Hilux
New Member
I'm new to detecting. I'm more a urban coin and artifact hunter than a gold prospector.
I bought a $100 starter metal detector from Aldi, its branded Adventure Ridge GC-1032.
It works - I've found bottle caps, ring pulls, iron junk and a few coins. It will find a 3mm x 3mm pop rivet slug under 5" of moist sand.
After a few outings I'm now wondering if I would be better off with a more expensive name brand detector. One I have been looking at is the Minelab Vanquish 440. Its about $400 Australian.
Apart from the build in pin point function will I really find the Minelab 440 unit much better?
How will it be better?
Thanks for the advice.
I bought a $100 starter metal detector from Aldi, its branded Adventure Ridge GC-1032.
It works - I've found bottle caps, ring pulls, iron junk and a few coins. It will find a 3mm x 3mm pop rivet slug under 5" of moist sand.
After a few outings I'm now wondering if I would be better off with a more expensive name brand detector. One I have been looking at is the Minelab Vanquish 440. Its about $400 Australian.
Apart from the build in pin point function will I really find the Minelab 440 unit much better?
How will it be better?
Thanks for the advice.