I just got a troy Shadow X3 and it came in a small box .It will easily fit in a backpack so will my fisher 1236x2 and the control unit slides off the s rod also which is nice.Just my 2 cents worth
I put my Cibola in my back pack often. 2 pounds and breaks down small and goes deep. 340.00 new .You can find used ones every now and then for 200.00. The cibola ,vaquero and tejon are all small machines with a lot of punch. I have been told that the tejon will detect chinamen.