Good luck with your new found, or re found desire to dig little jewels from the past.
I to have restarted metal detecting again two months ago. Approximately twenty three years ago my two year old Technatics MD broke, I got married had kids and now I'm single and a retired/disabled surveyor form Arkansas and I really like MDing again.
I have a Chicago Steel Tape ferrous metal locater left over from surveying, It will go really deep, I mean feet deep on iron and steel only. Good for relic hunting ect.
In the last two months I have purchased a Bounty Hunter Quick Draw II, a Garrett GTAx 500, and a Tesoro Cibola.
I want just two metal detectors for now so I'm trying to sell the Garrett.
I thought the Garrett would be an upgrade from the QD II but they are both just coin shooters. I have a 4" coil for the QD II and It works good in trash for coin shooting and it will find gold rings.
The Cibola is a great all around detector for my needs. I got it 9 days ago and I'm running down a second battery. It only takes one!
Let us know how you like your Bandido when you get it up & runnen.
keep on diggen
david