Christmas is right around the corner, so I’ve haphazardously tossed together a metal detecting wish list.  Take a look and see if Santa needs to add something for you:

“High-Dollar” Metal Detectors

• Minelab E-Trac ($1500)

• Whites Spectra V3 ($1500)

• Fisher F75 LTD ($1300)

• Garrett GTI 2500 ($1000)

Less Expensive, But Can Still Be Pricy

• Minelab X-terra 705 ($800)

• Whites MXT ($800)

• Teknetics T2 ($800)

• Garrett GTi 1500 ($650)

• Tesoro Cortez ($650)

• Fisher F70 ($650)

Even More Affordable

• Fisher F5 ($450)

• Most Tesoro’s (Example = DeLeon $450)

• Teknetics Gamma 6000 ($450)

• Minelab X-Terra 505 ($500)

• Garrett GTAX 550 ($400)

Get Detecting For Less!

• Minelab X-Terra 305 ($350)

• Garrett ACE 250 ($250)

• Many Bounty Hunter/Pioneer (around $250 and less)

• Whites Classic 4 ($275)

• Tesoro Compadre ($150)

• Fisher F2 ($199)

Other Metal Detecting Goodies:

Headphones

• Detector Pro ($50 – $150)

• SunRay ($110)

• Killer B’s ($100)

• Most detector manufacturers also make headphones.  Check out phones by Fisher, Bounty Hunter, Whites,  and Garrett.

Pinpointers

• Check out the Metal Detector Pinpointer Roundup!

Diggers

• There are TONS of digging tools available, more than I’m prepared to discuss.  Check out Lesche products!

So there you have it, a basic guide to some goodies that “md’ers” might want to see under there tree this year.  I didn’t cover everything possible.  Why?  Because I’d LOVE feedback from you.

What metal detectors did I leave out of the different price areas?

Want to recommend a great digging tool?

What’s the best metal detecting headphones?

Anything else that no self respecting detectorist should be without?