TheOldToddler
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- Nov 14, 2020
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You can read a little about me in my introductory post in the general hobby section from earlier today. My current issue is that I have a friend with an eleven-year-old (almost twelve) boy. She and I believe that a metal detector would be a great Christmas gift for him. I have a few older coins (silver, wheat pennies, etc.) that I plan to “salt” on top of the ground but under the grass this week. We will probably have snow and the ground will be frozen by Christmas, but I hope he will have a ball locating the coins under the snow on Christmas day.
The young man is fairly short, but tough and smart and will grow so I need to get a detector with an adjustable shaft length. She takes the boys to the local parks and freshwater beaches in the area and I would like a detector with a submersible coil and as weather/water tight of a control unit as possible to allow wade hunting at the area beaches and in the swimming shallows.
I have a Bounty Hunter Tracker TK4 with a pin pointer in a box ready to unpack and wrap (~$100), and I would need to buy a set of headphones (~$40). I see that there will be a Black Friday deal for a Bounty Hunter Sharpshooter SS2 kit with a pin pointer, headphones, carry bag, and trowel for $150. I plan on continuing to scan the Black Friday deals, and am leaving the SS2 in the box for possible return until a final purchase decision is made. I would appreciate any advice on a detector for a twelve-year-old boy who is eager, interested and rambunctious. I would appreciate any thoughts from the members. Thanks in advance.
The young man is fairly short, but tough and smart and will grow so I need to get a detector with an adjustable shaft length. She takes the boys to the local parks and freshwater beaches in the area and I would like a detector with a submersible coil and as weather/water tight of a control unit as possible to allow wade hunting at the area beaches and in the swimming shallows.
I have a Bounty Hunter Tracker TK4 with a pin pointer in a box ready to unpack and wrap (~$100), and I would need to buy a set of headphones (~$40). I see that there will be a Black Friday deal for a Bounty Hunter Sharpshooter SS2 kit with a pin pointer, headphones, carry bag, and trowel for $150. I plan on continuing to scan the Black Friday deals, and am leaving the SS2 in the box for possible return until a final purchase decision is made. I would appreciate any advice on a detector for a twelve-year-old boy who is eager, interested and rambunctious. I would appreciate any thoughts from the members. Thanks in advance.