Fisher AQ

sandmartin · Nov 10, 2022

Been away from detecting for a couple of years, what's happened to the game changing Fisher AQ we were all waiting for?

OBN · Nov 10, 2022

I don't think we will be seeing the AQ, ..... not enough good feed back from the few that were sold and a very weak runtime on a poorly designed battery. After testing the AQ and a TDI SurfMaster, one might say the AQ was a TDI on steroids. The AQ was a easy 3 to 5 inches deeper.

And I did test the re-designed AQ, but have not heard a word since sending them back .... It did have a much better battery setup. 5.5 hours runtime. on 4 18650's.

My Opinion, Project AQ is closed. Seen it coming so I bought a second unit. Very happy with mine.

sandmartin · Nov 11, 2022

OBN said:
I don't think we will be seeing the AQ, ..... not enough good feed back from the few that were sold and a very weak runtime on a poorly designed battery. After testing the AQ and a TDI SurfMaster, one might say the AQ was a TDI on steroids. The AQ was a easy 3 to 5 inches deeper.

And I did test the re-designed AQ, but have not heard a word since sending them back .... It did have a much better battery setup. 5.5 hours runtime. on 4 18650's.
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My Opinion, Project AQ is closed. Seen it coming so I bought a second unit. Very happy with mine.

What a great post, thanks for that buddy. Good hunting.

hamiddetecting · Nov 25, 2022

My advice for them is they have to change the way that they started with. Just build high power PI with GB.

Earlafindit · Dec 13, 2022

My buddy OBN won't sell me a AQ , sold my DF , a mistake , waiting on the next Gen WP Pi , since Fisher never came through on the AQ , selling my DF to get ready for it , a huge let down , big mistake !

cudamark · Dec 19, 2022

Earlafindit said:
My buddy OBN won't sell me a AQ , sold my DF , a mistake , waiting on the next Gen WP Pi , since Fisher never came through on the AQ , selling my DF to get ready for it , a huge let down , big mistake !

I'll sell you mine if you really want one......

dewcon4414 · Dec 20, 2022

Finding a used AQ isn’t hard to find. With no warranty for the new guy and repairs weren’t very timely it’s something you best want to keep. A wealth of knowledge was lost with the passing of Eric Foster. IMO the whole project wasn’t done well and like Joe said … that run time was bad for beach hunters who spent serious time there.