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<p>[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 167175, member: 4552"]Like already said, you may be wasting your money. A 9 year old doesn't have the greatest attention span for most things. Stick to a cheapy from Walmart of even cheaper to see if he will use it or you may have a several hundred dollar item sitting in a closet for years. Another thing to consider is where he lives and/or has access to. For example if in a heavily populated area and plenty of parks, beaches, playgrounds, etc he may really have a ball with one. If in a place like a big city where the ground is full of nails, bottle tops, bear can tops, rebar, bolts, nuts, etc. he may well loose interest. For example in the area where I live I have purchased numerous metal detectors for relatives including my son over the years and they always loose interest because the things just signals constantly. The ground everywhere around here is just to full of metal. Mostly concrete or asphalt everywhere with just about anything people throw in while curring. Many roads around here are constantly being re-excavated and I see construction workers with metal detectors all the time and usually all they ever find is a nail, bold, nut, beer can, etc.</p><p>Think it our carefully. A 9 year old may rather have a faster bike.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 167175, member: 4552"]Like already said, you may be wasting your money. A 9 year old doesn't have the greatest attention span for most things. Stick to a cheapy from Walmart of even cheaper to see if he will use it or you may have a several hundred dollar item sitting in a closet for years. Another thing to consider is where he lives and/or has access to. For example if in a heavily populated area and plenty of parks, beaches, playgrounds, etc he may really have a ball with one. If in a place like a big city where the ground is full of nails, bottle tops, bear can tops, rebar, bolts, nuts, etc. he may well loose interest. For example in the area where I live I have purchased numerous metal detectors for relatives including my son over the years and they always loose interest because the things just signals constantly. The ground everywhere around here is just to full of metal. Mostly concrete or asphalt everywhere with just about anything people throw in while curring. Many roads around here are constantly being re-excavated and I see construction workers with metal detectors all the time and usually all they ever find is a nail, bold, nut, beer can, etc. Think it our carefully. A 9 year old may rather have a faster bike.[/QUOTE]
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