4 Major MD Industry Trends for 2019 (you didn’t know that)
Multi-frequency, waterproof design, wireless technology – everyone (who reads the MD-Hunter blog) knows about these modern features, their usefulness is clear and acknowledged by all. The more new products of this kind will be made by manufacturers, the better it will be for us… But there is also one more trend few are aware of today. Continue reading
Quest Q60 (updated Quest PRO). NEW 2019
Quest Metal Detectors are going to release an updated version of the Quest PRO machine in early 2019. The upcoming model will reportedly be called the Quest Q60 and will still remain at the top of the Quest hobby detectors line. So what new features will you see in the Quest Q60? Continue reading
Quest X10 metal detector. NEW 2019 (+ clarification)
Quest Metal Detectors has announced the second X-series machine – the Quest X10. But there is one important clarification: the X-series detectors can’t be used underwater. Although being rainproof, they however can’t be submerged in water. So, what new features can we expect in the Quest X10? Continue reading
Minelab Equinox 600/800: software updates. New firmware worse than the old?
Minelab have released a software upgrade for their Minelab Equinox 600 and Minelab Equinox 800 metal detectors. According to the manufacturer, the biggest problem – silver target indication, because of which the Equinox owners even threatened to sue Minelab – has now been solved. This issue became a hot topic in summer 2018: the Minelab Equinox users complained that their devices couldn’t see (or properly identify) silver finds, e.g. coins. Continue reading
What will become of Minelab in 2019? Prediction from Lopata
In the old days, metal detectors died a natural death: if a model stopped being sold, it was honorably (or without fanfare) discontinued. Today, if a model stops being sold, its demise is commonly associated with an unpleasant story. And it’s all right if it is simply a disappointing machine. Much worse is if it’s the Chinese who will finish it off – shame, lot of fuss about fakes, loss of reputation… As you all already know, at the end of 2018 there appeared a perfect counterfeit of the most mass-produced machine from Minelab’s model range, the Minelab X-Terra 705. The quality and realization is astonishing – the copy is as like as two peas. Even the coils for the fake and original units are interchangeable. So, what will become of Minelab in 2019? Here’s the prediction from Lopata. Continue reading
