If I don't like a detector, for any number of reasons, it's not likely to stay around. I don't care how well it works, if I don't like it, it's gone.

The problem I have now and ever since I started detecting long ago was that I'll get my hands on a detector that for several reasons I just happen to like it. It's that likable category that perplexes me. I'm trying to thin down my detector outfit and I really like my Apex, both of them, and my Simplex +, both of them, as well as my F5 and two favorite Tesoro models. I like them all and they're not going anywhere because they do what I like them to do, they're comfortable to use and, they're just plain old likable.

And it's when I get to the point where I'll plan on thinning some detectors out that I don't really need because I have similar size search coils or comparable performance but I ran into that brick wall, such as with the Vanquish 540, that it is such as a likeable detector that it's hard to say goodbye. So for me, at least for this holiday season and the cold of winter, I think I'll just prepare a guest room and keep this likeable character around for at least a little while longer.

Monte

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Metal Detector Evaluations and Product ReviewsI'm now located in Clyde, Texas monte@ahrps.org ... or ... monte@stinkwaterwells.com 503-481-8147Detector Outfit: A selection of my favorite makes and models, with the best coils mounted for the tasks I'll take on.Apex .. FORS CoRe .. FORS Relic .. ImpactInca .. Bandido II µMAX .. Silver Sabre µMAX .. MX-5Pinpointers: Pulse-Dive Pointer and AT Pro-Pointer .. Headphones: 'Hornet' & 'Wasp' .. MS-3 Z-Lynk*** All working well today to make memories for tomorrow. ***