Best detector for the money?

Currently Costco has the Bounty Hunter Discovery 2200 on sale in stores for $69.95, with a free pinpointer. It gets a little over 8 inches on a dime air testing, and ID's it correctly. It's a little slow in recovery speed, and the pinpointer only gets about an inch, only at the tip. I bought two of these, maybe for my grandson when he gets a little older, or to give someone who might be interested in getting into the hobby. An inexpensive way to find out if you'll like the hobby for the long haul.



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Shenandoah Digger Wrote:
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> Currently Costco has the Bounty Hunter Discovery
> 2200 on sale in stores for $69.95, with a free
> pinpointer. It gets a little over 8 inches on a
> dime air testing, and ID's it correctly. It's a
> little slow in recovery speed, and the pinpointer
> only gets about an inch, only at the tip. I
> bought two of these, maybe for my grandson when he
> gets a little older, or to give someone who might
> be interested in getting into the hobby. An
> inexpensive way to find out if you'll like the
> hobby for the long haul.


Sounds like a good deal & a nice thing for you to do Shenandoah.-----My wife & I bought our two grandsons Tesoro Compadres last Summer.----Could have bought a couple of these for less than half the price of one Compadre. -----These kids ARE the future of our hobby!------------Del

And the most amazing thing about that detector - selling at that price - is that it is made in El Paso Texas by First Texas Products - a proud American company which employs hundreds Americans.

Rick Kempf
Gold Canyon AZ- where there is no gold

Be careful here! I bought one for my 10 year old grandson and took him curb strip and park hunting. I had my thousand dollar gold machine and the little rascal out hunted me!!! I can hold my own in most company, but that day not so much. Making excuses and feigning graciousness get old fast- fake news and vast conspiracies don't work here. Just know there may be some humble pie served at Christmas. Honestly I have enough trash and treasure to hold my ego together and It was worth it to see him delight in his success!

Past(or)Tom
Using a Legend, a Deus 2, an Equinox 800, a Tarsacci MDT 8000, & a few others...
with my beloved, fading Corgi, Sadie

Heck Tom I get out hunted on a regular basis. Nothing new to me. I've seen hunters who get mad when someone they take finds something better than what they find. I'm just happy when I take someone and they find something neat that keeps them interested in the hobby. Of course it helps if I make a good find every now and then too. But if I had to make a living at this I'm sure I'd starve.