Metal Detecting: Minelab Vanquish 540 Pro Pack - Unboxing and Review
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- Опубліковано 15 сер 2024
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we all agree HunterGT has a great voice that makes you pay attention
lol...I have never heard that about my voice...but thanks!
Thank you so much for this video...the instruction is very clear and vivid...I bought a vanquish 440...I opened the box only now...but I don't know how to operate it...and so I saw this and listened several times...and I am ready to find treasures here in our place...
My pleasure. Glad you enjoyed the video. Best of luck out there with the V.
Awesome review Hunter. I am very impressed with that Vanquish 540. I have seen a couple of other reviews on this particular machine but yours is by far the best.
Thanks Danny, I really appreciate that man.
@@thehuntergt take care, be safe, and God bless you my friend.
@@dannywilliams3516 Right back at you brother.
Totally would love this machine for the beach and as a back up...I am Hooked On Minelab Detectors..Awesome review
It is a winner in everything but heavy iron. I was more impressed than I thought I would be. It's yours if you want it Dan. You are first in line brother.
@@thehuntergt thank you just waiting on talking to you more about it and Talisha is fine with me ordering another detector ..So if the price is right ...
Just bought a Vanquish 540 and your video is a great help to get started. Happy hunting 😎
Thanks! Best of luck with it.
Hey there fellow treasure hunter.. I absolutely love the vlogs you upload... Showing my fellow treasure hunters some love all the way from South Africa 🇿🇦... Keep them comming..
Great video is the vanquish easy to use.
Cracking review of the 540 pro pack 🙌🙌🤗....mines should arrive tomorrow.... happy days .... can’t wait 😜 it looks awesome 👏
Thanks for watching and best of luck with it!
@@thehuntergt thank you x 🙌🤩😊🏴🌟
Thanks for the video. I am going to start beach combing and I think I'll pick this one up! A decent set for beginners !
Thanks for watching. Best of luck out there.
@@thehuntergt
Thanks I already headed out.... Had a blast! A great machine!
Top review John, as per. I really like this ML; don't know why, it just 'makes me smile'. If only ML had gone the extra mile and made the 540 Vanquish a 'stand alone' water-proof unit! Madness, for me, that they did not, 'for a few dollars more' it would've taken the market, in it's class, with it's cont' multi IQ. Not the build quality of it's nearest rival, nor waterproof, don't know about the manufacturers level of back-up?? but still a great little machine I reckon. Stay safe man.
I must be honest I laughed at it when it was first released. The color does not do it for me...looks like an Garrett Ace....buttons are mushy. Just was not impressed. Once I used it a couple times it really grew on me. If they would have made it waterproof...it would have been a nightmare for the Simplex and Apex both. I think they wanted to have a clear gap from the 600....and there for sure is.
I sure enjoyed this informative video. I will be on the beach July 5th at 5:30AM with both a new 540 and sand scoop. I’ll probably use relic mode, no iron unless you suggest something else.
Thanks for the gold nugget demo ! NO ONE talks about that into detail.. The Pro Pack has a 8 inch coil, and the large coil is 12 inch... in the pro pack. I'm wondering if... this machine will work in highly mineralized soil, like they have in AZ. and Nevada. NO ONE talks about that... AND AND AND... what frequency RANG is this machines Multi-IQ.?? Like the Equinox 600 has a 15kHz frequency... AND the two higher ones of the 800 20kHz & 40kHz... but those 2 can't be accessed in manual freq. mode. The X-Terra 705 has a 18.75kHz frequency and is considered by Minelab to be a gold machine. I haven't been able to find out what range the V.540 is. I assume.. it could possible be a 3 frequency machine... a little like the Equinox 600. Excluding the top two that can be accessed in Auto Freq. Mode. But if the high range is up close to 20kHz... it would be capable of a nugget shooter.
And the jewelry mode of the V. 540 does pick up those gold nuggets you demoed . I just wish I could find out... what the 540's frequency range is. AND AND AND... Multi IQ thing is suppose to use all the frequencies it has... if so... why didn't the nuggets sound off in Relic & Coin modes. Why does Mine Lab HAVE SECRETS ?? This is driving ME CRAZZZZZZZZY !!! Oh... and... good video.
Thanks for watching. Minelab will likely never say what exact frequency processing is going on without a leak of some sort. Which is plausible on a forum....might be able to glean some info from one of the big 3 forums...or even Geotech forums.
@@thehuntergt This is what I found out... about freq. for the Vanquish.
From Minelab...William,
Thank you for your email. The frequency range for the Vanquish is the same as Equinox 5khz - 40khz. Vanquish will only run in multi, and as we do with the Equinox, we do not share what frequencies are being run when in multi. Equinox frequencies vary in multi, based on the mode. For Vanquish, the set of frequencies is the same in all modes, however the recovery speed changes. Coin mode recovery would equal 5 on Equinox, Jewelry would equal a 4, and relic and all metal equals a 2.
