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Dropped $60 on a metal detector that couldn't find a buried trash can
I bought this so-called professional metal detector off eBay for $60 thinking I'd find Roman coins in my backyard near Bath. After three weekends digging up nothing but rusted nails and bottle caps, I buried my own aluminum pie tin as a test and walked right over it without a peep. The thing couldn't register a soda can at 4 inches deep, total junk. Anyone else get burned by a cheap detector that's basically a toy?
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rubyreed1mo ago
My friend Dan bought one of those cheap detectors last summer and buried his own keys in the backyard to test it, walked right past them three times before giving up. He ended up using a neighbor's pinpointer to find the keys and realized the thing was basically a stick with a beeper taped to it. He returned it on eBay and picked up a used Garrett for $80 that actually works, sometimes you just gotta spend a little more to avoid the headache.
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laura21114d ago
Hold on, eBay doesn't let you return used metal detectors.
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troy_ross1mo ago
Yeah that's a solid example. I used to think any detector under a hundred bucks would be fine for just messing around in the yard. But hearing about your friend Dan walking right over his own keys changes my mind. There's cheap and then there's useless, and it sounds like that thing was the second one. A Garrett for $80 is a steal compared to wasting time on a toy that can't even do the basics.
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