New Detector

[sscindercoop]

Well I decided to buy a Famous Trails MD6000 to search the local fresh water swimming spots. I was wondering if anyone can tell me anything about the machine. Is it any good ?

 

[LX Kid]

I bought one several years ago on a whim and "hated" it. It was a "toy" and couldn't believe I could have bought it. Now that being said they may have come a long way since then! Hope that someone will post their feeling on new models. My opinion is, "You pay less you get less!" Good luck

 

[sniffer]

if you have to ask if it's any good, you haven't done your research into finding a quality MD
who is the parent co. of that machine ?
where is made ?
who performs service on this machine ?
what is the warranty ?
does it work ?
have you seen or talked to others who have used one ?

 

[Sandman]

Time is the on your side if you wrap this around a tree in the woods and walk away and don't look back. You already have a couple nice detectors in the Garrett and Minelab. But somewhere down the line we have all bought something that didn't work to expectations. Sorry..........

Read my signature below.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

The answers so far are correct: It's a kid's toy. But with that said, it's also like all the elctronics of today: technology and production evolve so fast, that I bet even a toy of today, would be yester-year's top model Ie.: it used to be, back in the 1970s & 80s, that a radio shack toy metal detector could scarecely find a coin 2" deep. But I bet today's "toys" probably will, in fact, find coins, rings, etc... But no, they will not be competitive if you are hunting behind other guys with better name-brand units. If you've got easy-to-find ample targets to choose from, it will work. But if you want to get serious, you'll need to upgrade.

 

[DirtyDon]

Walmart has them on sale now on the internet for $49.00. That's forty nine dollars...How good can they be? One review said his lasted for just the first time he used it.........