The Prizms are good, basic machines, but they have one (to me) serious drawback. They don't have a selection of different coils to enhance hunting in different conditions, whereas the XLT does. You might also take alook at at the M6, the MXT and the DFX. They all share a pretty complete line of coils that fit all three machines. If you get very serious about this hobby, you will end up with more than one coil. Why?
Well for instance, a small coil slips thru heavy trash and helps separate the good stuff from the junk and will let you get closer to playground equipment, fences etc. Kind of like the difference between a spot light versus a floodlight. The larger coils cover more area and detects somewhat deeper, but when multible targets are under them, the machines cannot deal well with so many signals at once. Also there are coils designed to handle heavily mineralized ground which may or may not be a problem where you hunt, but often is, if trying to prospect with a detector. Also, the machines other than the Prizms all have auto ground tracking while the Prizms are preset. Again, in mineralized ground the auto ground tracking can be a definite plus. Hope this helps, rather than confuses - there's more to this hobby than I imagined when I first started outl
Good Luck,
Bill
