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Monte
I thought about listing my V-540, but I'll use it from time-to-time and kept it around as a 'loaner-unit' for friends and family
Monte
3 months ago you said the Vanquish was the best thing since sliced bread and now I read you might keep yours as a loaner unit ?? That was fast went from best machine to religated as a "loaner" unit. What the heck am I going to do with 3 loaner units LOL
I guess I ought to do a little correcting and adjusting of my statement. First, let's look back 'a few months." I said I liked the Vanquish 540 Pro Pack because it worked well
for a lot of applications I would use it for. I also liked it better than the big-brother Equinox 800 because, in some side-by-side comparisons in 'Lonesome Arch' as well as some urban sites, the V-540 gave me comparable, or even better, performance with the 5X8 DD compared with the '800' w/6" DD.
So yes, I liked the V-540 then and i like the V-540 now, but not as a primary-use, do-it-all model, just a model that works well for some needs and provides the functional Multi-IQ performance I like for certain tasks. It, in other words, has it's place in my Detector Outfit, as does the Simplex + for wet-weather hunting or beach hunting. My CoRe and Relic are my dedicated 'specialty-use' models for challenging Relic Hunting sites with abundant Nails and other ferrous debris, such as 'Lone Tree', 'Lonesome Arch', 'Switch-back' and other old town sites we hunt in Idaho, Nevada and Utah.
There are places I will use my Simplex +, and there are times and places I'll grab my Vanquish 540. Like my CoRe and Relic, they'll be used, but
are not part of my Daily-Use Team which is a combination of my Garrett Apex and Tesoro favorite models, each assigned with a coil of choice for where I'll hunt. I keep the 5X9½ on my Simplex + and 5X8 DD on my V-540 because those are my favorite and most-used coils for them. And as a 'Loaner-Unit' I have those mainly for family or good friends, not just to loan to anyone. I want the 'Loaner-Unit' to be a quality detector that can provide them with impressive and satisfactory performance ... yet be simple and easy to set-up and use. The V-540 is just that.
And both the Simplex + and V-540 have their standard coils if friends or family want to hunt a wide-open beach, big grassy park, or work a plowed field with me. In short, I am not relegating your Vanquish models to the level of a budget-level and inferior detector to have on hand to just let somebody / anybody use. The V-540 is a mid-priced model of good quality and reliable performance that I have to loan to someone special so they can enjoy this great sport right along with me.
Monte
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/27/2021 03:17AM by Monte.
