So... Please tell me Why does a metal detector cost $2499 again?

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jmaryt said:
it may be a "specialized' hobby but there are a lot of "obtuse" people in the world too.
buy a "decent" detector,and L E A R N. it!..put the "rest" of the money in an interest bearing
vehicle that "makes" you money!..again learn the detector you have,and find stuff!
i'm just sayin'

(h.h.!)
j.t..
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In many cases, you are right. Knowledge of your detector is key to finding good targets, usually way more so than an expensive machine alone. However in the areas of Virginia I mentioned, nothing performs like the GPXs.... It's been tried. There are targets the cheap and/or expensive VLF detectors (and a bunch of PI machines) just don't see which the GPXs can see with ease in that soil. It's the performance and the results that drive the market for those detectors.
 

If you buy a good detector, 10. Years later it is still worth 60-80% of what you paid for it if you take care of it and if you want to sell it.

An old excal 10 years old still sells for $700-800 used and they sold new for $1100...

If you sell it for $700 after using it for 10 years you spent $400 to have a top of the line water detector for 10 years
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I would rather die standing on my two feet defending our Constitution than live a lifetime on my knees......
 

Treasure_Hunter said:
If you buy a good detector, 10. Years later it is still worth 60-80% of what you paid for it if you take care of it and if you want to sell it.

An old excal 10 years old still sells for $700-800 used and they sold new for $1100...

If you sell it for $700 after using it for 10 years you spent $400 to have a top of the line water detector for 10 years
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American by birth, Patriot by choice.

I would rather die standing on my two feet defending our Constitution than live a lifetime on my knees......
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Really hard to argue with that...
 

What percentage of the population of the U.S. owns a metal detector? I'll assume 2-3%. That's 6-9 million people. Not even close to the number of people buying televisions or DVD players, but regardless of that ALL electronics have benefitted from the proliferation of electronic devices in our everyday lives. Metal detectors seem to have been an exception to that. I still believe it is due to tight control of the market through distributors. It will end soon. 6-9 million people may not be a lot but it is enough to attract foreign competition. And real competition is always a good thing for consumers.
 

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Doubter in MD said:
What percentage of the population of the U.S. owns a metal detector? I'll assume 2-3%. That's 6-9 million people. Not even close to the number of people buying televisions or DVD players, but regardless of that ALL electronics have benefitted from the proliferation of electronic devices in our everyday lives. Metal detectors seem to have been an exception to that. I still believe it is due to tight control of the market through distributors. It will end soon. 6-9 million people may not be a lot but it is enough to attract foreign competition. And real competition is always a good thing for consumers.
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How much more competition do you think there could be? There are already detectors for sale from all over the world. China makes a crap load of them, Minelab is an Australian company with malaysian production. There are German companies, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Mexican, South American on top of the U.S. companies.

Most detectors are cheap to produce, it's research and development part that is expensive and companies pass that cost along to us. If you want a mediocre detector, there are plenty to choose from and they don't cost much. If you want something specialized with the newest developments it's going to cost more.
 

Deerhunter24 said:
As far as saying your paying for a name...

Had the same people talk smack about by Colt 1911's or AR's.

Had a guy who owned a Bushmaster & S&W AR and who tried to tell me that I overpaid for my Colt. His Bushmaster and S&W were just as good and cost half the money.

When we got to the range...I shot a 10 shot groups that were 1.5" in size. He struggled to get 3" groups at 100 yards with 4-5 shot groups.

I also once shot a 30 round group that was 2.5" in size at 100 yards. Shot all 30 rounds in under 5 minutes.

Sorry, but just because something has a good name or is expensive, does not mean that its inferior or overpriced, or is of the same quality as lower priced items.

In some cases it may be true, but a lot companies earn their respect due to producing products that actually work well and function as advertised.
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Could these same guys shoot tighter groups using your rifle?
Or are you just a better Shot?
 

I suppose it all comes down to Opinion , how much money you have/ willing to spend, How serious are you about the hobby, & are there Deep Relics In tuff soil conditions that you are able to hunt , too warrant buying a GPX Type Machine.

At this time , my best option would be buying a used TDI For those HOT & Hard hit areas.

Davers
 

BC1969 said:
That's my point, I'd never be able to afford a machine that price, but I know already the response most will give to that, so save your time lol.

Mike
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Start small and work your way up to to the better machine. You don't have to spend it all at once.

sent from a potato...
 

Jason in Enid said:
How much more competition do you think there could be? There are already detectors for sale from all over the world. China makes a crap load of them, Minelab is an Australian company with malaysian production. There are German companies, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Mexican, South American on top of the U.S. companies.

Most detectors are cheap to produce, it's research and development part that is expensive and companies pass that cost along to us. If you want a mediocre detector, there are plenty to choose from and they don't cost much. If you want something specialized with the newest developments it's going to cost more.
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Which new developments would that be?

I'm not personally satisfied with the exorbitant prices, the durability or the lack of technology in current metal detectors. At the same time though, we're kind of stuck until a new company comes along and breaks us out of mediocrity.
 

