Kaywood, I use the Whites M-6,very simple machine,no programing,runs silent,till ya hit a target of course,you have seven tone which I like,once you have a 100 or so hours,it becomes a pretty good friend. I have over 3200 hrs. in the last 28 months,I'm retired and that's all I do is hunt,you'll dig your share of trash now, save all your copper and brass,it adds up $$$! The good finds make,lets say, a RUSH, OOOOH,that's COOL,let me find some more!!! There a LOT of detectors on the market.Whites has been at it over 60 yrs.,they had to have learned something,their running with the big dogs. You'll need a good pair of headphones,I use Black Widows,a good digging tool,I use a Lesche,and, a pin pointer,I use a SunRay,I really like the DD 6x10 coil also it separates pretty darn good in trashy areas,you'll end up getting them all anyway,that is if you stay in it ,which I hope you do,it certainly has it's moments. Oh ya,do your research well,that is a big bonus! God Bless Chris