OH... and just curious.. the small nuggets... do you remember the ID numbers?
Best review I've ever seen Kudos! I'll be ordering one of these bad boys soon thanks !
Thanks - I appreciate that! I am a dealer if you want to email me at thehuntergt@gmail.com
Great review as usual. I added this video to my playlist that I promote at the end of my videos. Cheers.
Thanks Big Dog...awesome of you.
Love my Vanquish 540!
Great little detector!
Great video!
Thanks 👍
I have the 440 and I don't know if I like it. Still love my simplex
I liked it more than I thought I would to be honest. They are both surprising performers for the price.
Just caught your video, great video. Thanks for calling out the channels that compare a $269 machine with a $1000 machine. Apple to oranges there. Useless information. I love my 540 and would put it up against any machine.
My pleasure. Thanks for watching and commenting. Enjoy that 540...very good detector.
Just now subscribed to your channel. Enjoy your video’s very much and thanks for replying back to my question. Looking forward to more great videos.
Thanks for the sub! I appreciate the kind words and support.
Nokta simplex + or minelab vanquish 540 or garrett 400i? Your choise?
That's no brainer : Vanquish 540
Love my Vanquish 540 it's a great machine
Agreed.
So is the vanquish 540 better then patriot?
Here's the hardest question of all, - no one has been able to answer this for me...
What frequencies does the Vanquish transmit on simultaneously?
I heard 3 frequencies from someone, but I never heard that all 5 are being used (5,10, 15, 20, 40khz)
Minelab has never said as far as I know, but I would guess it is the same as a Nox 600. Somebody would have to throw it on an oscilloscope to be certain.
Can you explain "low/high iron bias"?
Love these videos,from Cornwall,uk
Thanks Steve - happy to read that.
I have done a lot of testing with this machine using the low bias button and can honestly say there is zero difference in low or high position. Can you see a difference in using the low bias button?
Not before the update no. Felt is was useless. I never used one after the iron bias update so no clue if it works better.
Honest and fair as always, thank you very much👌🧉👍
My pleasure. Thanks for watching!
Very good review John. This made me want to save up and get one soon
Thanks! They are fairly neat little detectors. I came away impressed.
Great review I know I like my 440 for the price vanquish and simplex are great machines!!!
Agreed. Best two budget machines on the market. Vanquish would cost nearly $1000-1500 just 5 years ago. Simplex likely $700+.
Simplex the Nokta ?
@@MrBubbles.. Yes
@@thehuntergt is it better than the garrett 250 on the beach
@@joeharvatt1315 Yes...by quite a bit.
Great Review John 👍
Thanks man!
Cant decide on the vanquish540 or fisher f44..any thoughts
I love the F44 and the options it has...but the Vanquish is superior when it comes to performance.
Be super cool if the Ole HunterGT did an update with iron volume. Ducking and dodging me man. 🦆
If I get another one I will...I promise.
Great unboxing, review and testing video. Cheers
Thanks!
Great mashine! But i dont think i would change my f44 for it. What do you think?
I like the F44 plenty as it has some options the Vanquish does not. The Vanquish being multi-freq is deeper in very bad minerals and beaches.
Would you recomend the Minelab Gold Monster 1000 for copper nuggets? I'm in Michigan and I'm looking for the best copper detector. Thanks.
The GM1000 is a high frequency detector...so it is tuned more towards mid conductors like aluminum/gold/zinc. It will for sure hit small copper nuggets, but at less depth compared to same sized gold or aluminum. I would personally use any hobby detector in the 5 to 20kHz range over the GM1000.
Can you tell why I would need varied coil sizes?
What coil do you think would be better to look for gold on a mountain surface, The big coil or the 8 incher. the 8 inch looked like it did better readings for the gold, but not sure if it would be different in the wild
I always prefer a smaller coil in a "mountain" type setting. There are usually shrubs and brushes to get around...and on steep inclines a smaller coil is easier to swing. Only parks/beaches/open fields would I choose a larger coil.
@@thehuntergt Thank you kindly, that helps me out heaps
i think you should have tried the jewlery mode in your test not just coin and relic. The reason is not only does it change the recovery speed and depth but from what i was reading online it changes the frequency bias. jewelry mode supposedly has a bias for the higher frequencies i wonder how it would have faired.
A fair point - but that information was not available at the time of this review. Minelab is very secretive of their technology and how it performs - the manual is very limited. This video was shot before the Minelab rep spilled the beans on the internals during a podcast.
