I am plan on using it in some of the lakes here in Montana, around boat docks and swimming areas (diving). Also around some of the old gold mines, old army forts and ghost towns. I have only borrowed friends detectors before, and want a detector of my own that I won't want or need to upgrade in a long time. I am alos going to be retiring in a couple of years and plan on geting to do some diving/detecting time around Florida.