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Hello. I am new to metal detecting, and after a few weeks of comparing and contrasting, I decided to go with a Fisher 3D. I have used the detector for about a total of 20 hours so far in 3 house yards in town and one hunted out schoolhouse that was built in the late 1800's. So far I have found about $3.00 in clad coins, a ladies ring, 6 wheat pennies, 5 mercury dimes, and 2 indian head pennies both from 1901, a play necklace, a four-leaf clover necklace charm thing, something that looks exactly like a men's wedding band but is not gold, but was about 6 inches deep, and some other various items. I am excited to do more yards in town since everything ( except the ladies ring and one of the indianhead pennies ) was found in town. I have permission to hunt at least 5 more yards, and am checking into seeing who owns 3 vacant lots where houses used to be in order to try to hunt those also. I also have a relative who owns farmland that used to contain a town that was from the late 1800's that I will eventually search. I like the fact that all of the coins sound off in the high coin category, and there is no mistaking whether it is a coin or not. Being my only metal detector, I do not know if other brands would pick up the coins as well or not, but I feel that being a newbie and finding some good finds like this makes me happy with my decision to go with the 3D, especially since I found the ladies ring and the indianhead penny in the schoolyard that has been pretty much cleaned out. So for what it's worth to anyone who is debating about getting a 3D or not, this is my experience with it so far. Thank you. --Tim