Picked up the Minelab Pro-Swing 45 Harness for Garden Metal
Detector for my son so that he could start joining the old man on his weekend
excursions to local battlefields to try and find Civil War relics and I have to
say that I am impressed! I originally got into metal detecting because of my
dad and boy do I wish I'd had one of these when I was a kid. Honestly, I would
have been happy with a metal detector that my son could hold and follow along
with me even if it didn't actually detect, something more like a toy. But the MinelabPro-Swing 45 Harness for Garden Metal Detector is far from a toy, in fact,
aside from being scaled down to a child's size it works as a professional metal
detector in every other way!
When we first got it we decided to give it a spin in the
backyard with a few simple objects, while my son was inside I threw some coins,
jacks, aluminum badges and even some BBS around to see how long it would take
him to find them. I showed him how the thing worked and he was off to the races
in no time for such a little machine it does a great job of detecting and the
signal strength is easy to read thanks to a large visual panel with a needle
and an accompanying volume signal that rises and falls depending how close you
are to your target. I thought my son might be out there for a while trying to
find all of the objects but he was able to find every single one in about
twenty minutes! Impressed, I decided to take things a step further and really
see how powerful the Minelab Pro-Swing 45 Harness for Garden Metal Detector
really was As this time we were merely testing out the strength my son helped
me bury the different metal objects we had, not too deep but enough that they
were no longer visible to the naked eye. We pulled out the detector and I'll be
darned if it wasn't powerful enough to find every single item! It's at this
point that I noticed that the metal detector also has a trash dial. For those
new to the metal detecting world the trash dial allows you to basically cancel
out certain metals. For example, if you're looking for iron and you don't want
every aluminum can or any other type of little to set your detector off buzzing
you dial in the signal for aluminum and the detector knows not to count it when
detecting. This is something pretty advanced so I was really surprised to see
it on a Pro-Swing 45 Harness for Garden model. We dialed in different metals as
trash and it did a great job of skipping over them and letting us focus on the
items we actually wanted to find.
Features
L and R capability
Padded back cushion
Suits any detector
Simple bungy adjustment
Brand: Minelab
Model: 30110245
Materials: Plastic
Color: Black/ grey
Dimensions: 12.1x11.2x5.5
Weight: 2.95
After this trial run we took it out in the field and far
from simply following along next to dad my son has made a good number of
discoveries of his own thanks to his little detector. It takes two 9-volt
batteries and they last for a pretty long time, certainly long enough for a day’s
excursion and since we've got the rechargeable kind we just plug them in when
we come back home so that they're ready to go next time around. My boy already
manages it like a pro and the fact that he has his own adjustable dials lets
him understand what I'm doing when I set my own machine. The detector itself is
made from a high quality but light weight metal, it has a good heft to it
without being overly heavy and is easy for my son to sweep back and forth along
the ground. My son is 8 years old and the height and weight are perfect for
him, at first I thought he might get tired of carrying it around but it seems
like the design is very comfortable for him. Also, thanks to adjustable height
I'm looking forward to him growing with it for a good number
of years before stepping up to a more advanced detector, luckily thanks to the
fact that the Minelab Pro-Swing 45 Harness for Garden Metal Detector is already
pretty advanced on its own he should have no problem making the transition. To
my mind there's no better introductory metal detector on the market and seeing
the joy that it brings my boy lets me know that I made the right purchase. I
highly recommend it to everyone!
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