It's a nice detector for the money. Mine is actually a 8500 which I like real well. Haven't used it out detecting because the ground is frozen here in MN, in January. I did some testing in my outside coin garden and it hit all my targets including a 10" quarter. I could tell that a bottle cap was a no dig by the iron grunt it gave. I think this will be a great detector once I get it out in the field this spring. It has a bunch of great features.