So... Please tell me Why does a metal detector cost $2499 again?

[el padron]

Nah, he's just saying that there's a lot of "embellishing" going on here.

I think while practicing skilled, proper and cautious "political" protocol he actually was calling him a liar............LOL

 

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[Rawhide]

There are places that the only silver is deep. A dealer told me of a old ball field that they cleaned all the silver out of. Well I've hunted it with several friends with popular detectors and fbs are the only ones digging old coins others don't see the deep coins or call them iron. Personally I believe in the mine labs just seen it to many times to not. If your not finding deep coins that doesn't mean they can't be there. One guy with a very popular detector thinks I plant them because his will not find them so I must be lying right.

When I hit the 10 inch mark in dirt I get excited. I have located old water lines with my detector. Reading some of these post makes me want a excal

Because they're playing on the digging shows. A lot more people detecting today than ever because of them. When I started the highest price was around $600 and you could get top of the line. Middle price had great machines for $250-$300. Now, you pay in advance for alot of possible finds. YOu gotta dig alot of Lincoln pennies and dimes to pay for a $1200-$2500 machine. I've seen the Tek and Fisher dealer prices, huge markup on some. One guy text me a few weeks ago and said he got a ATpro for $430 new.

I get signals that are well over 16" with my custom excals. No signals in descrimination mode at all, just barely a null in all metal. I have to remove several scoops of sand before I even get a tone..... I have owned Whites beach Hunter ID as well as Tesoro Conquistador, and a Troy X2, Minelabs I owned are deeper, nothing against Whites or Tesoro but I found the excal and Sov gt to be deeper. Even with the stock 10" on my Excal and Sov I was getting good 10 inches depth...

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Pleased watch the language, using special charters to bypass censor still violates rules and post will be deleted..

Posted From My $50 Tablet....

 

[Silver Searcher]

Excuse me, did you just call me a liar?

Show me were the word LIAR was used...stop trying to escalate things.

 

[treasuresalvor]

The point is you don't have to buy that $2500+ machine, you buy it because you want it or think you need it. Some people want the newest model with some digital readout screen or some other features not found in another model and some are actually fooled into thinking the most expensive machine is the best. Whatever the reason, the choice is yours and if people are willing to pay the price why would they be any cheaper? It also depends on what you're looking for to a point. If I was searching for tiny little nuggets everyday I'd want a GPX 5000 but I rarely get the chance to go nugget shooting so for me an old goldmaster or goldbug would simply make more sense. Could I find more with the GPX? Well, if there is gold under the coil and it's deeper than what the other machines could pickup you bet I could so I guess you have to take that into account also. Possibly I'm fooled into thinking that the $5000 Minelab is better than a $300 goldmaster? You sure would have to find one hell of a lot more gold to make up the difference in price. For me and what I hunt for the Minelab Sovereign is the ultimate machine because I know how to use it very well and will take it up against almost any machine out there because of that fact. They can be had used for $400 all day long. Etrac killer is what I call them

 

[lockster99]

OK....but why does anyone have to find a lot of anything to make up for the price of any detector. Why cant a person just buy what they want or they believe or they have heard is a detector they would like to have. It's a hobby...most of the time hobbies cost money, they don't make you money. I've had many, many hobbies and maybe I've always done it wrong. For me it has always suppose to be about having fun and enjoying the hunt. If the price of one detector was the most I ever spent on a hobby, I would count myself lucky. And with this I have a detector at the end of the day. If I ran over to La. and put it in the slots.....nothing at the end of the day.

 

[treasuresalvor]

OK....but why does anyone have to find a lot of anything to make up for the price of any detector. Why cant a person just buy what they want or they believe or they have heard is a detector they would like to have. It's a hobby...most of the time hobbies cost money, they don't make you money. I've had many, many hobbies and maybe I've always done it wrong. For me it has always suppose to be about having fun and enjoying the hunt. If the price of one detector was the most I ever spent on a hobby, I would count myself lucky. And with this I have a detector at the end of the day. If I ran over to La. and put it in the slots.....nothing at the end of the day.

Very true, I didn't mean to imply that the machine had to pay for itself, at the end of the day you should own whatever machine you would like to own. I have many expensive hobbies, I have lots of Yamaha Banshees and other offroad vehicles that sit in the garage not getting used and a bunch of really good guitar equipment that I mess around with but can't play very good but I like the stuff and wanted it so I bought it knowing very well that I would never make money with any of it.

 

[Escape]

I had an old 34 foot sailboat for a number of years. Serious money pit! Now I have a 10 foot kayak. Loads of fun. Keeps you close to the water with no maintenance.

 

[Fletch88]

When I hit the 10 inch mark in dirt I get excited. I have located old water lines with my detector. Reading some of these post makes me want a excal

I thought you were a Fisher man Casca?

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

I had an old 34 foot sailboat for a number of years. Serious money pit! Now I have a 10 foot kayak. Loads of fun. Keeps you close to the water with no maintenance.

Ditto - bought it new in 2000.

Now THE ADMIRAL and I have a 17 foot open sailboat (used) we keep in the driveway. The little boat cost in total what it cost us in marina fees, maintenance and insurance annually on the 34 footer.

Some low-life stole our kayaks two years ago. Probably will replace them . . . eventually.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

OK....but why does anyone have to find a lot of anything to make up for the price of any detector. Why cant a person just buy what they want or they believe or they have heard is a detector they would like to have.

What's the point of spending 2k if you don't find more than you would with a $200 detector? I've seen a lot of guys with their 2k detectors around here and NONE have ever found something good in a spot that I've detected first. They don't have the skill or patience to find the good stuff. They run around like a chicken with their head cut off trying to do a 5 acre field in one hour flat. All they really want is "big silver". They don't find it and they miss out on the colonial coppers, half reals and colonial relics that I find.

