mtwarych
New Member
So, I am pretty excited to get into this hobby. I spent the majority of last night and most of today reading the different threads available on this forum and the amount of information is pretty overwhelming.
I need to ask for opinions on what machine I should buy for myself. My children will probably be using it some. My children are 34 and 32 years old. Not youngsters.
I have always been good at working with and understanding the hows and why's of any machine. I would like to purchase a machine that:
would be a good starters machine but one I won't outgrow next year. Maybe something that would be considered an intermediate type of machine.
Would pretty much be used for relics and coins.
Has rechargeable batteries and is waterproof, be able to be used in snow and shallow water.
I'm not sure how important headphones are. Please let me know.
Here's the big one, cost less than $500.00.
If there is something I should be considering, please let me know. Like I said in my first post, I am completely new to this and just don't know things that I probably should consider. From watching videos, I see that a "pointer" is used quite a lot. What type should I get for myself.
I realize that I live in an area where long ago, if a person lost a nickle, they had to find it or go hungry. I understand that I won't be finding the crown jewels but everyone has a different idea what a treasure is.
I thank everyone on this forum for the amount of knowledge and the lack of judgement shown in the threads. It's not a common thing found in the forums of today.
I need to ask for opinions on what machine I should buy for myself. My children will probably be using it some. My children are 34 and 32 years old. Not youngsters.
I have always been good at working with and understanding the hows and why's of any machine. I would like to purchase a machine that:
would be a good starters machine but one I won't outgrow next year. Maybe something that would be considered an intermediate type of machine.
Would pretty much be used for relics and coins.
Has rechargeable batteries and is waterproof, be able to be used in snow and shallow water.
I'm not sure how important headphones are. Please let me know.
Here's the big one, cost less than $500.00.
If there is something I should be considering, please let me know. Like I said in my first post, I am completely new to this and just don't know things that I probably should consider. From watching videos, I see that a "pointer" is used quite a lot. What type should I get for myself.
I realize that I live in an area where long ago, if a person lost a nickle, they had to find it or go hungry. I understand that I won't be finding the crown jewels but everyone has a different idea what a treasure is.
I thank everyone on this forum for the amount of knowledge and the lack of judgement shown in the threads. It's not a common thing found in the forums of today.