I wasn’t sure what to expect with a kids metal detector. Time will tell how much metal my kids will find with this, but I tried it out and was pleasantly surprised to find that it does indeed find metal objects in the ground. First off, this is very easy to assemble and the directions are clear and easy to follow. You can have this up and running in just a few minutes. It comes with two AA batteries, which is great, and they install very easily on the underside of the detector. The only flaw I found was the screen had several scratches on it. It doesn’t affect the performance, but I don’t like scratches on a brand new product. To try this out, I buried several coins - a quarter just under the dirt, a penny 2 inches under, and a nickel four inches under the dirt. I turned the metal detector on, and sure enough, it lit up and beeped at me when I passed over these coins. The screen consists of three cloud shapes that will light up when it passes over a metal object, giving a picture of several possibilities of what may be underground. The detector also beeps when it finds something. Finally, there is a depth bar that tells you how deep the object is. I found everything to work just fine, the depth bar didn’t really change much, but otherwise the pictures where usually correct. It’s a cute little metal detector! I was hoping for a fun, kid friendly metal detector, and this one doesn’t disappoint. It was exactly what I hoped it would be and I really like it.