Jeepfreak81
Senior Member
Hey all - been a hot minute since I've been on here and I didn't detect hardly at all last year. However I did detect a little bit in my back yard with my son and he really enjoyed it. This year he's showing interest and even asking me "how long til the ground thaws".
So I decided I'd like to pick him up his own detector. However, I dont' want to spend a ton of money because #1) he'll grow out of it. and #2) He may tire of it quickly, that remains to be seen.
So I was looking for some suggestions. I'm not opposed to buying used but seems hard to find used kids detectors that aren't just glorified toys. (I guess that's what metal detectors are anyway, HAHA).
I was looking at the Nokta Midi Hoard - It's about $150 most places I look. That's not entirely out of my price range, though if I could find something a bit cheaper that'd be even better. Is the Nokta decent? My other son had a cheap no name detector when he was younger and it just wasn't very good, stuff had to be almost right at the surface.
So I decided I'd like to pick him up his own detector. However, I dont' want to spend a ton of money because #1) he'll grow out of it. and #2) He may tire of it quickly, that remains to be seen.
So I was looking for some suggestions. I'm not opposed to buying used but seems hard to find used kids detectors that aren't just glorified toys. (I guess that's what metal detectors are anyway, HAHA).
I was looking at the Nokta Midi Hoard - It's about $150 most places I look. That's not entirely out of my price range, though if I could find something a bit cheaper that'd be even better. Is the Nokta decent? My other son had a cheap no name detector when he was younger and it just wasn't very good, stuff had to be almost right at the surface.