Torakage
Junior Member
Greetings all,
I am at quandary what to do. I want to get into metal detecting to be outside more since I really do not do the whole sports thing anymore, since I am getting nagged about the extra pounds I have put on doing computer work over the past 10 years. But I am unsure If metal detecting will be what I am looking for.
Needless to say I have metal detected before. This was many years ago in my childhood. A neighbore was selling their property and they borrowed a detector to find anything their kids or I had lost in their back yard. Well I got to help and really liked it those couple days I got to help. That was many years ago about 20 so years but still remember the thrill of finding coins and other items we never knew was there in the ground we played and lived on.
But my problem is this I do not know if I should get a low priced detector or save up and get a good detector. What I'm am pondering is this, getting a Garrett Ace 250 or something around the 200 mark or saving up for a Minelab X-Terra 70. I have been reading and lurking on other metal detecting websites for about a month already but wondering if saving for a better machine will give me more insight on what I should buy, and expect, etc.
Thank you in advance for your time and input as well as it will be helpful from everything else I have read on these forums.
I am at quandary what to do. I want to get into metal detecting to be outside more since I really do not do the whole sports thing anymore, since I am getting nagged about the extra pounds I have put on doing computer work over the past 10 years. But I am unsure If metal detecting will be what I am looking for.
Needless to say I have metal detected before. This was many years ago in my childhood. A neighbore was selling their property and they borrowed a detector to find anything their kids or I had lost in their back yard. Well I got to help and really liked it those couple days I got to help. That was many years ago about 20 so years but still remember the thrill of finding coins and other items we never knew was there in the ground we played and lived on.
But my problem is this I do not know if I should get a low priced detector or save up and get a good detector. What I'm am pondering is this, getting a Garrett Ace 250 or something around the 200 mark or saving up for a Minelab X-Terra 70. I have been reading and lurking on other metal detecting websites for about a month already but wondering if saving for a better machine will give me more insight on what I should buy, and expect, etc.
Thank you in advance for your time and input as well as it will be helpful from everything else I have read on these forums.