Hi all,
I've been lurking the boards for awhile trying to gleen as much knowledge and info as possible.
I've been trying to find a good machine for myself off-and-on for years. But the stars never seemed to line up for me on that.
I became interested in MDing when I was a kid, around 9 or 10. I had a cousin that had a whites machine that would let me poke around the campground with it on family camp-outs.
Several years later, I had a "entry level" bounty hunter that was great at finding junk. It was later "borrowed" and never returned.
Today, I live near and travel to several places that seem to be great for detecting. I've been trying to squirrel away enough money to a "good" machine.
My interest include prospecting, relic hunting and some coin&jewelry hunting. In that order.
I've been looking at the whites mxt the m6, the tesoro lobo, the minelab xterra 505 & 705 ( and the 70), and the Gold-bug Pro/G2.
According to the boards and ads, these all seem to fit the bill for what I'm interested in. But I would like some opinions of other machines that might fit my needs.
Also, would it be better to find a couple or more older machines to fit the niches.
I live in Northern Nevada, work near Rye Patch nugget grounds, and often travel through the sierras and western Oregon.
Can ya help a curious fella out?
Thanks
I've been lurking the boards for awhile trying to gleen as much knowledge and info as possible.
I've been trying to find a good machine for myself off-and-on for years. But the stars never seemed to line up for me on that.
I became interested in MDing when I was a kid, around 9 or 10. I had a cousin that had a whites machine that would let me poke around the campground with it on family camp-outs.
Several years later, I had a "entry level" bounty hunter that was great at finding junk. It was later "borrowed" and never returned.
Today, I live near and travel to several places that seem to be great for detecting. I've been trying to squirrel away enough money to a "good" machine.
My interest include prospecting, relic hunting and some coin&jewelry hunting. In that order.
I've been looking at the whites mxt the m6, the tesoro lobo, the minelab xterra 505 & 705 ( and the 70), and the Gold-bug Pro/G2.
According to the boards and ads, these all seem to fit the bill for what I'm interested in. But I would like some opinions of other machines that might fit my needs.
Also, would it be better to find a couple or more older machines to fit the niches.
I live in Northern Nevada, work near Rye Patch nugget grounds, and often travel through the sierras and western Oregon.
Can ya help a curious fella out?
Thanks