littledmac
Greenie
- Oct 20, 2009
- 16
- 0
- Detector(s) used
- Fisher 1280x aquanaut/Bounty Hunter Tracker ID 505
Hello all,
This is my first post to the site although I have been lurking for a couple of months. I have always wanted to detect, but was intimidated with all the different models, and frankly the high prices of detectors, so I never bought one. A friend at work recently asked me If I wanted a detector that her husband never really used, as she was thinking of donating it to a local thrift store. I told her I absolutely would take it, not knowing if it was a good one or not. (hadn't reasearched them in years). I got it, and didn't bother looking up if it was a good one or not. My 5 year old son and I just decided to hit the beach. I live on the Outer Banks, and can walk to the beach. My son and I have detected maybe 7-8 times with it since we got it.(for an hour or so each time) We have found clad with it every time we have gone out. On the 4th or 5th time out we found a 22k gold ring!!! We were jumping up and down on the beach like idiots. I decided since then, to look up the detector to see if it was a good one or not. Here it is just a cheapy beginner model. It is a Bounty Hunter Tracker ID 505. I can say that I have read many many threads now, saying how bounty hunters are great at finding silver but not gold, and that all these expesive detectors will pick up so much more.
My question is, if this cheap Bounty hunter can find a small womens 22k gold ring, (in wet sand) why would I possibly spend more money on a "better" unit? I have also read countless times, that "you should dig every beep" as you never know. And reading many posts tells me that many times the expensive ones will say its one thing and its something entirely different. With that in mind, what do all those fancy bells and whistles get you, if you are digging every time anyhow? I would buy a more expensive model (now that I am hooked on the hobby) but I don't know if I can justify it, knowing what the cheap model is capable of. I might go ahead and get a water proof model, but other than that, can anyone help me understand what is so much better in the more expensive models? Is it simply like a staus symbol or something? Like the difference between a Ford and a Cadillac? They both get you from point A to point B, or is their really more to it? If you really are gonna dig every time, I don't get it. Also, If their really is no discriminate out the pull tabs, Which I have found is everybodies arch nemisis, why bother paying more? Someone please help me understand?!
Thanks
This is my first post to the site although I have been lurking for a couple of months. I have always wanted to detect, but was intimidated with all the different models, and frankly the high prices of detectors, so I never bought one. A friend at work recently asked me If I wanted a detector that her husband never really used, as she was thinking of donating it to a local thrift store. I told her I absolutely would take it, not knowing if it was a good one or not. (hadn't reasearched them in years). I got it, and didn't bother looking up if it was a good one or not. My 5 year old son and I just decided to hit the beach. I live on the Outer Banks, and can walk to the beach. My son and I have detected maybe 7-8 times with it since we got it.(for an hour or so each time) We have found clad with it every time we have gone out. On the 4th or 5th time out we found a 22k gold ring!!! We were jumping up and down on the beach like idiots. I decided since then, to look up the detector to see if it was a good one or not. Here it is just a cheapy beginner model. It is a Bounty Hunter Tracker ID 505. I can say that I have read many many threads now, saying how bounty hunters are great at finding silver but not gold, and that all these expesive detectors will pick up so much more.
My question is, if this cheap Bounty hunter can find a small womens 22k gold ring, (in wet sand) why would I possibly spend more money on a "better" unit? I have also read countless times, that "you should dig every beep" as you never know. And reading many posts tells me that many times the expensive ones will say its one thing and its something entirely different. With that in mind, what do all those fancy bells and whistles get you, if you are digging every time anyhow? I would buy a more expensive model (now that I am hooked on the hobby) but I don't know if I can justify it, knowing what the cheap model is capable of. I might go ahead and get a water proof model, but other than that, can anyone help me understand what is so much better in the more expensive models? Is it simply like a staus symbol or something? Like the difference between a Ford and a Cadillac? They both get you from point A to point B, or is their really more to it? If you really are gonna dig every time, I don't get it. Also, If their really is no discriminate out the pull tabs, Which I have found is everybodies arch nemisis, why bother paying more? Someone please help me understand?!
Thanks