Compass Legend 77 Auto

[haliaeetus70]

Hi, I have a Compass Legend 77 Auto in real good condition, it really wasn't used much. My question is I'm thinking about putting it on eBay, but I have no idea what it's worth, I mean I don't know if it's worth 10 bucks or 500. I was hoping someone here could tell me a little more about it. I don't do much metal detecting so I'll let it go for the right price, but if I'm not going to get much I'll probably just keep it, Thanks so much for your time!

[U.K. Brian]

Still a sort after detector for many who appreciated its ability in heavily iron contaminated ground due to the 100 kHz frequency. Your auto model got a little bit of a bad press compared to the 77b but for rougher ground it was the better choice.

Last I saw up for sale fetched $230 but it was claimed to be stable. Some were not.

I would find a Compass forum and ask re price there. You might even get an offer as the 77 fans often get two or three.

[haliaeetus70]

Thanks so much for your input, I'll find a Compass forum, thanx once again!

[haliaeetus70]

I put my Compass Legend 77 Auto up for sale with pics at a Compass forum as advised, thank you, here is the link to the forum if you are interested.

http://compass-metal-detector-forum....td7116913.html

[Tom_in_CA]

UK brian gives a good answer. The original 77b was much more popular. The "legend" had the annoying trait of having no way to shut off the auto-tune feature. You could slow it down (as it was adjustable speed), but could not turn it off, as you could with the original 77b. And even at the slowest speeds of adjustment, it was fast enough still to cause depth loss and "re-bounds" etc... All very annoying.

And as Brian says, about the only possible advantage would be where you had very un-even ground, or fast changing minerals, both of which made the orignal 77b hard to handle, because it was hard to "ride the knob" fast enough to account for such conditions.