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OK, Heres my situation. My son has Asperger's Syndrome and Autism. He has low muscletone and gets bored easily. He thinks hes a Mortal Kombat warrior, and I feel for any detector I get him. REALLY! I'm being serious.
Im hoping someone can help me find him the perfect detector. Heres what I'm after:
1) It needs to be VERY lightweight. (low muscletone... cant stand weight on his arms for long periods.) He does OK with his Mom's 2.3 pound detector, but she wont give it up, and its too complicated for him anyways.
2) It needs to be TOUGH!!! He swings it at imaginary people sometimes... I know,ANY detector will break if you use it like a baseball bat, but I just want strong as in... not fragile. I was thinking of maybe a Tesoro on that point, or something with a lifetime warranty for when it DOES break... (hopefully that wont happen...)
3) It needs to hunt like a Garrett Groundhog with a sniper coil. In other words, always on pinpoint, all metal... (he'd be just as happy finding hot wheels cars as jewelry) and NO adjustments. He just wants to know theres something metal under there, and that its only a couple inches down. No real digging. 5" should be plenty deep enough for mulch parks and grassy areas. Id rather the head be bigger than a sniper coil, but Id like the constant pinpoint mode for him, rather than the regular search modes.
4) STRESSING #3... pinpoint mode ALWAYS on.
5) a needle (analogue?) display would be fine. A computer display like on the Ace 250 would be too much. I want to get him interested in it first, then work him up to a better machine in a few years. Remember HES AUTISTIC, so the norm dont apply to him.
6) CHEAP! He's nine. I dont want to spend much on it in case he hates it. I have sparked his interest, but havent got him snagged yet.
Any suggestions???
Im hoping someone can help me find him the perfect detector. Heres what I'm after:
1) It needs to be VERY lightweight. (low muscletone... cant stand weight on his arms for long periods.) He does OK with his Mom's 2.3 pound detector, but she wont give it up, and its too complicated for him anyways.
2) It needs to be TOUGH!!! He swings it at imaginary people sometimes... I know,ANY detector will break if you use it like a baseball bat, but I just want strong as in... not fragile. I was thinking of maybe a Tesoro on that point, or something with a lifetime warranty for when it DOES break... (hopefully that wont happen...)
3) It needs to hunt like a Garrett Groundhog with a sniper coil. In other words, always on pinpoint, all metal... (he'd be just as happy finding hot wheels cars as jewelry) and NO adjustments. He just wants to know theres something metal under there, and that its only a couple inches down. No real digging. 5" should be plenty deep enough for mulch parks and grassy areas. Id rather the head be bigger than a sniper coil, but Id like the constant pinpoint mode for him, rather than the regular search modes.
4) STRESSING #3... pinpoint mode ALWAYS on.
5) a needle (analogue?) display would be fine. A computer display like on the Ace 250 would be too much. I want to get him interested in it first, then work him up to a better machine in a few years. Remember HES AUTISTIC, so the norm dont apply to him.
6) CHEAP! He's nine. I dont want to spend much on it in case he hates it. I have sparked his interest, but havent got him snagged yet.
Any suggestions???