After researching detectors I still dunno

[MTNhiker]

I'm looking to pick up my first md. Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction. I would like to spend around 3-4 hundred.
I am wanting to hunt old homesites. I would like a md more user friendly to a wooded environment. I will be hiking in to all of these location.
Maybe there is something ideal for me.

Thanks

 

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[Tom_in_CA]

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I'm looking to pick up my first md. Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction. I would like to spend around 3-4 hundred.
I am wanting to hunt old homesites. I would like a md more user friendly to a wooded environment. I will be hiking in to all of these location.
Maybe there is something ideal for me.

Thanks

a used 6000 di pro. is a good all around machine. Or if you want something a little deeper, with more expanded tonal TID (yet with a longer learning curve) you can probably pick up a used Explorer II in that price range.

 

[Landlord Jim]

Get the new White's Coinmaster GT. It is nice and light and is packed with lots of features. You can't beat White's service if you ever need it. Priced at $ 399.95 at your local dealer or online.

 

[gerryk]

Get the new White's Coinmaster GT. It is nice and light and is packed with lots of features. You can't beat White's service if you ever need it. Priced at $ 399.95 at your local dealer or online.

Nothing against what people have recomended, but dont buy something just because someone says it is good. Talk to owners of different brands and models and see what they use theirs for, what they liie and dislike about it. Find a local club and go talk to those people ad pick up and try their detector.

 

[Gold Maven]

They are all pretty good, Tesoro has a lifetime warranty. I like my Lobo.

 

[gerryk]

One thing i forgot to suggest. If you are still not sure after talking to people, look at buying a used on. At least you can start without spending the money on a brand new one. You can use the used detector and learn with that to start.

 

[perry2]

I would take a hard look at the Garrett Ace 250 on E-bay at under $200-even as low as $150 -good for the wife or kids if you decide to upgrade//

 

[SusanMN]

Best advise is to take a field trip to the nearest metal detector shop - lots of them out there. You need to try a few and get their feel and sound. The price of gas, regardless of how far you have to drive is undoubtedly cheaper than getting the wrong detector. And you should be aware that the "no risk guarantee" that most online dealers offer has a whole lot of risk to it. Read the fine print and see that in order to get a full return refund, the detector must not have been assembled, and there isn't a whole lot you can learn about a detector without assembly. So a mistake in purchase can be costly.

 

[rogerconley]

Garrett makes some good stuff at several price ranges. I once read that the White's XLT is the best detector for the money tho. Just food for thought. Good hunting.

 

[ICON]

i've had my whites spectrum xlt. an a white's surf pi.pulse diver 950. bought them both used over 15 years ago! still using them both ! an i find more with my surf pi. in the lakes, an stream's than on land. i'd buy a good used one first. an ask the owner to show you how to use it. that will save you a lot of trial an error . an it's cheaper, an you'll see if finding treasure, be it great or small is for you. good luck !

 

[For Airborne]

X-Terra 705 very fast and qualitative in metal definition.

 

[Bev]

I would suggest pulling up different machine manuals on line and reading them a bit. You might like and understand how one machine operates more than another and you havent spent anything. I've read some manuals where I was thoroughly confused, which doesnt take all that much.