I think I got scammed :/

[Shiverstalker]

I'm new on this forum and even treasure hunting. I bought a metal detector called APEX Optimum Detech. This metal detector does some 3D underground imaging. However, it took me sometimes to get used to it, and I managed to understand almost everything on the software side. A friend recommended this forum for me, and I wanted to share with you what happened to me. I hope someone can tell me if there's still hope for this metal detector.
Thanks.

 

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[vpnavy]

1st - I noticed this was your very first post - so, Welcome Aboard Shiverstalker! You didn't list your state (or country) in your profile. So, you might consider jumping over to Sub-Forum: Select Your Area.... for information (i.e., clubs, hunts, finds, legends, maps, etc.) directly related to your state (or country).

2nd - I searched Google and found a bunch of hits including Vid's, etc. Tap this link: "APEX" "Optimum Detech" Results

 

[DizzyDigger]

Shiverstalker, did you purchase it at a retail store, or
did you buy it online?

 

[smokeythecat]

Yes, online purchase? I haven't heard of that machine before.

 

[SeabeeRon]

Looks like a German made unit?!?

 

[Louie D]

So why do you think you were scammed?

 

[Georgivs]

That thing seems pretty cool. Are you looking for something specific?

 

[islamoradamark]

welcome from florida

 

[GoDeep]

Looks like a "scam" machine to me. Lots of claims, but very few actual pictures of the screen and those they do show, look to be about as pixelated as my 1980's era calculator. Calling it "3D" too really strains credibility. Reminds me of those machines they try to sell in the middle east, minus all the bogus antennas sticking out.

The big giveaway is they claim it has, and i kid you not, "Fluxgate" technology.

I hear Doc's Delorean was recently upgraded with the new "fluxgate" tech too...

After watching this video on it, I hope you can get your money back:

Edit: It appears Fluxgate is a magnetic detection tool...not an alternative power supply for the DeLorean, but it still looks cheap and scammy AF...I can't find any in depth video's from credible sources showing it work in the real world.

 

[Honest Samuel]

A big welcome and also hope that you get your money back.

 

[smokeythecat]

Maybe it's just me, but it does look interesting. Make sure you try it out carefully before you try a return.

 

[galenrog]

If you bought it thinking it was a metal detector, the error is yours. This machine combines a magnetometer and a gradiometer in one package to produce an image of underground anomalies. It is NOT a metal detector. It performs functions similar to ground penetrating radar. I do not know the specific capabilities of this machine, and little enough about the technology to make any but the most basic comments. And some of those could be wrong.

Time for more coffee.

 

[cw0909]

I'm new on this forum and even treasure hunting. I bought a metal detector called APEX Optimum Detech. This metal detector does some 3D underground imaging. However, it took me sometimes to get used to it, and I managed to understand almost everything on the software side. A friend recommended this forum for me, and I wanted to share with you what happened to me. I hope someone can tell me if there's still hope for this metal detector.
Thanks.

maybe you thought you were buying a standard metal detector, that uses 3d imaging
thats not what you bought

what you bought
https://www.optimumdetech.eu/shop/metalldetektoren/3d-gradiometer/apex/
3D Görüntüleme

some info on Magnetometer & a Gradiometer
https://sciencing.com/difference-between-magnetometer-gradiometer-7394286.html
https://geometrics.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/M-TR3.pdf

maybe how the fluxgate works in your machine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetometer#Fluxgate_magnetometer

 

[chub]

Best to test the flux capacitor. Then set the time back to last month for a full refund. Better yet set the time back to 2010 so you have a decade to prepare for 2020. If there is no time machine setting then it appears it may have been customer penetrating and not ground penetrating.

chub

 

[nov2101]

How a fluxgate works. Fluxgate sensors are typically ring cores of a highly magnetically permeable alloy around which are wrapped two coil windings: the drive winding and the sense winding (as shown in the figure). Some sensors will also have a third feedback winding, if the sensor is to operate in closed loop.

I had to goggle this...

 

[Shiverstalker]

a retail store for 1.8K euro in Turkey.

 

[Shiverstalker]

Looks like a German made unit?!?

Yeah with their local being in Turkey.

 

[Shiverstalker]

So why do you think you were scammed?

They claim lot of things while the "machine" gives a contradiction. for instance, scanning the same area will give you different results

 

[Shiverstalker]

That thing seems pretty cool. Are you looking for something specific?

yeah based on some old scripture that I also found before . The problem is where I'm from, whatever you find belongs to the government.

 

[Shiverstalker]

A big welcome and also hope that you get your money back.

yeah buddy I'll put it to a real test if I had spare time. I'll tell you everything in-depth about it.