would love to see more c scope reviews here

well when you do get it definitly give us results becuase for the money that looks like a honey for sure!

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Not much info on them here.

Marketed in the UK , we don't see many.

I would love to see the insides of one.

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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf0Vz1dNSWw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf0Vz1dNSWw</a>

Here is a vid by Norfolk Wolf using the latest C-Scope - CS3MX model.

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The 4PI is excellent value. Developed from Eric Foster's 6PI design but the price radically reduced by dropping the meter and using the control box design used for the 6PI's big brother, the 7 UMD (underwater metal detector).

Not waterproof like the much more expensive Whites Surfmaster P.I. but Whites compromised the performance of their machine to give the appearance of a smooth running detector.

Most C-Scopes are good machines and if you buy mid or top range compete well except in the fact that C-Scope doesn't tend to produce optional coils. You get the stock one and if lucky a ten inch. Some models had a five inch for busy sites. These were often included for free.
As mentioned by pa kettle they set the prices to low and to buy foreign is the fashion in the U.K. If a machine is twice the price its got to be twice as good....they think.

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I have a CS1MX for around 10 months and I have tested it in the fields, pastures and salt water beaches as well. I will share my impressions with this starter machine (it is my first MD).

It has a very simple user interface, two knobs. One for the threshold, one for the discrimination. It is powered by a single 9 V battery. Sensitivity is fine, I was getting coins at 8 - 10 inches (20 - 25 cm) depending on the size. Once you get used to the discrimination, it gets very effective and even at 6 - 7 you do not lose any sensitivity. I use discrimination in that area almost all the time and I dig only very rusty and odd shaped pieces of iron, which I would dig with almost any detector. It can be used on beaches, easily in the dry sand, with reduced sensitivity or falsing in the wet sand as well. The targets are recognisable amongst the false signals, but it can be a bit tiring. During one 4 hour hunt, I was rewarded for my patience with a silver bracelet, small silver ear ring (5 mm diameter ball type), two childrens silver ring and one gold womans wedding ring. Also many coins, bottle caps, pull tabs and few rusty iron pieces (this time I kept the disc low and dug almost everything). However beach is not its primary destination.

To sum up, the sensitivity to very small items is brilliant. It can find lead pellets (4 mm diameter) and small pieces, which are sometimes hard to find in the dirt. It loves coins and rings. However, it is not a deep seeker.  It has a solid construction and is dirt and to some extent also water resistant (there are rubber o-rings at the pot shafts, rubber seal in the main compartment and a speaker with a plastic membrane). There are two things I do not like - the stem is made of two pieces, I would prefer three smaller ones (it does not fit into my air travel suitcase). The second is the hard wired coil, I prefer to have a choice. On the other hand, the hard wired coil means that the internal detector settings are optimized for it.

It is a very nice piece of gear and it will stay with me even though I have recently got an EuroSabre II with a 12"x10" DD coil. I often lend the C.Scope to my friends who sometimes go out hunting with me. I would recommend this machine for beginers or as a second machine to anyone. I would not be afraid to say that C.Scope is the "Tesoro from Europe". High quality stuff for a good price. The popular CS3MX is an upgrade from CS1MX, gets a hair deeper, has a pinpoint mode and a tougher case with 8 AA battery supply. I think it is worth it to add a few bucks and get the CS3MX, but I was strictly limited with the budget and did not want to wait any longer to get my first machine last September:) One important difference is in the discrimination - 6 on a CS1 is different from 6 on a CS3.

And as a bonus, I will share a few pictures of the CS1MX inside:) The last picture shows the finds from one beach session - the two junk rings were found with another detector a few days before.

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