You are right correct as far as performance on the 2500 compared to some of the same era and now the newer detectors that are out . I’ll take the 2500 out once in a while but to mainly fairly clean sites because that 9.5 coil sees too much in the trashy sites . I do have scorcher coil for it but like you say, it takes the fun out of it because it doesn’t image the targets. Also the recovery speed is on the slow side but it does ok . I keep it mostly for decorations along with some of my other detectors . My favorites are the Deus, the vanquish and the apex along with the simplex . For today’s trashy environment where I live , those work great .