Similar to the Nox...it likely would have tested the gold and nickel range objects better...with diminishing returns on the high conductors like silver/copper.
Vanquish 440 or nokta Makro simplex?
im useing a ace 400 ,how would you compare weight of this to 540 ?
Pretty close honestly. Both having 4X AA in housing...similarly weighted coils.
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Going to get one these is it comparable to the simplex
Great video well explained well done be a huge help to all newbies like me
do you recommend the normal Vanquish 540 or the Garett's Ace 400 ? which one is better for beach hunting ?
The Vanquish in superior to the Ace 400 on the beach....and just about everywhere else. However, the new Ace Apex is multi-frequency like the Vanquish and decent on the beach.
Simplex for the win lol I bought one of these mine labs and I did not think it was a great detector just my 2 cents but I've owned every brand except deus and my problem was how noisy and chattey it was I tried to use it as a relic and coin machine and my gold kruzer or gold bug or gm1000 did better then this thing but maybe it's my red clay soil idk but hope you guys have better luck
The Simplex is for sure the better built detector - no doubt about that. I did enjoy the Vanquish performance, it was very good in my harsh soil. It is not Gold Kruzer in iron...that is for sure. The GK is right up there with the XP machines when it comes iron testing.
Great review,, thanks bud 😁👍
Thanks for watching!
I like the multi-IQ idea.
It is the real deal for sure.
Good review hunter 👍
Thanks!
Hey Hunter GT. Is the Vanquish 540 better than the Xterra 705
The 705 gold pack can likely hit smaller gold objects with the higher freq coil. The lower freq coil is not as deep as Vanquish however. Separation and recovery speed go to Vanquish as well....and beach and bottle cap work.
In your opinion, does the 8 inch coil pick up the picker and gold grain better? I'm impressed.
Surface Bedrock gold can be detected. Thanks for the review, John.
I use my T2 to discern the amount of black sand in an area in gold bearing streams. I usually find gold with it using that method.
Coupled with The Vanquish 540, surface Bedrock gold can be discovered.
Of course, I'm mainly purchasing The 540 as a respectable salty beach detector. Gold rings pays for an upgrade to purchase an equinox.
Smaller coil is slightly more sensitive yes. T2 will pick up that small piece too. Not sure how you feel about Garrett but the new Ace APEX is actually more sensitive than the Simplex and Vanquish both on that small gold. It is very good on the beach too...as good as the Vanquish in my opinion. They are both great either way.
@@thehuntergt I was just looking at the apex's specs. I already own the vanquish 340. It's air test depth is outstanding. I did want the other two coils, one of many reasons for wanting the vanquish 540. Backlight, skid plates, multi iq, etc. Thanks, John!
P.S. I'm just window shopping for now.
Impressive machine!
It is pretty neat for the price. This would have been $1500 just 5 years back.
I have a question can you switch between frequencies on the vanquish like you can with the equinox 800 and hunt with one single frequency or is it multi-all the time ?
It is multi all the time unless an update fixes it.
Great video my friend! Do you sell detectors as well? I'm looking to buy a 540
Yes I sure do. Email me at thehuntergt@gmail.com
Impressive air test on the 540!
Yeah I was impressed with that. That has nothing to do with being MF either....just plain wide open. It is chatty as hell on 10 sens.
@@thehuntergt That small coil did not do as well as I thought it should have on the Monte's Nail Test.
@@nickhaas2407 I agree. I have seen similar with the Nox in nail tests. Larger coil can pass tests the smaller 6in cannot.
Doesnt the Vanquish 540 run the same multi frequencies as the Equinox 600? Thanks for your assistance on this.
Minelab is pretty tight lipped about that and I've seen 10 different versions of an answer on forums/websites.
Hey HunterGt, I absolutely love your videos and you have the best MD Reviews by far. Would you rather have the vanquish 540 or Fisher F75? Thanks
Thanks man...appreciate that. That is a tough question. I would likely go with F75 inland at parks/schools/relic sites/gold prospecting....but go with Vanquish on beach and for bottle cap work.
TheHunterGT Thanks for your input, I heard a lot of people like the multi frequency on the mine labs, what difference does the multi frequency actually make?
@@landonmoser1005 Multi-freq mostly helps with ignoring bottle caps - bad soil penetration - sensitivity across the conductivity scale. Separation and recovery speed are up to the processor.
This music at first was a bit rough but hey man you do you lol but the video is actually great. Really detailed and basically walked everyone through the whole instruction book on video! Helps some of us more spastic adhd kids. Lol
Are these better than the apex please great video as always.
Depends on the scenario. Apex is more sensitive to tiny gold. Vanquish is deeper on high conductors, and slightly better in iron. Apex is smoother on the beach.
