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No, not necessarily.
It's like asking if a Porsche is six times better than,say, a Mini.
They both do the same thing, both go from a to b... just sometimes quicker in the Porsche, sometimes slower if there's a traffic jam!
IMHO - ALL detectors are overpriced.
If you were to know the costs of manufacturing one you'd be horrified at the price you are paying.
Problem is that it's a "Niche" market - they aren't sold in vast quantitys.
Probably why there are no Japanese detectors!
A better question would be "Whats the best detector for me in my price range? I want to hunt XXXXX"
I see you have a Garrett Ace 250... Great little detector!
I have a Minelab Explorer II - Very Expensive
My son has a Garrett Ace150 - Reasonably Priced
Sometimes he finds stuff I can't even register!



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Hello Everyone . This is a Great Subject , markwallace did start a good topic here !! And everyone is taking it in a good direction . Yes , ALL Metal Detectors are overpriced !!! Because the two top Manufacturers Whites and Minelab only have Two Year Warranties . Some expensive machines only offer a one year Warranty !!!...If you spend one thousand U.S. Dollars minimum for a top-of-the-line machine and it Breaks on the 25th month . It now has cost you $500. per year just to Metal Detect . And you probably only used it 6 months each year when the weather is good . If you are a Tech you can repair it , unless the micro-processor has a complete memory dump !!!  Then you must send it to the factory because the hex files are not available to the consumer . Labor rates plus parts are not cheap . I think Tesoro Has the Best Warranty in the Industry .Anyway , I think All Metal Detectors should be cut in price by over one third . A thousand dollar Machine should be at $700 . If not all manufacturers should offer a "Full Complete lifetime warranty" , no exceptions !!!! I think the Big Manufacturers can adjust to the economy , EVERYONE ELSE HAS !!!!!.....Thank-You Everyone for posting on this subject .

Take Care and Best Regards to All !!!......................Eugene52

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Hi Markwallace
                         Good subject.    I owen both an expensive ( Minelab GP Exterme $3500 )  gold detector and a cheap ( Bounty Hunter $ 200 ) coin detector I will admit that both detectors are for different purposes , I havent found any gold nuggets with the GP Extreme yet but the day after I bought the  Bounty Hunter I went down to the park and picked up $50 bucks worth of coins in a few hours its light and and easy to use only 2 knobs and a button , but I feel like I want to upgrade to a $1000 plus coin detector . Thats been a harder  decision to make than finding a gold nugget.  Which detector is going to better than what Ive got ? 

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It's 90% person and 10% beeper,   I got a very good friend, that has a goodly amount of income, and buys the latest-most improved-fanciest detectors on the market, few years back I got the same kind of fever and started with the trying to keep up with him, well I couldn't do that, not enough money.  But did learn a lesson while detecting with couple other guys that had old OBSOLETE, detectors=ONLY ONES THEY EVER OWNED OR HAD, w0w did they ever show me what it was all about, showed the other folk too, they knew their machines, so as a result, whenever I get another machine (usually by trading or something to that effect) i always dedicate at least 100 hours to that machine ONLY to learn it, (this is what Charles Garrett reccomends=Smart fella), and after my hours of  detecting with that machine , I make a decision, swap or keep, sure there are detectors that are specialized-and they do a better job on their thing, but you have to know how to use it, no matter what it cost you.

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No. They may have 6 times the features for those who are addicted to it. Some don't need pinpointing, tone ID, graphic ID, manual ground balance, imaging, ratchet ID, overload signals,etc. I bought a Walmart version of the BH Tracker for $59 and had this kind of day at 2 schools I had previously searched with 3 excellent metal detectors!

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