"Newbie Alert" Need some advice please

[GhostZebra]

So I live here on the east coast of Florida and am very excited to get into this hobby and have been wanting to for years now. I'm truly an outdoors man and have spent many hours arrowhead hunting up north finding many bird points and an indian head nickel in a particular field up there even without a detector. I intend to use my new detector a lot but because I am near the beach I intend to do many hours hunting the salt wet sands of the beaches close to me as well as the dry sand too.
So here is my question to many of the seasoned professionals of the forum. Should I start off with a Garrett 350 get myself use to learning the device, spend an extra $300 and go with the At Pro which obviously will have some advantages due to its
ground balancing features, etc, or go with a different device all together? Thank you in advance and look forward to hearing from everyone.

 

[whadda]

Hello and welcome,,, you have joined one of the best forum comunities out there with loads of experiance and those happy to share it,,, for me if money was not a problem go with the AT PRO as it has standard modes set for the newbies and then has the pro modes which will let you move into another world,,there is not much in the way of feedback yet apart from some awsome air tests but i am sure they are going to work just fine in the field,,,,if money is an issue go with the 350 or even a 250 for that matter,, both these machines will suit a newbie,,

cheers whadda

 

[Dig'em All]

Welcome! Although I am not a "seasoned professional" any Garrett you get will be the best. Learn your machine, put in the work and you will do great. From your post I believe you will do this. A lot of great people here that will help just ask and ask some more. Take it or leave it but a metal detector is a tool plain and simple "a tool". A car is a tool, when you have a flat tire you should be able to hear it before you feel it. Get a Garrett! Dig'em All

 

[Bill_S]

I intend to use my new detector a lot but because I am near the beach I intend to do many hours hunting the salt wet sands of the beaches close to me as well as the dry sand too.

You may want to look into a detector made more for that type of hunting. Sorry I don't have experience with that type of detector but there are some on here that do and can suggest one.

 

[Bling]

after 30+ years of detecting and over 200 detectors NO single freq detector will work as "well" as a multi freq on wet salt sand..if you want to hunt wet salt sand you best go for an Excalibur or a Sovereign or a CZ20/21...or a PI....PI's are good but lack discrimination so you must dig every item. iv spent ton's of money through trial and error to come to this conclusion. now if you are just going to hunt dry sand then about any $300+ detector will work. but when you move to the wet sand its a whole new ball game.good luck and read the reviews.