any one familiar with the sand shark? and I dont mean the tesoro verison.

[mr929rr]

I found this detector on ebay and I was curious to know if anyone has used one or knows anything about it? Here is the link:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-SAND-SHA...item19d0e61a83

[robby4570]

Chinese knock-off? I think if I was going to drop 1300 bucks on an MD I'll get an Excal...

Another RED FLAG for me is when I go to a website for a company that wants my money and there's NO address and NO phone number....

[NCHunter23]

This is one of the first MD's I purchased about a year ago, before I found this forum... Once received, it appeared to be very poorly put together, like it would leak the moment I put it into the water... The headphones appeared to be poorly manufactured as well... So I returned it the moment I got it and started doing more research... From what I found, it would be worth it to spend a bit more and get a higher quality machine...

Since I am primarily going to hunt on land anyway, I got something else instead and will probably get a Tesoro version down the road...

Just my 2 cents...

[Longhair]

From the ad...

Weight 6lbs

Warranty - 5-years

Pulse Induction Technology
Submersible Headphones (Included)
Can be set to ignore small metal pieces while looking for larger objects
10" deepsearch spidercoil
Audible alarm and visual red LED flash
Aluminum control tube
Descrimination capabilities to tune out trash like pulltabs while searching for valuable treasure
Manufacturer: Treasure Hunter
Suggested Retail $1295.95

Six pounds???!!!

And a PI machine that can discriminate pulltabs but not miss good stuff???
Suggested retail more than a thousand dollars higher than starting bid??

Should be a tip-off in there somewhere.

[cher]

*once payment received, order will normally go out within 1-2 business days (Monday - Friday). we work Monday - Friday, all email, we receive, is normally answered in 2 business days. we are a mail order company, no pick up is allowed. Can you say "red flag!?"

[Irons]

Originally Posted by cher

*once payment received, order will normally go out within 1-2 business days (Monday - Friday). we work Monday - Friday, all email, we receive, is normally answered in 2 business days. we are a mail order company, no pick up is allowed. Can you say "red flag!?"

Looks legit.

[Lineweed]

steer clear. the MD market is small, if its dodgy, it probably is.

[borborygmus]

ah yes...i had the opportunity to see one of these "chinese sand sharks", and it was highly not recommended.