Discovery 2200 vs. Lone Star

[qquake2k]

Does anybody have any information, opinions, or experience with the Discovery 2200 vs. the Lone Star? Thanks.

Jim

 

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[qquake2k]

Hmmmm. 12 views and no replies. Okay, let me try this: The 2200 has touch pad controls, so the adjustments are in "steps". The Lone Star, however, has knobs, so it's more continuously adjustable. Would that make the Lone Star easier to adjust in some situations?

 

[digincali]

I have the Elite 2200 which I assume is exactly the same as the discovery. I got it on sale for 100 bucks and I couldn't be happier with it for park hunting. That said, it is almost useless at the beach in wet sand. The depth range is what has impressed me the most. The ZAP feature works very well for me. I hardly ever dig any trash. Good luck, hope that helps.

 

[zztop357]

I have a 2200. I searched an old homestead this weekend without much luck.It's very trashy w/ lots of old iron. Went out in the back yard and dug 2 dimes and a penny some at 3 to 6 inches.So far if it says screw cap, thats what it is.I haven't found any nickels yet. I am going to try the zap control on it to eliminate some of the iron and tin.I love the tones on it. I would recommend earphones with it.If the wind is high or if someone else is near by you tend to lose the tones.
Yes I would say to get one. I really like mine. The learning curve seems to be very easy.
HH. zztop

 

[Celluforce]

I don't know the Lone Star, but I recently upgrade form Discovery 1100 for a 2200. I'm still learning this one. I did go around the house with it and found some targets that the 1100 missed. Some were deep, but other were few inches under... The 2200 has 4 tones instead of 3 for 1100 and 9 levels instead of 3 ofr the discrimination. There is a "Notch" and a "Zap" capacities that permit to reject some metal from the target list. It seems better on the "multi target" situation... but it will be more complicated to pinpoint on those multi targets.

Daniel