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Hi All,
Firstly let ne say that I am going to be getting 2 detectors, one for me and one for my son firstly so we can enjoy a hobby together and secondly to get my son out of the house and exploring the bush away from his game consoles.
We live in Alice Springs and the ground all around the Red Centre is basically crushed iron ore hence the Red in Red Centre. So being as we are starting out on this journey of discovery I am not sure that I want to lay down thousands of dollars on detectors but I would like to be able to keep my son interested with finding mor than bottle caps and VB cans.
So with that in mind and with doing my head in on the different mid range detectors on the market I am looking for some well seasoned advice to try and make up my mind.
I am okay with swinging a bit of weight but my son needs something light weight, he is a jockey in the making. lol
We obviously need detectors that have good ground balancing versatility.
Useage will be predominantly relic and coin hunting with maybe the odd trip out to Altunga fossicking area for gold.
I have been tossing up between the Nokta range and the Makro range for me and possibly the XP deus for my son but am open to other suggestions.
We own a holiday home in Port Stephens and would definitely be doing some beach detecting on holidays, just to throw the salinity and wet sand into the mix.
Depending on how things go I may fork out for a Minelab SDC 2300 or similar package a bit down the track just for the gold side of things.
So, sorry for the long windedness, any thoughts, fire away?
Cheers
Mav
Firstly let ne say that I am going to be getting 2 detectors, one for me and one for my son firstly so we can enjoy a hobby together and secondly to get my son out of the house and exploring the bush away from his game consoles.
We live in Alice Springs and the ground all around the Red Centre is basically crushed iron ore hence the Red in Red Centre. So being as we are starting out on this journey of discovery I am not sure that I want to lay down thousands of dollars on detectors but I would like to be able to keep my son interested with finding mor than bottle caps and VB cans.
So with that in mind and with doing my head in on the different mid range detectors on the market I am looking for some well seasoned advice to try and make up my mind.
I am okay with swinging a bit of weight but my son needs something light weight, he is a jockey in the making. lol
We obviously need detectors that have good ground balancing versatility.
Useage will be predominantly relic and coin hunting with maybe the odd trip out to Altunga fossicking area for gold.
I have been tossing up between the Nokta range and the Makro range for me and possibly the XP deus for my son but am open to other suggestions.
We own a holiday home in Port Stephens and would definitely be doing some beach detecting on holidays, just to throw the salinity and wet sand into the mix.
Depending on how things go I may fork out for a Minelab SDC 2300 or similar package a bit down the track just for the gold side of things.
So, sorry for the long windedness, any thoughts, fire away?
Cheers
Mav