Hey Scott I don'y know if other message scent or not. I could'nt get used to the vaquero not having any form of id tone or otherwise. It would find deep targets but more junk than I wanted to dig. The minelabs in my opinion after learning how they work are pretty darn accurate. I used my vaquero for over a year and with the explorer Ifrequently dig more silver in a day then the year with the tesoro. I have not used the 505 but a good freind has the 705 and loves it. I don't know if you have used one but the build quality is awesome. My explorer is 13 years old and still
works great. Hope this helps.
works great. Hope this helps.