DR.ÖTEK Metal Detector for Adults & Kids Professional, Super Easy to Operate Waterproof Gold Detector, Pinpoint & Terrain Modes, One-Click Quick Matching, High Accuracy, 6 Modes, Lightweight

Decently priced introduction to the hobby had it a month only used on my local beach best items found in image, 50 cal, .303 Bullets and Casing’s, 1941 Half Penny and Silver Sixpence, 1963 One Penny.Not overly complicated to use, easy to build out of the box, light and adjustable the pinpoint application seems to work well.I tend to use Beach setting as I said only used on local beach.My Nephew has used it who is Ten without issues once adjusted down for his size, as I am six foot tall so suitable for kids and adults.Will see how it holds up to a beach environment due to the sand and saltwater environment, I always clean the coil with clean water after use pity the head unit is not waterproof.Have a good supply of decent 9v 6LR61 for uninterrupted use obviously depends on time frame detecting, my pal has the MT-XR which is as much at home on the beach as the MT-XE.The Searcher Bag and supplied Digging Spade are adequate one of good quality, I haven’t used the supplied Headset.I also purchased the Pinpointer MT6 Pro to complement the package.So far very happy with my purchase happy digging !!

We had a problem with folks around our home leaving nails, screws and other metal objects laying around where we drive our car to park it at the bottom of our back yard. Our car's last MOT inspector notified us that he found nails in both our offside tyres, so we had to get them removed. Fortunately, we got to them before they went all the way through, so no great expense on this occasion. But it was a timely warning as to what could possibly cause a blow out when driving.We decided to find some way of resolving this problem without having to stir things up with our neighbours. The best solution seemed to be to find all the metal objects before they found our tyres, so we looked for a good metal detector at a reasonable price. We settled on the Dr Otek MT-X unit offered on Amazon at a very reasonable price of £72.99.With absolutely no prior experience or knowledge about metal detectors or metal detecting, we found this unit very easy to assemble. The only issue we had was getting the tiny screw that fixes the control box to the pole into its place using the supplied screwdriver. We used our own screwdriver which was slightly magnetic and that fixed this problem in seconds. Once the unit was fully assembled and the batteries put in place, my wife, bless her cotton socks as I am disabled, ventured out into our garden to test the detection qualities of this unit. She found it very easy to use and very good at finding the various types of metal we used for the experiment. So impressed was she that she headed off out to detect the part of the area through which we have to drive our car to park.About 20 minutes later, she came back inside very excited and showed me a plastic bag full of metal bits and pieces she had found and removed using this MT-X detector. Attached is a photo plus enlargement of the things she located on that brief foray. It takes little imagination to foresee the costly damage such discarded metals could do to a car's tyres.Needless to say, we are hugely impressed with the quality and capability of this wonderful Dr Otek MT-X Detector. My wife enjoyed using it so much that she is now pressing me to head off elsewhere to do some detecting. Ohoh! Next she will be asking me to get a much bigger and more expensive unit. Ah well, she certainly deserves to get what she wants for looking after me so well for the 34 years we've been married.Thanks to all at Dr Otek for this great little detector and thanks to Amazon for getting it to us so quickly. It really has been a problem solver that has probably already paid for itself in protecting our car from future tyre damage.

Update 15 oct. 2019. The handle of the MT-X is made of plastic and can easily crack if the detector is swung too fast or too widely for too long (less than 40 hours of not particularly intensive use in my case). Same problem, I suspect, if the coil inadvertently hits the ground a bit hard. Apart from this, the MT-X still deserves four stars in my view for the reasons given below and the speed with which the Dr Oetek support team provided a replacement.Initial review : After several hours of moderate use over several days, I have found the MT-X metal detector sold by DR. OETEK to be light (no strained muscle or joint), easy to operate (only one button to press to locate a target) and accurate (all targets found more or less at the depth indicated and exactly underneath the centre of the search coil once the pinpoint sensor has produced its loudest sound). I started finding objects within minutes, including a rusty nail 7 cm long and 1 cm thick at a depth of 17 cm. Spotting much smaller artefacts can be more hit and miss in my experience but only because these targets are more difficult to spot with the naked eye.According to the support desk of DR OETEK, the search coil of the MT-X model IS waterproof. I haven't tested this but a user on the Amazon UK website gives the opposite answer so feel free to decide who's right.The parcel I received also contained a small metal spade (9.5 cm wide, 13 cm high, attached to a 26 cm handle) which can be turned into a pick (12 cm long) and which has proven quite useful so far. The handle is perhaps a bit short and needs to be screwed more tightly from time to time but the spade itself is very sturdy despite its relatively light weight (468g). It can be pushed into the ground with one foot and mine has already hit countless stones but retained its shape so far. The whole thing folds into a 20 x 13 cm pouch which can be attached to a belt or a backpack.My only complaint is that the instruction manual could have been better written (I found it totally cryptic at times) and should mention, among other things, that in the assembly process the two rubber washers need to be placed INSIDE the fork to which the search coil is attached, not outside (their original position in the parcel). Someone brighter than me might have understood this straight away I suppose...As a gift for writing this review, I chose to receive the black finds pouch pictured above (with the foldable spade hanging from one of two external loops). The pouch was delivered by Yodel only six days after I ordered it. It is 31 cm high, 24 cm wide and can be stretched to a thickness of about 10 cm . It weighs 226 g and can be tied around the waist with an adjustable belt. It contains an extra zipped compartment for storing items such as a small notebook or a mobile phone. As already mentioned, on the outside, two loops also allow to hang things such as the foldable spade sent with the detector. An altogether more sensible design than the bum bag I had tried to use up to now !