Find those relics and precious metals you've been looking for with the Professional from Famous Trails. This metal detector features an LCD display that includes depth, volume and discrimination knobs. Plus, it has a detachable battery pack that attaches to your waist for easy carrying.
Owner Reviews, Ratings, Comments and Criticism
I went out to a site to try my hand at metal detecting with this. It is the WORST metal detector ever.
I buried some coins in the ground - a couple of silver dollars, silver dimes and regular clad coinage. I buried them only about 1/4 inch under dirt. The detector would not pick up any of the coins.
Yes, I did understand the directions of how to calibrate the machine. I was able to calibrate it so that it picked up these coins on the surface, but covered with only a tiny bit of dirt, they went invisible. This is even with the sensitivity all the way up and discrimination down. I tried all 3 settings as well - VLF as well as the other 2 settings. No matter how I tweaked it, it would not pick up these coins that were mere millimeters from the surface.
I did pick up one thing - a large can buried 6 inches in the ground. So my advice is this. If you are looking for a large rusty coffee can, buy this machine. If you are looking for coins, jewelry or other small items, forget it. Save your money and buy a Garrett, a Minelab, a Fisher, a Whites... anything but this absolute piece of crap. I would rather have a Bounty Hunter (and these are not even that great), but even a Bounty Hunter detected more coins at a better depth than this absolute tripe.
I highly recommend you not wasting 100 bucks on this as I have. I wish I could get my money back from Famous Trails for this piece of junk.
