Im brand spanking new to metal detecting and no i do not have a fancy expensive metal detector..however im looking into it now. I have been doing this for one whole week lol and me and my daughter are loving it. I live near a civil war battle field and well no luck on anything yet...i trying to do research on where the campsites might have been but i dont really know where to start other than they had to be by water. Anyways glad to be here and hopefully i will find something cool soon.