Which one should I buy?

Terry Soloman

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Both good FRESH WATER machines. Both suffer in SALT Water. Also look at the Tesoro Tiger Shark for FRESH water. :skullflag:
 

digging440yrs

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GARRETT PRO POINTER AT, GARRETT AT PRO , MINELAB EXPLORER SE with 8.5x12.5 Cors coil
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The DFX and the AT Pro work well for me :icon_thumleft:
 

RustyGold

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Are you hunting fresh or salt water or both. That will determine what choices you have.
 

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Dogtirednj

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Are you hunting fresh or salt water or both. That will determine what choices you have.

Mainly will be freshwater, but would love the option of salt water as I frequent a friends beach house over the summer. Am I asking too much on that? I really can't justify owning several detectors.
 

Goldfleks

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Depending on how mineralized the salt water beach is, VLF detectors have a hard time. My Whites MXT is proving very difficult for me to use with any success at the beach even with the salt setting. I'm sure a more experienced user would have better results, but I'm not hearing the tones that the salt beach machines are getting when they swing their coils.
 

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