First of all, I am a beginning detectorist. I did a lot of research. After reading a bunch of reviews and watching a lot of online videos I decided to give this machine a shot. This thing has the most high end features and best reviews that I could find in this price range. If you want a good starter detector and don't want to spend a ton of money, this is your machine. Relax and buy it. You'll be happy with it. For a more detailed review, keep reading.

I received my Kentfaith a few weeks ago. It was super easy to assemble and seems well made. It is really lightweight and easy to swing for extended periods of time without your arm getting too tired. The aluminum (?) tubing seems strong and the cam locks are sturdy. I put mine together in about 5 minutes.

My first test was in my backyard. I turned it on and almost immediately it found an old nail about 4-5 inches down. After finding 2 or 3 more nails I figured it worked well enough to take with me on vacation to the beach.

Out on the beach, I first tried it down on the wet sand with everything wide open (sensitivity up all the way, looking for all metal types). It went a little bonkers. I used the discrimination feature to get rid of ferrous metals and that helped a lot, but I still got a lot of false positives, so I turned down the sensitivity. That helped a little, too. I decided to give the dry sand a try because I had heard that wet sand can cause some interference with detectors.

The dry sand really made a difference! I still discriminated out the ferrous metals, set the sensitivity down a notch from the top and after that I was finding all sorts of coins, can tabs, matchbox cars, etc. While I didn't find any gold rings or diamond necklaces, I think I might have if I had stuck with it long enough. Overall, it was a great first experience.

Tips: Play around with the settings until your false positives are at a minimum. Try to not brush the sand with the sensor ring - it makes it sound off all kinds of crazy stuff. Hold he ring down to the ground before turning the unit on - it helps with the automatic ground balancing and minimizes false positives. If you get a signal, go over the same patch of ground several times before digging - this will verify something is there and save you from unneeded digging.

Pros:
Inexpensive
Well Built
Lightweight
Works Well
Lots of High-end Features

Cons:
The learning curve is a little steep, but once you get used to it, it works great
Not too great on wet sand (so far - maybe I need to figure out better settings)

Summary: I think I made a great choice. I definitely look forward to using this metal detector in the future.