I couldn't agree more! I picked up a regular pirate about 3 years ago in the winter. Used it at a lowered lake and was very impressed how you could knock out steel caps with discrim of 3. I found alot of clad and a nice silver ring. Then i wanted the pirste pro so if i wanted to take it to the saltwater beaches. Sold the original, picked up a used pirate pro, but never used it before I had to sell for some other outside reasons. Well since then I traded some machines and ended up with a DetectorPro underwater. Its a heck of a machine too. Only got to use it one time last year but it found me a pile of clad and 4 silver rings in one hunt! I have the Equinox and At Pro, both have found me a lot of gold. Thats why the UW has not seen much use, but beep and dig is fun, and i like different mzchines opersting on different frequencies. They all have their attributes. So anyway, I saw these closeput prices and figured for that price, I'd kick myself later if I didnt pick one up. Someday when they arent available, I'll still have one new in the box so if the Underwater ever quits working, i will have the PiratePro and a Wader ( oh yeah got one of them on closeout a couple years ago that i havent used at all) to fall back on. Im a metal detector addict and a sucker for a good deal. And its sad to see Tesoro out of business, DetectorPro sold out and is apparently going out, sp these machines that I like, Im trying to put back foe later when they wont be available. I have an old Tesoro Stingray 2, that machine have found me alot of gold as well. Thats the good thing about metal detectors, if you use them correctly they will pay for themselves and then some!
