I have been searching for a cheap detector to learn with and try it my hand at detecting. I found the detector at Harbor Freight and for $45 dollars if it turns out to be junk not much lost. I get the thing set up and familiarize myself with it and take off to my front yard. I found a dime about 4" down, Then a penny. I then got a hit by the base of my tree. I dug down about 3" and found a Purple Heart medal. I am not sure how it actually got there but I am assuming that it is from a home that was torn up during a tornado in 1992. I cleaned it up and could barely make out the name on the back. After a couple of hours searching on the internet looking for marital information for this fallen soldier in World War II. I stumbled across the soldiers son who shares his fathers name. A little more searching and I came up with a phone # for this gentlemen who is 70 years old living in Colorado. I picked up the phone and called this man and began asking him questions, turns out he lived in my neighborhood until a divorce in 1978. He did still remember the address it wasn't the same as mine acutally around the corner down the block from mine which is how I came to the conclusion maybe his exwife continued to live here after the divorce and in 1992 the home was compromized during the tornado. Well that is my story I am hooked now. I have found some more coins and lots of junk. I am surprised at the performance of this cheap detector. Are the more expensive ones any better than this?