just wondering what a professionals opinion on 3300

[mike80]

My first metal detector only used it about 5 or 6 times.. found 6 old tootsie metal cars, quite a bit of clad around lake waco, some bullets, and a bunch of trash...just wanna know how acurate the depth reader and how good it works in water. I'm alittle skeptical about putting coil and shaft in water....I appreciate any advice. I am so hooked on this hobby. I always liked to collect coins when I was young and lost a lot as I got older and now its time to find and collect again. One hobby u can't go wrong

 

[JB(MS)]

I've used a lot of detectors in the almost 41 years since I got my first one, including many of the high end units, and the 3300's worked as well or better than most of them. When RS stopped local stores from selling them and they were on sale I bought three, over a two month period, for a total of $392, and I used one of them a lot. They had excellent depth in my mild ground and accurate ID down to about 7 inches, past that the meter ID jumped around. The audio tones were accurate as deep as the deepest coin I found, a barber dime at close to 9 inches. The 3300 works fine in fresh water and in the dry sand on salt water beaches, but like most single frequency detectors it has problems with wet salty sand and salt water, No problem submerging the coil and pole, but be careful not to let water get in the housing. The only negative I found with the 3300's is the build quality isn't as good as it could be. I sold two of the 3300's, and traded the other one, and the one I traded and one of the two I sold had problems a year or so after I got rid of them. The ID meter went haywire on one, and the other stopped working altogether. If you're interested, I have a short report on the first one I bought at http://jb-ms.com/Detectors/3300.htm.

 

[thebottlefreak]

im no expert but my experience with the 3300 isnt good had alot of trouble a short time after i got one couldnt ground balance had trouble locking on to targets and it would simply lock up and had to shut it off and turn it back on again to get it to work again returned it for repair and was wiyh out it for a month got it back they said they replaced the speaker and soldered a wire but it didnt work any better been putting up with it for a few months now and am about to send it back in for repairs in a couple weeks i live in new york and the season here is short im looking at a fisher f4 which im thinking about getting been reading the reviews even from people who had the 3300 and they all say its a much superior machine hope this helps out but thats only my opinion hope all your finds are silver and gold