Yes , it is a good start to detecting.
A very good detector. They're silver hounds.
Good discrimination and fast target separation.
Easy to run out of the box on presets.
Just like any programmable detector, it will take time to learn what settings work best for you.
Don't go all out at first, don't make your first hunt a burnt down house site.
Start slow, go to clean site like a school yard, at first discriminate out everything below copper pennies, get used to the sounds of good targets.
When you feel good with those signals, turn disc. down to accept nickles, now you will be digging pull tabs, can slaw, pencil eraser pieces, as well as nickles.
Now you can start to get used to bad target sounds.
From there with a little time you will be able turn disc. down into gold range.
Now you are ready to make some great finds.