Bottom line, it's not a race or a contest. Enjoy the hobby and stop trying to one up the other guy. Buy a decent machine and master that one. Don't run out and buy the latest thing just because some dealer is trying to convince you that it's better than the one you have now and that you'll find a lot more stuff with it. It's the same con game that cell phone makers pull. You spend $600 on a phone and six months later they come out with a new version and try to convince you that your phone is outdated. Don't be conned by the con artists.

 

[Fletch88]

What's the point of spending 2k if you don't find more than you would with a $200 detector? I've seen a lot of guys with their 2k detectors around here and NONE have ever found something good in a spot that I've detected first. They don't have the skill or patience to
find the good stuff. They run around like a chicken with their head cut off trying to do a 5 acre field in one hour flat. All they really want is "big silver". They don't find it and they miss out on the colonial coppers, half reals and colonial relics that I find.

Bottom line, it's not a race or a contest. Enjoy the hobby and stop trying to one up the other guy. Buy a decent machine and master that one. Don't run out and buy the latest thing just because some dealer is trying to convince you that it's better than the one you have now and that you'll find a lot more stuff with it. It's the same con game that cell phone makers pull. You spend $600 on a phone and six months later they come out with a new version and try to convince you that your phone is outdated. Don't be conned by the con artists.

You need a slow hunting, hunting partner? Lol. Snails pace I tell ya!!! I don't have a $2500 detector anymore either.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Why buy a bamboo flyrod?

Some guys like nice equipment. Just because they have a top end detector does not mean: "They don't have the skill or patience to find the good stuff. They run around like a chicken with their head cut off trying to do a 5 acre field in one hour flat."

Some who invest in top-end equipment are very good with it. And you will find plenty of folks who made an impulse buy on a cheezy detector that are short on patience - they're just harder to find because they only stick with it for a few weeks and are on to something else (or another make/model of detector only used in air tests indoors).

I've been using the same detector since 2007. Just sent it back for an upgrade and will probably not buy another for seven more years . . . or longer. I can get by very well with a middling detector because I'm easy on it - no harsh environment, I'm careful with electronics, usually pretty patient. I don't care what somebody else is using.

 

[lockster99]

You dont listen. Poke someone else for a while.

 

[Keppy]

Why buy a bamboo flyrod?

Some guys like nice equipment. Just because they have a top end detector does not mean: "They don't have the skill or patience to find the good stuff. They run around like a chicken with their head cut off trying to do a 5 acre field in one hour flat."

Some who invest in top-end equipment are very good with it. And you will find plenty of folks who made an impulse buy on a cheezy detector that are short on patience - they're just harder to find because they only stick with it for a few weeks and are on to something else (or another make/model of detector only used in air tests indoors).

I've been using the same detector since 2007. Just sent it back for an upgrade and will probably not buy another for seven more years . . . or longer. I can get by very well with a middling detector because I'm easy on it - no harsh environment, I'm careful with electronics, usually pretty patient. I don't care what somebody else is using.

Yes i am really easy on my detectors also .. After every hunt i clean them up right then.. I can have a detector for 10 years and after 10 years it still looks almost new… And i use my detectors a lot… It is hard to believe how bad some used detectors look when they are put up for sale..

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

What's the point of spending 2k if you don't find more than you would with a $200 detector? I've seen a lot of guys with their 2k detectors around here and NONE have ever found something good in a spot that I've detected first. They don't have the skill or patience to find the good stuff. They run around like a chicken with their head cut off trying to do a 5 acre field in one hour flat. All they really want is "big silver". They don't find it and they miss out on the colonial coppers, half reals and colonial relics that I find.

Bottom line, it's not a race or a contest. Enjoy the hobby and stop trying to one up the other guy. Buy a decent machine and master that one. Don't run out and buy the latest thing just because some dealer is trying to convince you that it's better than the one you have now and that you'll find a lot more stuff with it. It's the same con game that cell phone makers pull. You spend $600 on a phone and six months later they come out with a new version and try to convince you that your phone is outdated. Don't be conned by the con artists.

Tim it's not your job or anyone else to tell me or anyone else what we can buy or what we shouldn't buy or to attack members for buying a $2500 detector. It is our money so we can spend it anyway we wish.

No one is trying to one up anyone.....You say " enjoy the hobby" that is what members are doing, they are enjoying the hobby with the detector of their choice that they spent their money on.

This thread was started to bash and it is getting real old...

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

I wonder has he priced an OKM BlackHawk ($5,299 list) or an eXp5000 ($27,000 list). And you have to be a Jedi Knight or something to get those to work.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Tim it's not your job or anyone else to tell me or anyone else what we can buy or what we shouldn't buy or to attack members for buying a $2500 detector. It is our money so we can spend it anyway we wish

Every time you disagree with something I say, you call it an "attack". Really? Point out one post where I attacked anyone. I was stating my opinion, no more and no less.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Every time you disagree with something I say, you call it an "attack". Really? Point out one post where I attacked anyone. I was stating my opinion, no more and no less.

It's the lazy guys who want an instant advantage (they hope) by overspending on a detector. Same guys who buy the most expensive golf clubs, but still stink at the game. Money can't buy you skill or talent. You have to pay your dues like everyone else to get good at this hobby.

Telling members they are lazy is an attack on members who buy the detector they choose.

I was NOT saying you breaking rules attacking a member, your attacking people who buy expensive detectors in general.

Posted From My $50 Tablet....

 

[lookindown]

Every time you disagree with something I say, you call it an "attack". Really? Point out one post where I attacked anyone. I was stating my opinion, no more and no less.

Is it just expensive detectors that you think are a waste of money or do you think expensive ANYTHING is a waste of money?...like cars, boats, guns etc....trying to figure you out.