I have gotten good deals on used metal detectors, but your always taking a chance, for the 800 dollars you can buy a new
one with a warranty, and get a real good one, I think most all of the major brand names make pretty good detectors, It is like
the one fella said, what are your priorities, If your thinking about using it at the beach, and most of your hunting is going to be
there you might want a water proof type, in case you want to take it into the surf. I have a white Mxt paid $750 new, it came
with an extra coil, on a spacial, It is a Miltie detector, I have 4 coils total with over a thousand dollars invested. sometimes
you can get something used that has all the extras, if you go that route you want to make sure you can try it out, to make sure
it works right. I researched for a long time before I bought another detector, the one I have did everything I wanted, never
used it at the beach, some like it some don't It has a great ground balance and salt feature, for me it is great, for you it may not be. I live in the mountain I look for gold, coins and re licks high mineral ground. check out all the brands, features they have
when you find what your looking for then read the forums, and see how others like them, all the brandnames will till you they are
the best, the truth is they are all pretty good, some do better in certain areas of detecting. read the forums and see how there
customer like them, It might take you a while to find one but at least you will get what you want for what you want to use it for. I hope I was some help.
Posted on: October 07, 2011, 09:58:32 AM
I had to add something, If he is new he might want to start out in the two or three hundred dollar range and buy a
turn on and go detector, and see how he likes detecting, there are a lot of good entry level detectors, if he likes it
he can keep it and use it for a back up or sell it later and get him a more expensive one. just a thought
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