Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This was our families 2nd metal detector. It's the first one we've used for anything other than detecting nails in wood. I have to say our first outing was quite the experience. I think my wife, an avid Oak Island tv show fan was intrigued as much as i was. Our first outing was to a local park that was a farm until about 15 years ago. I didn't expect to find much there but it gets a lot of traffic so i was hoping for some coins. Honestly all i wanted was just one quarter to justify the purchase and to say this thing actually works. What I learned was that metal detecting is much more work than I expected. Being new to metal detecting the whole process was a little confusing. Most of our hits were not obvious but slight blips that you really had to work at to find. We started in the parking lot which was gravel which was giving me all kinds of crazy hits so I decided maybe gravel was not good for the detector so we worked our way to the first gazebo area and right away I got a pretty solid #3 or #4 hit on the display so I started digging. Sure enough it was a pop tab. Over the course of the next hour we found lot's of foil which registers in the #3 area, 2 quarters, a nickel, and 3 penny's as well as some aluminum cans, some old metal brackets, a nail and some junk. Every hit we did find something so I was very happy about that. What i got out of the experience is that it's a lot more work than I expected which was fine because i was looking to get a little exercise. Over all after a days use I feel I have a good grasp on the F22 now and feel confidant in it's use. One thing I can't recommend enough is to get a pin pointer. I do not have one but after just one use I can see how valuable they are. Many times it would take a while to locate the penny or quarter in the 6 inch deep hole we just made. My opinion of the F22 is that it does work and did a good job. It easy to use, the pin pointer function works pretty well but more often than not it's just as easy to locate the object without it. The menu and settings are easy to navigate and the owners manual was well thought out. For my use I feel it did it's job and deserved a 5 star rating but just know I have no experience with any other detectors in this price range. So I cannot say if it's better or worse.