Of the 3 models which is one better
The 540 is the top tier Vanquish.
Lookin' to gift my 13 YO Grandson . They are into beaching , hiking camping , fossils ETC. Kinda been leaning toward a Minelab . He's really intelligent , curious , and straight A's . I , on the other hand have to be as "frugal" as possible ! Living on social security is a " B " ! Did I understand that you still sell these ? What would be my very best buy for the money , please ? Any help would be greatly appreciated . Thank You .
I am no longer a dealer for Minelab in 2022 unfortunately. If you want to email me at thehuntergt@gmail.com I sell other comparable models from other brands.
Wow notch out pull tabs .
I like my 540, still learning how to use it. Dose anyone know where I can get the smaller coil for it ? It only came with the big one and the pin pointer
Any Minelab dealer will be able to help. (I am no longer one sorry)
So if i put it in jewelry mode will it filter out rubbish and only find the good stuff?
No. Jewelry mode filters out only iron. The entire gold and silver range will be present. Since gold encompasses the entire aluminum range - you will still dig some trash.
I'm swinging a White's M6 and looking to get a new detector since White's went out of business. Do you know if this would be a good replacement? I was also looking at a Garrett. I don't know how this 540 compares to a comparable Garrett detector.
I think you would enjoy this 540 quite a bit coming from a M6. As far as performance, this beats anything Garrett has in it's lineup including the new Ace APEX...in my opinion. It is not waterproof like the AT Pro or AT Max...but it is deeper - faster - better separator.
@@thehuntergt bullshit lmao!! have you even used the ace apex for over 100 hours? The ace apex smashes the equinox in every way possible especially on the beach lmao!!! there is no comparison. The design is built far better the design on the equinox feels like a cheap plastic toy lol. Not only can the ace use 4 single frequency modes but it also has 2 multi frequency modes. the separation is not that great on the vanquish and the apex performs far better in heavy iron areas. you minelab fan boys are funny lol
Your the man
Would this smoke a Tesoro Cibola?
For depth yes...perhaps not iron sifting or recovery speed.
@@thehuntergt thanks. I want to get into gold searching, will be getting this one soon then. Thanks again.
Thanx soo much, greate video man 👌The detector has been indescribably bad. Hope your tips work. Pain in the a**
Sorry to hear that. No issues here with it. Best of luck for sure.
@@thehuntergt Thank you for answering 🙂Many of the same frequencies of things, like nail to gold for an example. has the same frequency on my vanquish 540. I found a mg42 ammo box in the garden, to the detector showed - 7 in frequency
Just bought the 540 pro pack much more expensive here in ireland then the usa its €600 here nearly $700 a bit tricky to use also im finding nothing but rusty nails and foil all junk im not impressed sorry i bought it, this multi frequency is a codd also its very chatty on the beach
Any interference with the Garrett Pin Pointer ?
Not sure - don't own one.
I hope i had one.
Fine. I will watch this again....
lol...I sold it man...sorry.
@@thehuntergt lol
Can it outshine my Simplex?
I have the 440 and the simplex and time for time I do better with the 440 maybe I’m doing something wrong ?
Maybe if you polish it enough. They are both pretty similar in iron. I'd give the Simplex the edge in aluminum trash....Vanquish the edge on deeper targets in wide open spaces. Just my opinion.
@@treasurehuntingnewyork5979 Nothing wrong with that. If you mesh well with one over the other...I sure wouldn't change anything.
TheHunterGT I agree. I designated my vanquish for the beach.
@HistoryDigger It is very deep...that did impress me.
Why do metal detectors sound like retro video games.
I'd kill for Atari 2600 tones.
Is this the schmo undercover,multitasking?
Well...MMA is my favorite sport...
If you are dave? Daniel? That would be amazing and I'd be the greatest non agent on the planet!? Lol
Nice video
Thanks
It looks like a toy! ( I hate that red plastic) but... That air test depth was bonkers!!
who cares it funds silver coins and jewelry!!
I also want to buy my detector... I'm still searching to see which one to buy... There are so many detectors that it's not easy to choose... Everyone in particular has their amazing functions... But take it easy at this time... Show your device excellent purchase congratulations... Tmj... Embrace of the ADVENTURER PAULEK!
G8 TIPS
Thanks!
Good vid. Comprehensive AF!
GLHH
Thanks brother.
Hm Miinelab Detector 1:52
Rock da peste
IT`S CGI! 😆
Boa noite, alguém poderia me ajudar a comprar um detector, Eria me ajudar muito agora nesse momento de pandemia, seria para eu trabalhar com ele para tirar um sustento 🙏🙏🙏
Very nice video. Can we be youtube friends?
No - just Twitch and Facebook.
@@thehuntergt lol