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$200.00 will get you a toy.
I spent $200 on an F2 and got an 8" coil, a sniper 4" coil and a badly made and barely workable handheld pinpointer but it was free and still better than nothing.
I bought this thing to use as a guest detector and to take on vacation only, at first, but it was so much fun to use and found me so much right out of the gate it became my prime tool for 3 years.
In that time it found me relics, silver and older coins, close to $1000 in clad and my number one target...lots of jewelry.
Dozen of silver targets including lots of chains, and about two dozen gold targets in those 3 years.
In 2013 I set a ridiculously silly goal to find 12 gold targets in my public park hunting sites and in early December I hit that goal.
My new F70 found one, my Vaquero found another, my F2 found the one with a 10" concentric coil and the rest with that sniper, my coil of choice on most of my detectors.
That toy was sure fun to play with...In the time I used it paid for itself more than 10X's over in clad and jewelry it found at melt prices.
The language and behavior I learned while using it enabled me to make an easy and smooth transition when I moved up into the higher end F70.
There are now more and better entry level detectors on the market than ever before.
They might not have all the whistles and bells of the upper end units but they still find metal.
Anything you choose to swing give you fun and pleasure and find you many great targets if you take the time to learn it well.
Many start out with these entry level units and eventually move up into higher end once they figure out what kind of hunter they want to be and gain the experience they need to make an informed decision on their upgrade.
You gotta start somewhere...some start low, some enter in the middle or go all the way to high end but we all reach the place we really want to be eventually.
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. I bet you give motivational speeches too.
