Minelab Musketeer
Street Price $300 - Beginner
Number of Reviews: 21
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Robert in Calif. -
Purchased the Musketeer to get back into detecting, after being out for a few years. I was so impressed by its performance and depth. That after the original one was stolen from my car, and even though i had since purchased a Minelab EXPII and a Whites DFX. That I went right back out and bought another Musketeer. The depth of detection is truly up there with the high end machines. So don't be afraid to use it in those heavily hunted parks. And the response and recovery time it has from target to target is so quick, that it's also excellent for those trashy areas.
May 30, 2005
7 people found this review helpful.
It has depth but thats it......
Andy,NM in Alamogordo,NM -
My impression of the Advantage.....
Depth is really in the high end department.
I don't like the balance of the detector. Sure you can hipmount it or modify it by moving the control box under the arm rest. But if you do that you don't have easy access to the controls anymore. But if you are that guy who digs everything over the disc setting you set, or hunt in all metal, you don't need access to the controls. I like to play with the disc while hunting and the advantage doesn't even have reference numbers for the disc. I don't like the memory of the coil cable either. Why don't they use an easy to handle coil cable like the other companies ?
If Minelab would put the electronics in a µmax version it would make an awesome detector. I can't understand why Minelabs smallest coil is an 8" coil and you have to buy an aftermarket 5" coil for it.
So except for depth this detector is far away from what i would call an "all around great unit".
Andy
Jan 27, 2005
11 people found this review helpful.
This detector is nothing but the truth!!!
John in Southern New Jersey -This detector is excellent, I can bury a fresh dime in the ground at 7" deep and pick it up in any direction I swing the coil. The coin is laying flat. No need for a HALO using this detector. You can max out discrimination and get the same depth!!! The double D coil is a far superior pinpointer and covers more ground than a cocentric coil will. The standard 8" coil (actually a 7.25 ") is almost all you need. The manual ground balance is great on this detector.
no hunter should be without this detector!!!
If you want a killer coin/deep seeking/precision pin pointing detector this is the one!
One more note: with the 10" coil this detector is as deep as the explorers & sovereigns, don't let the price tag fool you, best secret in metal detecting!!!
Jan 17, 2005
11 people found this review helpful.
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Tony in Michigan -TID machines are great (I have 4 of them) but I have been putting the Advantage through the same worked over areas that my more expensive TID machines have gone over. A major coup for the Advantage . . . found my first Barber coin ever with it that was right near a huge rusty nail.
It was found where the others have been over time and again. I've been finding wheat backed pennies as well in these iron nail areas here on the farm that the other, more expensive machines have missed.
I give it a rating of 4 out of a possible 5 stars because no detector is perfect.
The Advantage is more than worth the money!
Oct 26, 2004
17 people found this review helpful.
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BOB / TUCSON in USA -Best performance in this price range.
Oct 23, 2004
6 people found this review helpful.
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Tom in USA -Totally agree with Ed. This machine is not a basic/beginner model in performance. Only the price puts it in this category.
The performance is there to equal or beat most anything out there in the single tone non-ID category. Wanna find the deep stuff in iron? This is one of the best for pulling the deep non-ferrous targets out of iron. Great audio, the fast recovery = great separation in iron/trash and it works very well regardless of sweep speed.
Got an older worked out site that you know must still hold some goodies? Then get an Advantage to find out what's left.
HH
Sep 16, 2004
12 people found this review helpful.
Highly recommend
Ed Erdman in USA -For the money you won't find a better machine, period. Has excellent depth and target separation. Single tone machine which is good for a beginner, although more experienced hunters will probably prefer a multi-tone machine. Very easy to use, be sure to adjust the ground balance as this adds a good deal of depth. Also this machine actually goes deeper in discriminate mode than in all-metal. You can swing it at about any speed you like. It does really love rusty bottle caps though, and some folks think it's heavy (I don't).
Still, you won't find a better machine for the money - I have never seen one yet. This in fact will go head to head against machines costing hundreds more in terms of depth. I can highly recommend it to about anyone.
Jun 28, 2004
82 people found this review helpful.