Simon,

With the Sunray meter and the Sunray probe it is EXCELLENT!!for coin hunting on land, water I have never tried it yet, but hear it is about the best there is. Like any detector it has to be learned and once you understand it, it is quite simple to use. I beleive you can find a used one quite reasonable with all the goodies on it as a lot of people are buying the new Explorer by Minelab. I have been detecing since 1974 and tried a lot of differnt machines, but the Sovereign has done the best for find for me up here in ND.

Rick