thou could get bad...... WWII casings and bullet pieces. TINY... bullet pieces. As a water guy here in Fl..... i just dont see how anyone can go wrong having one of these in their closet. There are times with so few targets its worth having a deeper machine.... disc or not. If this rivals Eric Fosters machines...... this should be fun to play with. If it doesnt work out...... ill have to sell it BEFORE word get out. Ill be keeping quiet for awhile on this one. Maybe a learning process for me. Man..... i get the coil coverage...... but i H O P E... they make a 9" coil. Otherwise could get tricky with multi targets because of the size and HALO on this coil. Its not a VLF so i dont know what its going to do with near targets. Carl said Dec early last year....... then Feb just last month.......her we are Feb and we arent getting any marking. Seems like OVERSEAS market is holding us up here. I say let them have it when or IF they ever get their certification. Yes its all about ME......hey i got a great idea send that upgraded one Ricks getting to me. Id dont know anymore about a PI than he does..... but i do know how to get it wet and test how sturdy it is.
I believe that is going to be the secret to the "AQ", knowing when and where to use it. If they do come out with a smaller coil that will allow it to be used in more area's. The 12.5 coil size is really going to limit the machine to wetsand and out deep hunting where there are less targets. Infact I don't see it doing well in area's with a high concentrate of targets. Not even with the smaller coil.......