>>562218don't pay more than 300~400$ on your first one. reading specialized forums will make you think you won't find shit if you don't have less than a grand of equipment, but it's bullshit. most of what you dig up is really close to the surface and any decent detector would pick it up.
source: been doing it for 4 years with a mid price Tesoro. found dozens of coins and artifacts from all eras in fields and woods around my house. im in europe though not sure i would be as interested to do it in the states since im personnaly mostly fond of the roman/medieval stuff.
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