What's the Best BANG For My Buck When Buying a New Detector?

[AusTexDude]

I hunt mostly jewelry at parks. The composition of the ground is mostly limestone. The ground balance on my AT max usually runs about 94. I also hunt the beach in Corpus Christi and there is a lot of black sand.

Debating cashing out a bit of crypto and buying a new detector. I'm looking for a combo detector, wireless head set, and pointer. Looking in the $800-$1,200 range.

New Only - Under full manufacturers warranty.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

 

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[AusTexDude]

Going down to the park now with the Legend to hunt an area I cleaned fairly well with the AT Max.

 

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[AusTexDude]

Holy wowzers I am 15 mins into detecting an area I went over with a fine tooth comb with the at max sniper coil and I just found a ring and it was only an inch deep. I'm finding all kinds of stuff in an area I thought I had cleaned. I'll make a thread after I'm done for the day

 

[TORRERO]

I agree their unmasking sucks. I last purchased a Garrett Ace when they first came out, nothing was masked, but it could not even find a copper penny that I could see with my eyes. I sent it back to Garrett at my expense to be repaired, they returned in the same condition, to me it was a piece of junk, and I would never spend money on another Garrett. Just my opinion.

I was going to say, I have NEVER actually owned a Garrett, but I have seen a few people / friends who had one and they never seemed to do very well at all. Back when I was in Spain, some guy brought a Garrett to a Roman field we hunted, we ALWAYS got stuff their, but he couldn't get a signal, I got a good signal (coin) and called him over and his machine wouldn't detect it.. he then begged to use mine (Whites Eagle) 🤣
Also my NOW hunting partner used to have a Garrett and always seemed to have trouble with it, after hunting with me he sold it and got a Whites XLT. (which loved until he replaced it with his Minelab 800)
I personally won't buy one, even though it's one of the oldest and best known names in the business...
Some people swear by them...

 

[pepperj]

I was going to say, I have NEVER actually owned a Garrett, but I have seen a few people / friends who had one and they never seemed to do very well at all. Back when I was in Spain, some guy brought a Garrett to a Roman field we hunted, we ALWAYS got stuff their, but he couldn't get a signal, I got a good signal (coin) and called him over and his machine wouldn't detect it.. he then begged to use mine (Whites Eagle) 🤣
Also my NOW hunting partner used to have a Garrett and always seemed to have trouble with it, after hunting with me he sold it and got a Whites XLT. (which loved until he replaced it with his Minelab 800)
I personally won't buy one, even though it's one of the oldest and best known names in the business...
Some people swear by them...

The White's Golden Eagle was a really good machine.

 

[Persian.Warrior]

If not, it is overpriced.

If you want to pay less, I recommend Garrett apex or x-terra pro