Is your opinion based on use or what you have read? I own and use a t2 se and a 705, well I should say the 705 sits in the closet and I use the t2. If a detector is slower and not as deep is an upgrade that is a new one for me. The f70 I have not used but I have held one and prefer the control layout on t2 especially the trigger for pinpoint and ground balance.
I am guilty of this DS but I did tons of research and communicated with lots of very knowledgeable people who have used all of these machines who could care less what machine I buy. The F 75 and T2 SE came up time and time again. My and others finds speak for themselves and I know the depths that I've pulled stuff out from and the finds that have came from a pile of rusty nails. I've hunted with guys with other machines that I won't mention because people get very sensitive but nothing touched the T2. I'm not saying it's the best but it's a damn good machine. But your point is well taken and I should not speak about machines that I haven't used. But as I said I've hunted beside a few and it was not close
I was speaking toward the guy saying the 705 and f70 would be an upgrade. I agree with what you are saying. If someone is going to give advice it should come from somewhere other than because they read someones opinion. I like you have hunted with guys with very popular machines including some of the most popular detectors that do not come close to the t2. When I was researching the t2 I read a lot about how noisy and unstable it was. Also read it not as good a coin machine as many others. None of this is true if you take time to learn it. The one I find funny is that it does not save settings so its a pain. I can be swinging the t2 before 705 goes through auto ground balance and noise cancel.
I hunt a couple ghosttown sites that are littered with square nails and pieces of flat rusty crap. In boost mode it will false way to much on the flat rusty crap where in cleaner places it works fine. When I read about t2 being unstable and chatty they are probably running it too hot and that is what boost seems like to me.. Just a word of warning when I bought my t2 it took a little time to learn, or should I say like. After a couple months it became the only one I want to use.
Boost is great for cleaning up iffy signals or hunting sites where the targets are really deep. The T2 is incredible!
That seems to be the case with ALL hot detectors. People get em crank up the sens ,because more is always better and they can't stand the thought of losing ANY depth, then get a TNet account and start bad mouthing said detector.
