In all seriousness and with no disrespect to anyone…WHY are the same 3-5 people testing out all these new machines? That’s something I haven’t understood in quite some time. It simply starts to look like “something else” is going on, which, in turn, starts to cast doubt on the validity or true nature of the testing. Why not give one to Joe Blo just out of the blue and see what he can do with it? We all have hammered parks and schools we can test these things at, there’s no shortage of alternate possibilities as far as testers go. But…here we are yet a-f*cking-gain. So what is actually happening? Are people on the horn nonstop saying “please send me a machine” 1,000 times until the company concedes? Are these same 3-5 people so revered by the main metal detector producers that they are an automatic shoe-in for any new machine? What this repetitive scenario makes things look like is that these same 3-5 people are THE definitive authorities on testing new metal detectors. I see the same thing in Europe….new machine coming along, same people have one in advance. Personally, for me it’s nothing short of confounding. I simply don’t understand why these manufacturers are limiting themselves to the same few opinions, when the greater detecting community has many other options to offer.
None of us know what this new machine is about yet. But to advertise “deeper”, “faster” and “more accurate” all in one breathe is really hanging the balls way out there. To further state via printing on the controller that it is still a “multiIQ” platform makes me scratch my head even more vigorously. Unless they did something RADICAL with the coil itself, I have NO idea how they are going to achieve ANY of that. I see the mini smart screen which is neat-o…but if it’s only going to offer the jumpy inaccuracy of the EQX multiIQ of yore, it’s not exactly an improvement. Two wrongs don’t make a right, but 3 rights do make a left…which is where this appears to be going.
I know people love their EQX’s, use what you love and enjoy the success had with it. But what exactly IS this new thing? People besides the usual 3-5 testers would like to know before we take the old and expected leap of faith, only to wind up with the same recycled nonsense.