I have used this metal detector several times over the past month with no issues. I liked the brand so much, that I bought the pin pointer as well. Value for the money is pretty good. I have found a lot of junk, such as nails and quite a few coins. Just make sure to buy extra 9 volt batteries. The tool is decent and the bag that it comes with has extra room for any needed items.

This needs to be pretty close to the metal in order to trigger the detector. This is very portable, because it's small and packs away in a bag, so it would be great for going to the beach. It's a little hard to use on the ground (I had to crouch). You also need to be pretty close to the metal and this would not detect gold when the gold was on top of the plate, but not all metal detectors do.

My seven year old granddaughter loves her metal detector and has had hours of fun.

Great metal detector!

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

Need a metal detector when I go to the outdoor range to detect the bullet shell. Does it do the job? Yes it is. Like I show in the video. Is did feel cheap in every way but it can pick up all the signals I need. I even thought it is too sensitive for my situation and tune down a bit. Although haven't real-world testing on the outdoor field due to the fire ban in Arizona, but I believe if it can pick up the signal like a little 380 bullet, I know for sure it can pick up the signal of the 9mm or event 223. Hope I can help u guys out

I just felt that I need to share this story and I am sure many won't believe it. I should have asked my son what lottery numbers to pick yesterday. His RM Ricomax metal detector had just been delivered and I helped him assemble it and set it to the right settings. I was upstairs working and saw him out my window digging in a hole in my front yard. He was at it for about 20 minutes since the generic carrot pinpointer I have is not super precise. Next thing I know he yells out, "I found a ring! I found a gold ring!". Of course I thought that their was no way. I go downstairs and he comes running in the house with a dirty gold ring. I still didn't believe it and figured it was brass or junk but at a closer look it had a 24k marking on it. My jaw hit the floor. It weighed in at about 6g. I just wish I would have video recorded his first dig as it would have been awesome to get find and that reaction on video. I still can't believe it and he was on cloud 9 and is still there. Anyway, I feel like this story speaks for itself as a review. The RM Ricomax is light and easy to use. It is nice that it also has a pinpoint feature built in to help narrow down a find. I would recommend it to anyone.

This metal detector was a gift for my younger son for his birthday. It broke before he could even try to use it over summer. There is a cheap plastic piece that can either withstand the weight of the detector head, or it was defective since we got it.