Does no one like the Tesoro Compadre? It is never mentioned for being a great starter machine ? It's $160, lifetime warranty, ever so simple, one control knob, distinguishes targets very well, especially coins and good targets. It's not the deepest runner but you will find a ton of stuff in the first 5" of dirt anyways. I've moved on towards "better machines" but will always keep the Compadre that I started out on.