Bounty Hunter QSIGWP Quick Silver Metal Detector with Bonus Gifts

Comment: I will apologize in advance that this review will not be the most in depth review. I am new user and the main reason I purchased this item was to locate survey pins on our property. This item worked perfectly for this purpose.

We also used it at the beach and located various coins, but mostly we found many bottle caps. The good news is the detector can tell the difference and eventually you'll learn ignore most of the garbage.

A little side note, after purchasing this item, Amazon started recommending very "odd" items because we purchased a metal detector. Most of them are children's preschool toys. I am not sure what they have in common with this item.

Comment: Let me first say I am a metal detector novice and while I have used metal detectors before I have never actually owned a metal detector prior to the Bounty Hunter Quick Silver. I had been wanting to get one for a while because I thought it would be something fun to use to spend some time with my kids on our property. This particular kit came with the metal detector and a mini pin-pointer.

The metal detector itself is made mostly of plastic and feels pretty fragile, but it is so light you can search for hours without fatigue. Plus it is light enough for kids to use. I was really surprised how easy the push button controls and sounds were to get used to and how well it picked up buried objects and I actually found the discrimination feature useful for tracking down one particular metal type.

The included pin-pointer is used to track down objects while you dig so you do not damage them. It only picks up the metal within an inch or so, but came in real handy to locate a lot of small objects in piles we had dug up.

All in all I was very happy with my purchase and think the Quick Silver is a great metal detector for beginners and kids as well. It does have a 5 year warranty which is a plus and is made in the USA to boot.

Comment: We had an old fence row of buried, broken off metal fence posts. We found and dug up the posts in a morning with this detector. It worked great!

Comment: I purchased this for archeological artifact hunting. It is is not as detailed as some of the more expensive models in determining mass and depth of buried items, but it does what it advertises. It can differentiate between types of metals, although it is sometimes fooled, and it can detect to about 6.5 inches in solid dirt. All in all, it gets the job done for an inexpensive cost.

Comment: Let me start by saying this was a gift for my dad. Hes been wanting a metal detector for as long as I remember. My mom and I did some collaborating and I purchased the Quick Silver on Amazon.

My dad opened the package and was thrilled, he immediately opened the box and pulled the contents out...much like a kid on Christmas. He snapped the 3-4 pieces together in just a few minutes. The first thing he mentioned was the extremely light weight of the unit, its literally weightless in your hand.

Overall the fully assembled unit is very sturdy and feels durable yet light in your hand, which will come in handy for those long days of hunting. We popped in the 2-9volt batteries (not included) and headed outside.

My parents have a fairly large yard, and within seconds we were beeping and locating items! We agreed since it was getting late and the mosquitoes were terrible it would just be a test to get a feel for it, but after the first "detection" of course the shovel came out. The screen was reading the first depth indicator, and detecting coins. We dug out a pop can sized hole maybe about 3 inches deep and wow, it was an old dime!

This answered our question about the accuracy, its terrific! We did one more spot, and after deep digging we came up with...and old pull tab off a can, funny thing is even the instruction book tells us this is the biggest annoyance found by metal detectors. All and all I must say this thing is terrific, lots of fun and a reward for your work.

Now your probably asking whats the one major problem I mention in my review title? Well that would have to be my mom getting mad that dads out turning the back yard into swiss cheese! I see this purchase being very much worth the money. I would highly recommend this product!