I am a Newbie looking at my first (multi-environment) detector purchase. I have been researching this, on the Internet for about six hours, now.
My requirements and preferences:
1. Detecting environment
a. A decomissioned army base
b. Saltwater beaches, from the sand dunes to wading in up to 1-2 ft of saltwater, I do not need something that works totally submersed.
2. Purchase price, I'd prefer close to $500 or less, if necessary will go higher up to $1000 absolute max.
3. I want a detector that has some sort of graphical display with a discrimination mode to try to guess at the size and/or type of metal and/or depth
4. Newbie friendly
Since I want some sort of discrimination, that rules out Pulse Induction (PI) models.
My best guess so far is the Garrett GTP 1350
It has Discrimination modes with Visual Target ID, a Salt Elimination mode and I can purchase it for about $600.
Does anyone have any other suggestions?
Harold
My requirements and preferences:
1. Detecting environment
a. A decomissioned army base
b. Saltwater beaches, from the sand dunes to wading in up to 1-2 ft of saltwater, I do not need something that works totally submersed.
2. Purchase price, I'd prefer close to $500 or less, if necessary will go higher up to $1000 absolute max.
3. I want a detector that has some sort of graphical display with a discrimination mode to try to guess at the size and/or type of metal and/or depth
4. Newbie friendly
Since I want some sort of discrimination, that rules out Pulse Induction (PI) models.
My best guess so far is the Garrett GTP 1350
It has Discrimination modes with Visual Target ID, a Salt Elimination mode and I can purchase it for about $600.
Does anyone have any other suggestions?
Harold
