Metal Detectors?
 

I've been thinking about getting a metal detector for sometime, I think it would be an interesting hobby. But I know very little about them, so, I was wondering if anyone could help me out with the basics, where to buy them, what not to buy, what to buy, etc.

Thanks!

Can't beat howstuffworks.com for alot of information on alot of stuff heres a link to thier metal detector page (link) Also on the last page of their article theres a section of links to other useful sites about metal detectors. Happy Hunting!

The radioshack one I bought a few years ago never did work. I guess you get what you pay for, it only cost 50 bucks.

All depends on how you're gonna use it and what $ you're willing to part with. You can go the cheap route (Radio shack and other no name brands) but you'll be spending a lot of time digging trying to uncover all the false hits they give. Better quality units are able to distinguish targets a bit better and can be adjusted to compensate for various conditions and items you're looking for.

I have a White's Surf Pro that I got for underwater searching while scuba diving. I'm pretty happy with it.

Check out:

http://www.whiteselectronics.com

I'm hoping for the 2-300 dollar range. I don't want to spend to much more than that. This will be used for family stuff, just poking about the country side etc, but, we still want a quality unit. I've been looking around, but i'm still not sure what brands are the best, and which ones to avoid. The ones I were looking at were the "bounty hunter" brand. This one, in perticular http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...results1.jhtml

I did it a bit when I was a kid.

Problem is the US is to young to have a lot of cool burried stuff.

Europe has a good 3000 years worth of discarded metal, lucky bastards :)