<p><strong>After some weeks of research, I finally came across some area I wanted to detect.</strong> So, early one morning off I went. And after only 2 minutes, I got my first target... an 18 carat gold ring.</p> <p>From there on, I just kept getting signal after signal. At the end of the day, I found 43 good targets and 28 pieces of junk.</p> <p>The 18 carat ring itself is valued at around $1200. Plus some rings and earrings that have diamonds in them.</p> <p>The old coins have to be cleaned and valued. the one thing I learned with using a detector with target id is that when a target is in the ground for a long time and in very mineralised ground, the target id may not be correct.</p> <p>So my advice is to dig all possible targets. You never know what's down there until it's out of the ground.</p> <p>For the price of the X-TERRA 305, you can't go wrong. Mine has paid for itself over and over.</p> <p>Good luck hunting!!</p>