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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;steelheadwill, post: 1846829, member: 28116&quot;]I&#039;ll warn you that there&#039;s a good chance of becoming hooked if you try it.</p><p>&nbsp;I use several different machines, depending on site conditions.</p><p>If you are gonna be searching wet salt you need a multifrequency or a pulse, the Minelab Safari is a great choice for its ease of use, stability and reliability.</p><p>&nbsp; It&#039;s not exactly cheap, I&#039;ve bought several used but &#039;like new&#039; Safaris in the $600 range, (for resale) they retail for $1000.</p><p>&nbsp;If you aren&#039;t gonna search the coastline, Teknetics T2 LTD at about $800 new is a good choice, comes with two coils, it is a very deepsearching machine.</p><p>&nbsp;You&#039;ll also find this machine &#039;used&#039; at deep discounts.</p><p>I know these may not be &#039;beginners machines&#039; and aren&#039;t cheap, I&#039;ve seen a few people get the inexpensive models (garrets Ace series for example) and give up the hobby because they can&#039;t tell what may be a good recovery and whats not resulting in frustration from digging so much trash, while most starting with a midrange machine have better results and stick with it, I also know one of the top US colonial hunters uses an Ace 250 quite successfully. (at least his profile on Treasurenet says so)&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;I believe that if you invested $600 in a Safari, did some site research and put in the hours of digging you would recoup its price in the value of goodies and scrap metal recovered in less than 6 months, likely far less. </p><p>&nbsp;As I said, think carefully before starting, it <b>is</b> addictive.&nbsp; &nbsp; HH,&nbsp;&nbsp; Herbie.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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