Living close to the beach, I have owned many metal detectors. Most metal detectors in this price range are merely toys, without the advanced features of this one.

The assembly was really easy, taking less than 3 minutes. All the pieces are well made and went together without any tools. The build quality is good, with none of the plastic burrs and tags that you often see on similar products. The pole length is easily adjustable so treasure hunters of various heights are still comfortable using it.
The display is large and easily readable, which is great for a guy like me that wears bifocals. No squinting, just good readable text and numbers. And the display has a backlight for those warm summer evenings where you just want to walk along the beach as the sun goes down.
The search coil is waterproof so you can’t damage it if you ware walking along the shore and a wave hits it.
I like the handgrip as it is well balanced and doesn’t tire out your arm during an afternoon of searching.
I personally tested it with various coins and the display is accurate. This is a great feature when scanning a busy beach.

Comes with a nice carrying bag, a nice set of headphones, and a great collapsible shovel with its own nice case. It comes with batteries, so you don’t need anything else to get started on your personal Treasure Hunt.

So when I told my wife I wanted to get a metal detector she looked at me crazy. This is something I had always wanted to take to the beach and try out but I hadn't pulled the trigger until now. It's a blast! It was super easy to set up I didn't even need tools (or the instructions). The shovel comes in handy so I'm not scraping my hands against the sand to find my "Treasures" haha. It's straightforward to use. Definitely recommend.

I clearly watch far too much searching for gold programmes as I expected this to actualy have a metal deetctor inside lol. This is exactly why you should read the description, look at the price and most of all use your common sense, everything i did not do when ordering this.
I live in the uk, regualrly go metal deetcting on the beach with my children so I know exactly how messy metal detecting can get and the fact we do not get fine gold over here like they do in the tv programmes lol.
This may seem a basic bit of kit, basically a sieve and a shovel but both parts are light weight and plastic so not exactly heavy and so very portable.
Great invention, so simple and effective although it's not without it's flaws.
I use it mainly on the beach which is perfect when the sand is dry but when it;s wet it does tend to clog up so do be awre of this and maybe take a twig or something you can find to keep it clog free.
Al in alla good bit of equipment for any amateir metal detector

I have been metal detecting for at least 15 years and have thousands invested in my detectors. This is a great beginning detector for a small child to see if he/she will like the hobby. I buried a penny, dime, nickel and quarter in different areas about 4" deep and this detector found them all. It comes with 2 AA batteries and set-up is a breeze. Give this to a kid, take him/her to a school playground where there are swing sets and if your lucky and the swings are on sand, this little thing will find coins and the kid will be so excited you won't believe how happy he/she will be.

When it comes to metal detectors, I'm at best a beginner but the last one I owned wasn't as good as this one when it came to detecting anything below a few inches in the ground. With this metal detector, I'm able to detect almost a foot's depth in ground. Not to mention, this is fully waterproof and have been able to find things along the shore banks in lakes and small river banks near my home. Surprisingly, this is a lot more accurate than I thought it was going to be. The amount of things that I have found has been big to an antique spoon and few things that were bigger but then as small as what I later found out to be a small piece of gold. What I love about this detector is the accuracy and the fact that it doesn't weigh too much that it feels as though my arm is going to fall off. The sound on this was is clear, especially when it's detecting something and it can get fairly if you don't turn the volume down.

Got this scoop for metal detecting at the beach .after the plastic one wasn't doing the job.
It works great and seems to hold up great to my metal detecting adventures.

Notes:
You will need to buy and install your own handle.
It does come with the black grip, I removed it since I have the wood handle

Likes:
Built tough. The metal seems thick enough to not bend when using it on wet sand at the beach. I use it like a shovel.
The welds look good as far a quality goes.
The holes seem to be the correct size, allowing you to sift the dirt to see the goodies.

dislikes:
Its heavy. (I guess you can't get the toughness without the weight.)
It is a bit pricy but then again, its built tough.

I definitly recommend this scoop. Its one of those purchases that I should have just bit the bullet and gotten first instead of the cheaper options. Its worth it.

I've used this at the beach, the bay, mountains, back yard, and the creek. I like this metal detector.

- It's detected metal objects as far as 18 inches underground for me. It detects even very small objects.

-The bottom coil is easily adjustable with a simple touch of the foot when requiring a different angle for detecting different slopes on the fly.

-It lasts a very long time on just two 9v batteries.

-Detects metal object in the creek when hovering over several inches of water.

-At the beach, I adjusted the sensitivity to 4 or 5 bars to avoid constant mis-hits due to the saturation of the sand and possibly the salinity of the water. I haven't figured out yet if/how I can detect objects with the coil actually submerged in water.

-The pinpointer works great. Just takes a little practice. I highly suggest buying a separate small handheld pinpointer to go along with this metal detector (this will help you save a lot of time and find those smaller objects before giving up.) With this Ricomax, I (1) get the hit, (2) use the pintpointer function, then (3) pinpoint with my small handheld pinpointer.

-It's easy to use. Any beginner can figure it out after reading the directions.

-This metal detector has provided hours and hours of entertainment and excitement.

-I've detected with this in the pouring rain, by just fashioning a plastic bad around the top and pressing the buttons through the plastic bag.

I love this and use it literally every week. A great hobby. I'm glad after looking at lots of reviews that I picked this one. Not a bad price, and I imagine it has the same functionality as some of the higher priced ones.

We have been waiting for going back to beach to get back to our normal life. My kid I getting bigger, we decided to get a metal detector to have some fun. We tried it in our backyard as soon as we received it. It was a lot of fun. We found couple coins under the ground. Some different metal parts from her toys. It isn’t not heavy to carry it with one hand, no installation required. Easy to use.