Hi
Thought I'd do a quick update on the Max now that I have around 20 hours on the machine. I can confirm again that it runs very well on salt water beaches and in salt water. I use the same settings as detector comparisons on YouTube which are basically -3 threshold then auto ground balance, then push the shift button and back the ground balance negative 2 positions. Great deapth out on the standard coil and good clean signals. On the dry sand, simply auto ground balance and run any mode you choose. It's only when you get to the very wet sand you have to use the above settings. I'm not a beach hunter but it's nice to know it works on salt beaches. I took it out for a rain hunt targeting deep pre decimals at a local park and was very impressed. Once again good deapth, clean signals and solid vdi numbers on good targets. I have found though that I got better results listening to the signal rathan than reliance on the numbers and I'm only using the vdi as a dig confirmation. I did have one complaint after the 1st few hours and that is that the high tone break is set so low that it's almost a single tone machine. However, I've found 3 gold rings with this unit in the short time that I've had it. I'm a pre decimals hunter so my ears are tuned to high tones. On my Nokta, A high tone is a $1, $2 or a pre decimal and gold falls in the mid tones so the Garrett does work differently whick took some getting used to. But overall the Max is becoming my favourite machine very quickly. I have never been a "brand" guy. I think all the manufacturer's have something to offer. From personal experience, I can highly recommend the Max. I'll also be purchasing the new equinox when it comes out too. It will be interesting to see how they compare.
Cheers
