Buying A Metal Detector
Here you can find some useful tips and information related to selecting and purchasing your metal detector. Please feel free to submit your own practical tips and advices that could help others!
Your selection and purchase of a metal detector should be carefully considered. The tough task, for both a beginner and sometimes an experienced brand-switcher, is to choose the right metal detector from dozens of new models appearing on the market continuously.
The process of figuring out the right choice
involves two factors:
1) Determining your goals and needs 2) Amount of money you can invest into
the hobby, including money to be spent for the necessary equipment (please
see My Equipment page) or accessories
in addition to your metal detector.
Buying the right machine depends on your understanding of all important facts on the different types of metal detectors. The hobby of metal detecting include the following kinds of treasure hunting endeavors: coin shooting, relic hunting, cache hunting, dry sand and wet sand beach combing, shallow water and underwater hunting, gold nugget sniping, gold prospecting, and meteorite hunting.
The manufacturers of metal detecting equipment produce various detectors that are specifically designed for all types of treasure hunting. Every year, the modern technology is rapidly producing new and improved tools for the hobby, thus allowing us to recover more finds from the sites previously thought as "worked out."
When the metal detector entered the computer age, treasure hunting became simpler with a computerized one-touch, or "turn-on-and-go", detectors. I strongly recommend such a detector, especially for a person just starting out in the hobby. The market offers a few computerized one-touch detectors at low cost.
Here is a little secret. Everybody is concerned about the detecting depth of metal detectors. Believe it or not, all detectors have the same detecting depth! What makes some detectors better than others is their ability to recognize a target and provide you with a correct reading.
These two factors should be your main concern because it would be much easier for you to learn your detector and have outstanding results if your detector "tells" you nothing but the truth. But you have to pay extra bucks for the most truthful machine.
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