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just got a metal detector for Christmas
konsole
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I'm trying to decide is this a good metal detector to keep or should I return it and get a different one. I have never metal detected before so just to let you know. The metal detector I got is the Bounty Hunter Quick Silver, retails for about $150. Is this a decent one or should I get a different one?
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Unless you are willing to trade it back and add $400.00 to $600.00 dollars to upgrade to a better unit.
If you keep what you have, and learn to use it, then it will be a good detector for a hunting partner to get started on when you move up to a better detector.
Look at what people on this forum find. Some have low price units, some mid price units, and some top of the line units.
I just spent $200.00 for a coil to put on a 15 year old detector. The detector cost $300.00 used two years ago. It finds the same stuff as a top of the line $1,000.00 unit
Study what others use for accessories. Like digging tools and pin pointers. Maps for old locations.
This is a fun hobby
Jerry
But not as easy as some folks make it look. It is definitely a hobby for patient and persistent people.
<< <i>I agree with LM.
Unless you are willing to trade it back and add $400.00 to $600.00 dollars to upgrade to a better unit.
If you keep what you have, and learn to use it, then it will be a good detector for a hunting partner to get started on when you move up to a better detector.
Look at what people on this forum find. Some have low price units, some mid price units, and some top of the line units.
I just spent $200.00 for a coil to put on a 15 year old detector. The detector cost $300.00 used two years ago. It finds the same stuff as a top of the line $1,000.00 unit
Study what others use for accessories. Like digging tools and pin pointers. Maps for old locations.
This is a fun hobby
Jerry >>
patience and persistence are 2 of the reasons I think I will like this hobby, because I'm more often then not both of those two.
Read your manual (no... memorize it), and get out there and practice with that sucker!
Get a good digging tool if you didn't already. An electronic pinpointer is nice to have though not 100% necessary (in fact, you should get one later since you don't wanna get too dependent on it at first- learn to pinpoint without it first).
A persistent and patient detectorist who learns his local history and finds those promising sites can do better, even with a $150 detector, than somebody else with a $1,000 machine who doesn't invest some time and thought into the hobby.
I used a quicksilver once for a brief period, and was not impressed with its depth or target id vs. the 250 - And its lack of pinpointing ability will really make things a bit tough on you starting out.
[A machine with pinpointing will, with practice, let you home in on a target with sometimes amazing accuracey. A machine which does not have pinpointing takes quite a bit more trial and error for judging just where to dig when it alerts you to a target. Even more, pinpointing will also let you know the approximate size of an object. Coin sized, can sized or larger ect. Without pinpointing, you don't have that ability].
Also, it appears that you may be able to get them for quite a bit less than $150 [ Here they are $89.99].
Having said that, I don't disagree with what lordM or Crock said.
It is a decent starter machine, and you will find metal objects with it.
No matter what machine you have, you'll only get back what you put into it - And even then, luck of course plays a major role in finding goodies - As does practice, perseverance, patience and experimentation.