Metal detectors

We’ve had threads about this in the past so you’ll get lots of suggestions. A good all around brand is Garrett. It’s not a hardcore relic hunter’s brand but it will do a good job and is sophisticated enough to be a good coin hunter on the beach and shallow water. Someone will give a specific model…something in the AT line costing about $250 on Amazon maybe?

You are very lucky to live in an area where people have been dropping metal objects for centuries.

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Anyone have experience with them?

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I once had to walk an extra half mile back to the car because of the one at the VA hospital in Birmingham. All over a little old fricking keychain knife about a half inch long. It had sentimental value, or I would have thrown it in the trash.

Theres a group of guys that have found tons of civil war items. They meet every couple months.
If some of the BTR folks want to attend, let me know, I’ll get a date, time and location.

I have a Whites MXT Pro that I bought specifically for civil war relic hunting and have found lots of stuff with it. It was around $900 in 2013 but it was worth every penny. Very powerful and useful. Like others have said, get a pinpointer also. I use a Garrets one and it saves a ton of time.