I had one with a sharpshooter,and it was alot of fun,and sure hit on nickel and gold hard for a low frequency machine. I've stopped listening to the post about high frequency machines for gold,I think they all get it,and I miss how much fun that eurotek was that I'm getting another.I don't know how anyone else feels,but to me its more fun with a starter machine, just go and dig what I'd probably di g with these higher end units I keep getting. I think it's time to go back to the beginning.