Panayiotis
Tenderfoot
- Feb 2, 2015
- 6
- 0
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I am from Cyprus and I am thinking in entering in Metal detecting.
The permited areas for metal detecting in Cyprus are in majority beaches. After reading a bit on the subject, I came to the conclusion (might be wrong and if so correct me), I need a detector that can be suited for dry sand/land conditions as well be able to detect shallow waters (Not more than 2m I guess.
The best choice for me would be a Minelab Excalibur 1000 or Mark II but my budget is no more than $650-$700 max. Up until now I have not seen one for sale for that amount... so I am thining to go for either a Garrett AT Pro (for the versatility in both land and water + discrimination modes) or Garrett Sea hunter Mark II (for better durability in saltwater .. but worrying about the non discrimination here).
If you have any suggestions for me .. or a clearer view on which way I should go that would be ideal as I have no experience whatsoever in the hobby.
I suspect that your beaches would not be so clean .. so perhaps discrimination is important .. but then again I have read that AT Pro looses substantial depth when used submerged. On the other hand, I wouldn't want to dig every other corner for alluminium rings from cokes!![Smiley :) :)](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/smiley.gif)
.... thanking you all in adnvance for your help!
The permited areas for metal detecting in Cyprus are in majority beaches. After reading a bit on the subject, I came to the conclusion (might be wrong and if so correct me), I need a detector that can be suited for dry sand/land conditions as well be able to detect shallow waters (Not more than 2m I guess.
The best choice for me would be a Minelab Excalibur 1000 or Mark II but my budget is no more than $650-$700 max. Up until now I have not seen one for sale for that amount... so I am thining to go for either a Garrett AT Pro (for the versatility in both land and water + discrimination modes) or Garrett Sea hunter Mark II (for better durability in saltwater .. but worrying about the non discrimination here).
If you have any suggestions for me .. or a clearer view on which way I should go that would be ideal as I have no experience whatsoever in the hobby.
I suspect that your beaches would not be so clean .. so perhaps discrimination is important .. but then again I have read that AT Pro looses substantial depth when used submerged. On the other hand, I wouldn't want to dig every other corner for alluminium rings from cokes!
![Smiley :) :)](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/smiley.gif)
.... thanking you all in adnvance for your help!