Minelab Metal Detectors?

This AT Pro should be Garrett´s top line?

I saw the topic. It´s impressive! There´s a brazilian metal detecting group using Minelab, I say the YouTube videos.

I will star probably with a Garrett Ace 250 an as an upgrade I will think about Minelab.

That´s a good idea. Upgrading through time and when the equipment pays itself.

Metal detecting is just starting here, there are just a few experient people. But it´s growing the interest.

Yes, there are a lot of beaches here. I live in a town named Bauru, São Paulo state. Rio de Janeiro state is around 700km away. There are so many famous beaches there. I already visited them. Copacabana beach, like "Pão de Açucar" seems like a Babel Tower: lots of people all around the world for years and years. The odds of finding something interesting are very high.

Here, in my state, there is a city named Ubatuba. It has 102 beaches varying from desert and acess difficult ones to crowdy ones. It´s also a good idea searching there.

One of those Ubatuba´s beaches, named "Shell Beach" is only 15m long the ground is covered, or made of shells. Look:



This is how the ground is:



Copacabana Beach, in a calm day:



I think Australia and Brazil are close in many ways: beautiful beaches, good weather, cheerful people. I have been watched on tv, a kind of reality show presenting Perth region. Very, very beautiful beaches, craft made beers.

As soon as I get my metal detector I´ll let you know. Thanks my friend.

Just wanted to add a little something before you spend your cash. The Gar250 is not a good beach machine and if it is mainly for the beach that you want one, you will be a lot better off with a different type of machine.
I would love to be able to detect those places in your pictures.... sun, sea and silver!

Oh, almost forgot to answer your original post, Minelab machines are excellent machines, as was mentioned earlier check out the Minelab CTX3030. Also look at the CScope range. They too have excellent detectors, not as good as ML but one of the better makes.

thanks for the info, MetDet71. I will try to detect far from beach. I like around 600km from beaches. Maybe when I upgrade I go to the seascapes. Is Garrett Ace250 good for metal detecting around rivers and tiny lakes?

Yes jerseyben, Minelab prices frightens me a lot!

And this is aimed at jerseyben, you seem to favour the garrett metal detecting machines...... this is fine, they are a good machine for anyone that wishes to have a novice switch on and go machine. They will not perform on a beach. That is a fact. The original poster asked about Minelab machines, they are by far superior to anything garrett have to offer or ever will have to offer. garrett are a mass produced machine that is specifically aimed at the US as a machine that [anyone can use]. I advised the guy to wait before spending money for a few reasons. If you disagree and think that garrett machines are better than the stuff Minelab produce, please post your thoughts and reasons as I would very much like to see them.
Obviously this is only my opinion but as I have been a 'novice' metdet for 26 years and a profession 'treasure hunter' for 6 years, I offered an unbiased opinion to the original poster in an effort to A.. save him wasting money... and B.. to answer his original question.

Best thing is to buy one and see what happens. It appears that not much notice is taken of advice posted here anyway so just buy one and see how you go with it.