When I first removed the GO-FIND 20 from its box my first reaction was, “wow!” what a great looking little detector. Straight away I could see it as a detector my son and I could have a lot of fun using.
Once out of the box and with a quick look at the instructions, set up was very simple and with a set of batteries in, I had it up and running in a matter of minutes. One of the first things I noticed was that this detector is light! It felt featherweight to me and passing it over to my 8-year-old son, he agreed it would be a detector he would be happy to use. He used to have an X-TERRA 305 but found that a bit heavy after awhile, so we were both keen to get out and give the GO-FIND 20 a spin on the beach.
The screen is easy to interpret with 2 Find modes to choose from:
· All Metal - gives you 4 target ID options, 1 iron and 3 non-ferrous targets.
· Non-Ferrous - rejects the iron targets and detects the remaining three IDs.
I found that running with the iron mode selected worked best as it will give a nice low grunt on bottle caps, while in non-ferrous mode some bottle caps will register as a coin. Once the coil passes over a target you will hear either a low tone for iron or a nice high tone for anything non-ferrous as well as a blinking icon to indicate what the target might be.
For a first outing my son and I headed to the beach, and it wasn’t long before he was recovering his first coin, then another. I almost had to fight him to let me have a turn! As expected this is a nice light machine and my son had no problems detecting for about an hour without becoming tired. The recovery speed of this detector is quite impressive - you can swing as fast as you like and it will let you know that you have passed over a target. This little detector also goes deep, with a couple of coins coming from close to 8 inches in the damp sand.
While on the beach I wanted to see how it performed on wet sand. Moving down to where the waves were washing in I started getting a little falsing, so I reduced the sensitivity by one notch and found that the GO-FIND 20 settled down and worked perfectly well in the wet sand.
One of the other places I thought the GO-FIND 20 would work well in is play grounds, with its small coil to get in and around play equipment. Heading down to my local park, I put it through its paces and was very happy with its performance. Being able to get under metal beams and close to posts was very useful.
Given how compact the GO-FIND 20 folds up, I will be keeping it in the car for any opportunities that allow me to GO-FIND some treasure!
You can see more about my detecting adventures on my YouTube channel “Westcoast Mark”http://www.youtube.com/user/Thedeepbluediver and my own bloghttp://westcoastmark.wordpress.com/
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