For the last few days I've been pm'ing back and forth with Bart at Big Boys Hobbies about purchasing a new detector. I knew what things I wanted, but I wasn't sure what order I wanted to get those things in. I'm sure Bart was getting sick of my questions as I tried to make my decision but I just kept asking him questions anyway. My list of things I wanted to buy contained 4 things. My wallet had enough for 2 of the 4. A couple of somethings are just going to have to wait.
Here's the list of what I want:
- Teknetics Omega 8000 (hereafter ever known as the O-8)
- 11" DD search coil
- 5" DD Sniper coil
- Garrett ProPointer
Obviouslly it goes without saying that I for sure wanted the detector. Picking the next item though proved to be a real challenge. After much hemming and hawing I ended up deciding to go with the 5" sniper coil.
I decided against the 11" DD coil because initially I don't think I'm going to need the added depth that it would give me. I know the spot that I'm planning on hunting hasn't ever been hunted before, however I also know there's going to be a ton of trash on this site. For the forseeable future I suspect that any extra depth the 11" coil would give me would end up being masked out by the trash that's currently there.
I also decided against the ProPointer although I REALLY wanted this. My reasoning for this was even though my current pinpoint is crap, it works. I know it's not great, but for now it does the trick. It also was the cheapest of the 4 things in my list so will be the easiest to save up for. Also also they're currently backordered and there's no telling when the backorder will be filled. Also also also and maybe most importantly Bart said were it him and he could only pick one other thing he'd pick the…
5" sniper coil. This should help me out tremoundouslly in the trash. I know that. I also know that were I to wait to buy it later and get the ProPointer now there's a very high liklihood that I might never buy it. So in the end I placed the order with bart for the O-8 w/ the 5" sniper coil.
I'd really really like to thank Bart for holding my hand through my first "big boy" metal detector purchase. The experience was great. I'll be sure to be doing business with him again the added bonus is even though he sells nationwide he's actually located in the town I live in. Kind of the best of both the internet world and local business world.
Now comes the hard part, waiting for the detector to arrive.
I've made the decision to try to document (with video) the process of me learning this machine from the time I open up the box until some undetermined end point. We'll see how that goes.
