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* Find hidden treasures with this supersensitive metal detector * Beeps to alert you of precious objects close by * Detachable handle for use as a handheld scanner * Requires one 9V battery (not included) * For ages 5-12 yrs. * Batteries Required - 9V (not included) | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Package Length: | 12.1 inches | | Package Width: | 8.9 inches | | Package Height: | 3.6 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.5 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 23 reviews |
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78 of 79 found the following review helpful:
 Not a toy, but a highly functional metal detector Sep 30, 2006
By J. Erbes
This is without a doubt the best fifteen bucks (back in 2006) we have spent on a toy for our 7-year-old son, but it isn't a toy. It's a highly functional, albeit inexpensive, metal detector. We've had it now for 3 years and take it camping, on picnics, to the beach, etc.
It will easily find something as small as a rusty staple, and will detect a railroad spike as far as 4 1/4 inches down -- very good if you consider how small the detection coil is. When camping, the kids love to find and dig up ancient tent stakes, rusty nails, and the occasional coins.
Adjusting the sensitivity is trivial, just hold it away from any metal, and turn the sensitivity knob until the red detector LED just goes out. Another reviewer has noted that the three-piece shaft breaks easily, which did happen with ours, but a little duct tape goes a long way and this shouldn't stop you from buying one.
If you get one, make sure to bury some coins and other treasures in the garden for the kids to find.
PS It also really works great for locating studs and plumbing pipes in walls.
Some reviewers have had problems with it not working. Make sure you carefully open it up and test it out first before giving it as a gift.
It needs a 9V battery, which is not included.
The price seems to have gone way up since we bought it in 2006. Look at Target or for the "Wild Planet" version for the same product but less expensive.
15 of 17 found the following review helpful:
$15 well spent! Apr 10, 2007
By Louis Block
"blocktek"
My wife dropped her engagement ring in the grass along a sidewalk path near our house yesterday. We spent hours on our hands and knees looking for the darned thing. After reading the reviews here, I went to the local Target and bought one of these "toys". It still took me over an hour, but I did finally find the ring! Now my daughters are using it to search for buried "treasures" in the backyard. I'm amazed at how many rusty nails and pennies they're turning up. This thing is great. Well worth the $15.
10 of 11 found the following review helpful:
Big money saver!! Apr 01, 2007
By J. Irizarry
As noted by other customers this really is not a toy, it saved me over $500 in surveyor fees. I was trying to find my property points and after calling the local tax comission they suggested I contacted a surveyor or that I used a metal detector. The surveyor wanted $450 plus wathever charger and taxes they incurred in notifying the tax assessors. I went out and bought the National Geographic Metal Detector and found all my points within 30 minutes of searching. One of them was at least 5 inches deep!! That's impressive if you think about the diameter of a piece of rebar(about1/2 inch) Now I can use the money I saved to build my privacy fence and the kids can set out and find treasures with a highly accurate "toy".
14 of 17 found the following review helpful:
This "toy" saved me $750 Apr 20, 2007
By M. John
"Mom"
Like the other reviewers mentioned, I lost a valuable earring in my garden, and had given up hope of finding it when someone loaned me this "toy" metal detector. It still took hours, but I found my earring using this thing and I think that is amazing. There was no way I would have ever found it without this metal detector. It's a great toy, but it's also a useful tool, and recommend it to everyone I know.
11 of 13 found the following review helpful:
Works really good, pleasantly suprised. Aug 12, 2007
By SonicSculptor
"SonicSculptor"
purchased x-mas 2006. Still going strong. Kids use it for 'treasure hunting' and i'll occasionally sprinkle the yard with coins for a easter egg type hunt. I've even used it to find lost metal objects in the grass(screws/nuts/bolts), and to find property markers. Handle seems a bit flimsy,but it hasn't broken yet. Though I expect it will someday. The unit can be converted for handheld use, maybe for play/real security checkpoints(similar to a clothes iron). Overall good buy. More powerful/sensitive than expected. Suprisingly pinpoint accuracy. I've sold many models of metal detectors for nearly a decade. And a 'hobby' unit that performed this well would cost 3-4 times the price.
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