WyoTraveler wrote:
Bought a fancy White detector about 10 years ago. Only used a couple of times. Some of those fancy programable units really burn up batteries. If I purchased another detector I would be looking for longer battery life over the super duper features. Mine used either 4 or 6 D batteries. Been so long ago. Burned up 2 sets on one day use.
I agree' some brands burn through batteries like******though a goose! I found the Fisher F2 lasts somewhere between 30 and 35 hours (it takes 2 9v batteries), and I have got as much as 40 hrs.
My Garrett Ace-250 uses 4 AA's, and they seem to last 25+ hours. Expect shorter battery life when you detect using the built-in speaker. That's another reason I like to use detector headphones.
My wife uses a Tesoro Cutlass II, which she has had for 10 years. There is no meter or digital display, and it is only a single tone machine. The Ace and F2 are multi-tone machines, so the tone (hi tone, medium or low) indicate the type of metal it is detecting. But the advantage of the Tesoro machines is they are lighter (about 2.2 lbs compared to almost 3 lbs), andbattery life is even greater. Tesoro's also have a lifetime warranty.
