Me too.
If you've hunted around a fire pit or similar trashy, iron infested area, you may change your mind on that. A friend of mine paid for his CTX in the first month of hunting. Would the Explorer have made the same recoveriies? Maybe....maybe not. I've seen some amazing finds with one though, in areas previously hunted by other high end detectors, including Explorers and E-tracs, as well as other brands. The bottom line is, if you like your machine use it until something you like better comes along. I started with BFO's and there's no way I would go back to using one of those! Would you want to use the detector you had before the Explorer? Since you're not using it, I would guess not. I would say however, that I'm disappointed that parts and service would be discontinued just because the model is discontinued. That puts a sour taste in owners' mouths and makes them think twice about buying another detector from that company. At least sell the rights to make the parts to someone else if you don't want to do it. It's annoying to have a good machine with a minor problem that can't be fixed because parts aren't available.
Iron Patch, if you were closer to southern PA I'd loan you my CTX (or an Etrac or XP Deus, if that ever interested you) for a few weeks... I think all of Treasurenet would love to hear your candid, thorough, and careful assessment of the CTX as an expert user of the Explorer. I know I would.
