Quest Q40+ Pack Metal Detector with 2 Coils, Hat, Wireless HP Pouch and Cover

The Quest Q40 Pack is the Q40 with two search coils and the gear to use them: the Raptor and Blade coils with covers, Wireless Headphones Lite, corded headphones, a Quest hat, a camo pouch, a rain cover and an arm strap. The Q40 is an adjustable Quest detector with four preset programs, two user programs, manual ground balance, frequency shift and selectable tones.

What is in the box with this Quest Q40 Pack

Quest's standard contents for the Q40 Pack

• Quest Q40 metal detector
• Raptor search coil
• Raptor coil cover
• Blade search coil
• Blade coil cover
• Wireless Headphones Lite
• Corded small headphones
• Quest hat
• Camo pouch
• Rain cover
• Arm strap
• USB charging cables
• User manual

Our notes on the Q40 come down to adapting to the site, and the pack's two coils let you do that. The Raptor coil covers open ground at the park or on farmland, and the Blade coil gets into cluttered corners around old foundations. The wireless headphones keep faint, repeatable signals in your ears so you can judge them before digging, and the camo pouch keeps finds apart from the trash you pull out.

Who the Quest Q40 suits

What interests us about the Quest Q40 is its place as one of the more advanced Quest detectors, for detectorists who want more control over target responses and ground conditions. We recommend it mainly to someone who expects to detect regularly rather than now and then.

Quest Q40 search programs and controls

Quest gives the Q40 four preset programs plus two programs you set up yourself:

• Coin: very stable with medium recovery speed, for old and modern coins; Target IDs 40 to 99.
• Jewelry: very sensitive with high recovery speed, for gold rings and jewelry; Target IDs 20 to 99.
• All Metal: high recovery speed and zero discrimination, good for gold prospecting; Target IDs 0 to 99.
• Beach: normal sensitivity, low recovery speed and strong saltwater immunity; Target IDs 20 to 99.
• Programs 1 and 2: saved user programs for your own settings.

Discrimination works by selecting or deselecting Target IDs on the scale; iron and other low conductors usually read under 25. To ground balance, press and hold the square button while pumping the coil about 6 inches (15 cm) above the ground, and if the ground is too mineralized to balance, set ground cancel manually in the menu. A frequency shift option helps when several detectors hunt together or interference is high, pinpoint finds the target without moving the coil, and the tones are selectable. The wireless headphones switch on with the wireless button on the right side of the control box.

Quest says the Q40 can withstand heavy rain but that submersion can damage it, so keep the control box out of the water and the weather cap tight over the USB charging port. For underwater hunting, see our underwater and waterproof metal detectors.

Settings that matter on the Quest Q40

Discrimination and audio: on an old property with nails, coins and other metal in the same ground, the Q40 lets you select or deselect individual target IDs and choose the tones. Those controls help an experienced operator sort out complicated signals. More settings do not automatically mean better results, though. A wrong adjustment can reject the targets you came for.

Mixed locations: you may hunt a park one weekend and old farmland the next, and each place can call for different sensitivity, discrimination and ground settings. Quest recommends ground balancing every time you change the detecting area, and we agree. We like detectors that let you adapt like that.

Target ID still needs judgment: a repeatable signal with a promising number might be a coin. It might also be aluminum or another unwanted object. We read the target ID together with the audio and how consistent the signal is before deciding to dig.

One mistake to avoid with the Quest Q40

Assuming a higher model number means much more depth. Depth depends on the coil, the mineralization, the size of the target and your settings. The Q40 earns its place through its controls and the equipment that comes with it, not through a depth promise.

Our recommendation on the Quest Q40

We recommend the Q40 to detectorists who want an adjustable Quest detector and are comfortable learning more advanced settings. Expect the payoff to come from learning those settings, not from extra depth.

Quest Q40 specifications

Quest warrants the Q40 against defects in materials and workmanship for two years from purchase to the original owner, and asks owners to register the detector on its website within 5 days of purchase.

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