New detector for my GF for christmas?

She doesn't want a detector. She wants a ring.

My gf is not that type of girl. She loves to dig in the dirt and she LOVES metal detecting. Shes found tons of silver with my old bounty hunter machines. Shes not into bling like most 26 year old women. I definetly plan on giving her a ring when the time comes, for now i think she will love a new machine.
 
Garrett Ace 350. Turn on and go. They are coin magnets. And the tones are the best. I started out on a 350. My first month I had 325.00 in clad. Learning the hobby. Garrett pro pointer. I started with that machine as I was not sure that detecting would be for me. Man that was over $4000.00. A go. Went in to it whole hog. Man I LOVE this hobby.HH
 
i had both the f2 and euro. they are darn close. id give the edge to the euro. In MY dirt it was only about 1/4" to 1/2" deeper but the numbers would bounce a little less. the f2 does have the 2 coil package that comes with a cheap PP as well. the extra coil and pp i think i makes up for difference in performance between the two
 
the pinpointer though that comes with fishers is so bad it should be run over buy a truck. as far as the f2 being good, yea it is, but the euro is silent and its also built for mineralized soil as well as soil with heavy iron content, its going to be better in the long run for general hunting.
 
Bigboyshobbies.net has a nice teknetics gamma 6000. Its used but priced right at 299. Its a 500 dollar unit.
 
She has been using a cheap pinpointer for a while now so Im also going to look into getting her a GPP. As of now its looking like a Eurotek Pro with DD coil and GPP.
 
yeah i also own one. had it for about a year now. couldnt imagine going without it now lol.
 
My favorite low price detector *was* the Eurotek Pro, until I got a Bounty Hunter Land Ranger PRO. The Land Ranger PRO has notches where you can just take out a category part way, good selection of tones & disc settings, just push buttons. Some programs are manual ground balance (iron accepted) or Ground Grab & the higher disc programs just use preset ground balance.

I like LR PRO notches & notch width & being able to pick up some nickels while rejecting most tabs & the medium tone for nickels & low tone for zincs might be fun. Some might be liking the ET Pro so they have more control over how iron is heard, or if it is heard. The 11" DD coil with sens turned up hears what must be ground minerals softly. Over my dime planted 5" deep, the beeps are loud on both, with IDs mostly OK.
But some may prefer the ET Pro with less adjustment options as maybe simpler.

On the LR PRO the ID in dozens of passes never once went down to zinc & no low or medium tones.

Besides the huge numerical ID (quite accurate even in preset), there are tiny labels for the ID & a couple dark marks show up there. I can read those tiny IDs somehow & read they are illuminated, low, medium, or high conductivity range light comes on when something detected in that range & the little ID shows for three seconds, then goes away as the light turns off. A nickel can be made to be low or middle tone. 11" DD coil & many dealers sell them under $300.

It beat the Eurotek Pro on dime air test 9.5" on LR Pro, 9" ET Pro. Also the Land Ranger Pro is quiet in my yard with sensitivity up all the way. The coil is a push-in with the optional coils being the 8" & 10" BH concentric coils. BH also has a new Quick Draw PRO for those who don't have bad mineralization. Like the ET Pro, preset ground balance for about the price of the Eurotek Pro with 8" concentric, but the QD PRO comes with a 6x10" concentric coil. Has the non-motion pinpoint. Best wishes.
 
You're in F4 price range as well, it will give you more features such as ground balance which comes in handy, as well as the 11in DD coil.
 
I bought a used F2 last year. It's already paid for itself. I'd say get the F2. Or if you don't mind used machines , there's some good deals in the for sale section of the forum.
 
The Gamma 6000 is a very good detector! It's super light, deep and simple to use. Importantly, it has a ground balance.

beephead
 
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