Juice in the hole said:
Which new developments would that be? I'm not personally satisfied with the exorbitant prices, the durability or the lack of technology in current metal detectors. At the same time though, we're kind of stuck until a new company comes along and breaks us out of mediocrity.
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Well for starters: FBS2, Target Trace, GPS, USB port, Wireless headphones, Waterproof, Color screen, Carbon fiber construction in a very compact design. That is more innovation than any other metal detector company I'm aware of. Or do you mean since the CTX was released.
 

Juice in the hole said:
Which new developments would that be?

I'm not personally satisfied with the exorbitant prices, the durability or the lack of technology in current metal detectors. At the same time though, we're kind of stuck until a new company comes along and breaks us out of mediocrity.
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Good morning jith, great job representing the voice of reason while I've been gone. Would you like me to take it from here or are you going to do another shift?
 

Last I looked no one is forced to buy...Don't like the price manufacturers charge for THEIR products your free to use something else, maybe a forked stick....






American by birth, Patriot by choice.

I would rather die standing on my two feet defending our Constitution than live a lifetime on my knees......
 

Fletch88 said:
Well for starters: FBS2, Target Trace, GPS, USB port, Wireless headphones, Waterproof, Color screen, Carbon fiber construction in a very compact design. That is more innovation than any other metal detector company I'm aware of. Or do you mean since the CTX was released.
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Fletch, my good buddy fletch, been out all night,. I just got back. I'm going to make my point and then I'm going to go to sleep.
Wireless headphones, color screen, waterproof,, you just described a $17 MP3 player....
A CTX 3030 cost $2500..... For $2500 fletch, it should replace my girlfriend, do you understand what I'm trying to say?
It should perform all kinds of advanced functions really really really well for $2500.
That said it is not a $2500 piece of technology

They want 300 for an aditional coil. A coil by the way is a four-foot cable attached to a copper ring and wrapped in a rubber casing. They advertise that it can transmit through 12 inches to identify anomalies.

Fletch, a DirecTV antenna cost $35 and communicates with satellites both ways. Satellites!!!. Both ways fletch......
If it were manufactured by Minelab it would cost $38,000.... Fletch, are you following me.?
GPS? I bought my first GPS unit for $840 in 2002. Does your sovereign GT have a GPS unit in it Fletch?
No it does not..... That would be impressive if he did though, because in 2002 a GPS was considered high-technology and cost a heck of a lot of money
fletch, they put it in the CTX 3030 circa 2014.....
You know where I'm going with this right fletch.? Yeah, that's right, in 2014 a GPS costs $39 at fries electronics

By the way, why does a metal detector have a GPS in it, Is there any chance that we are going to forget what beach or mountain we left off on?

Do you work for National Geographic fletch?

Well then what in freaking hell do we need a GPS in our metal detectors for?
Are you going to plot in detail a search quadrant consisting mostly of bottle caps and hairpins via USB port, in high hopes of finding another three dollar silver dime?

To be continued.........
 

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el padron said:
Fletch, my good buddy fletch, been out all night,. I just got back. I'm going to make my point and then I'm going to go to sleep.
Wireless headphones, color screen, waterproof,, you just described a $17 MP3 player....
A CTX 3030 cost $2500..... For $2500 fletch, it should replace my girlfriend, do you understand what I'm trying to say?
It should perform all kinds of advanced functions really really really well for $2500.
That said it is not a $2500 piece of technology

They want 300 for an aditional coil. A coil by the way is a four-foot cable attached to a copper ring and wrapped in a rubber casing. They advertise that it can transmit through 12 inches to identify anomalies.

Fletch, a DirecTV antenna cost $35 and communicates with satellites both ways. Satellites!!!. Both ways fletch......
If it were manufactured by Minelab it would cost $38,000.... Fletch, are you following me.?
GPS? I bought my first GPS unit for $840 in 2002. Does your sovereign GT have a GPS unit in it Fletch?
No it does not..... That would be impressive if he did though, because in 2002 a GPS was considered high-technology and cost a heck of a lot of money
fletch, they put it in the CTX 3030 circa 2014.....
You know where I'm going with this right fletch.? Yeah, that's right, in 2014 a GPS costs $39 at fries electronics

By the way, why does a metal detector have a GPS in it, Is there any chance that we are going to forget what beach or mountain we left off on?

Do you work for National Geographic fletch?

Well then what in freaking hell do we need a GPS in our metal detectors for?
Are you going to plot in detail a search quadrant consisting mostly of bottle caps and hairpins via USB port, in high hopes of finding another three dollar silver dime?

To be continued.........
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A forked stick or 2 bent coat hangers are free.......

There are approx 32 million satalite owners in America, if there were 32 million people buying metal detectors the price of a detector would be much less, and our hobby would really suck......






American by birth, Patriot by choice.

I would rather die standing on my two feet defending our Constitution than live a lifetime on my knees......
 

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