Garrett Z-Lynk or Minelab PRO-SONIC: Who will be the first to bring to market a new wireless universal audio module for metal detectors?

Recently, the guys from Garrett announced their new universal wireless audio module for Garrett Z-Lynk metal detectors. Copping with headphones and without wires is becoming more and more popular and, naturally, key manufacturers and suppliers of devices for our hobby will want to compete and have a strong foothold in the market, displacing various «left» sellers from China with their crafts. Even though Garrett was the first to announce it, this does not mean that he will be the first on the market. Alas, reality shows that even after announcing a development and showing its photos/videos, a lot of time passes before this product becomes available to diggers. At this point, Nokta is now burning out with Nokta Impact not released for a year, then XP Detectors with update 4.0 for Deus not released and the MI-6~60 pinpointer ~/strong> — the device was shown, but then everything died down!

However, intrigue arose. It recently became known that Minelab is preparing to announce and soon launch its own wireless audio module for metal detectors. It looks like the two giants will start a serious battle and time will tell with whose module we will walk through the fields and forests.

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Minelab announced its wireless headphone module and called it Minelab PRO-SONIC. Externally, the body and solution really turned out to be the same as Minelab WM-X, which, in general, is logical — Why make another mold, which would lead to an increase in the cost of the product. And so, we have mass production and a known price level, the only question is at what level?

Works with increased headphone connection size, 6.35 mm or 1/4 inch. They promise good and accurate sound transmission speed and signal transmission purity, let me remind you that cheap and simple Chinese solutions either cut down the sound or greatly lose quality, which leads to an uncomfortable search. The kit comes with recharging from the mains and even a cigarette lighter from the car + recharging via USB from a computer and various portable batteries. Not a bad decision!

Good signals to you, and as soon as we know more, we will write about it right away! 😉

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Recommended price for a module from Garrett — $150, which means in Europe it will cost about 160-170 euros, and in Russia around 11,000 rubles per module. How much will a module from Minelab cost?

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Z-Lynk is now available in the US. Brief review next!