Is $240 a good deal for a "used 6 times" Garrett Stinger Metal Detector?

[tallguybry]

Hey Guys,

I was looking at Craigslist and I found a guy who is selling a Garrett Stinger Metal Detector and Stereo head set for $240. It was used 6 times by a gentleman who is a Gold Prospector in Alaska. He's heading back to AK from NC to go back to work and the detector has to stay.

Good detector?
Worth it?

There is another gentleman coming to by it at 1pm. If he does not show, the owner will call me.



HH!!
TGB

 

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[spartacus53]

tic-tock, the clock is moving.. Sorry, I know squat about that machine, but I would suggest visiting the Garrett website and do a google search. For that matter I would even look it up on youtube, you might get lucky.

Better than sitting around waiting for a reply here

 

[tallguybry]

LOL! I have this window open while I am watching the Ace 250 instructional video on YouTube...

One step ahead of you. The Stinger looks to be too advanced for me. Back to the Ace 250/350!

HH!!
TGB

 

[spartacus53]

Well I would suggest trying to read up on the other machine, it may be a whole lot better. I have an Ace 250 and I'm happy with it, but if this machine outperforms the 250, it is a no brainer., you go for it and learn it.

 

[Keppy]

All i can tell you about the.. Garrett Scorpion Gold stinger.. Is that is not a good deal.....It is a great deal ..Buy it .....

 

[Sandman]

As Keppy said, go for it! While the Stinger is a gold nugget machine, it stomps the p#%s out of the 250.

 

[tallguybry]

I didn't hear from the owner. So I will assume it is sold!

 

[jmoller99]

Its not a great Gold machine, I recently tested one that friend had, and as long as your gold is at least 0.5 gram, it can find that size if its right on the surface. Its a manual ground balance machine (so you have to know how to do that). Compared to a Tesoro Lobo ST, Gold Bug 2 or GMT, it's not very good on smaller gold - for which there is a lot more of than larger gold (those 3 machines will definately find smaller gold - the GB 2 being the best of the 3). That said, the Stinger will find gold that most general purpose detectors would never pick up at all. If you are prospecting for Gold, I would consider a detector that is better suited for it. I can understand why it might have only been used 6 times in Alaska. If you want a general purpose detector that can also find gold in a prospecting mode (and you are limiting yourself to VLF detectors), look at the Whites MXT, Tesoro Lobo ST and the newer Fisher Gold Bug Pro (be careful - there are lots of models of the new Gold Bug that may or may not be good for finding Gold). I have never tried the new Garrett Gold detector, but it did not get great reviews at AMDS Adventure Forum (Alaskan Adventure Forum).

Most gold specific detectors are more expensive (altho you can sometimes find a Whites Gold Master 2 or VSat on eBay for a good price).

 

[Keppy]

Its not a great Gold machine, I recently tested one that friend had, and as long as your gold is at least 0.5 gram, it can find that size if its right on the surface. Its a manual ground balance machine (so you have to know how to do that). Compared to a Tesoro Lobo ST, Gold Bug 2 or GMT, it's not very good on smaller gold - for which there is a lot more of than larger gold (those 3 machines will definately find smaller gold - the GB 2 being the best of the 3). That said, the Stinger will find gold that most general purpose detectors would never pick up at all. If you are prospecting for Gold, I would consider a detector that is better suited for it. I can understand why it might have only been used 6 times in Alaska. If you want a general purpose detector that can also find gold in a prospecting mode (and you are limiting yourself to VLF detectors), look at the Whites MXT, Tesoro Lobo ST and the newer Fisher Gold Bug Pro (be careful - there are lots of models of the new Gold Bug that may or may not be good for finding Gold). I have never tried the new Garrett Gold detector, but it did not get great reviews at AMDS Adventure Forum (Alaskan Adventure Forum).

Most gold specific detectors are more expensive (altho you can sometimes find a Whites Gold Master 2 or VSat on eBay for a good price).

Now i did not say it was a great detector..... I said it was a great buy.... For if you did not like it .... you could sell it for more than he would pay for it........Now there are a lot that like the Scorpion for coins & gold... & it is a better detector than the 250 or 350... if you know how to ground balance it.