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<blockquote data-quote="PhaseTech" data-source="post: 114370" data-attributes="member: 3149"><p>The basic process of VLF may be the same, but here are some of the things that have changed, improved:</p><p></p><p>Price - compared to inflation, VLF's are now a fraction of the cost they used to be</p><p></p><p>Lighter - VLF's are considerably lighter these days</p><p></p><p>Automatic - anyone want a manual threshold retune, and 3 manual ground balance knobs?? I doubt it</p><p></p><p>Power Efficiency - old VLF's ran on 6 or more D cells - modern VLFs....well some run off a single 9V! </p><p></p><p>LCDs - target depth, battery strength, multi notch, target id, etc etc. are all possible due to the addition of LCDs</p><p></p><p>Signal:noise - compare the sound of a faint signal on an old Minelab Eldorado to an X-Terra 705 or Eureka Gold, in comparison to ground noise and you'll know what I mean</p><p></p><p>Coils: coils are much thinner, lighter, less prone to knock sensitivity, and much more consistent these days</p><p></p><p>As for detector bashing:</p><p></p><p>I think all detectors have good and bad points, but one detector I really didn't like was: Garrett Infinium. Heavy, bad scratchy audio, random false signals, horrible headphones, flimsy lower shaft, I could go on. In fact the only 2 good points were the screw on battery door, and the rubbery pots.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PhaseTech, post: 114370, member: 3149"] The basic process of VLF may be the same, but here are some of the things that have changed, improved: Price - compared to inflation, VLF's are now a fraction of the cost they used to be Lighter - VLF's are considerably lighter these days Automatic - anyone want a manual threshold retune, and 3 manual ground balance knobs?? I doubt it Power Efficiency - old VLF's ran on 6 or more D cells - modern VLFs....well some run off a single 9V! LCDs - target depth, battery strength, multi notch, target id, etc etc. are all possible due to the addition of LCDs Signal:noise - compare the sound of a faint signal on an old Minelab Eldorado to an X-Terra 705 or Eureka Gold, in comparison to ground noise and you'll know what I mean Coils: coils are much thinner, lighter, less prone to knock sensitivity, and much more consistent these days As for detector bashing: I think all detectors have good and bad points, but one detector I really didn't like was: Garrett Infinium. Heavy, bad scratchy audio, random false signals, horrible headphones, flimsy lower shaft, I could go on. In fact the only 2 good points were the screw on battery door, and the rubbery pots. [/QUOTE]
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