Junior metal detector & coin collecting kit with power sensitivity control.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Exactly what we wanted!:
My son received this from Santa as a Christmas present. Now that the ground isn't frozen any more we have been able to use it. People that are looking for a metal detector to detect deep into the ground need to be realistic and pay the extra money for a different metal detector. I did use it once this winter when I accidentally dropped our shed key into the snow and couldn't find it. Found it with the metal detector though!!!! For the "junior" detector it is fantastic. My son is almost 6 years old and... more info
bounty hunter metal detector:
the metal detector works well, as it was winter here, and my grandson used it immediately outside. The ground was frozen, and it picked up a signal right away about a foot down he found an old metal object. Very satisfied.
This item is a toy- accept that fact.:
I bought this item for a steal on Amazon ($35.00 to be exact). I was not happy even at that price and decided to return the product. Don't get me wrong. I have a budding treasure hunter (8 years) and she was thrilled by the ability to throw coins on the lawn and find them. However, after repeated tests I determined the max depth at which any metal object could be reliably detected was 2-3 inches in soft earth. We took this item to the beach and found it completely worthless beyond what I term an... more info
A nice Toy.:
I was not impressed with this item. I bought this and the national geographic metal detector so my two young daughters could go metal detecting with me. I bought this one for my older daughter and the less expensive national geographic one for my younger daughter since I didn't want to spend a great deal on something that might break. Surprisingly, The bounty hunter item really didn't seem to signal items nearly as often as the less expensive national geographic detector. I would have been happy with... more info
