# Need help replacing my friend's metal detector **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 10, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-replacing-my-friends-metal-detector/698053 "2014-09-10T03:23:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-replacing-my-friends-metal-detector/698053/21 "2014-09-11T12:38:59Z")
Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-replacing-my-friends-metal-detector/698053/22 "2014-09-11T12:57:49Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > There’s such a thing as too nice, and he is, and I love him for it, but it leaves me with this impossible problem. (I mean, entirely my fault, just that much harder to resolve to my satisfaction) I understand your dilemma. Really. > [@](#): > > I’ve searched quite a bit on line, and haven’t found anything that looks remotely like it. Well, except this one: [http://www.kellycodetectors.com/minelab/minelab\_gpx4800\_buy.php](http://www.kellycodetectors.com/minelab/minelab_gpx4800_buy.php) and he’s not that wealthy. Maybe he found an old model like this used some place. See if you can find out what this company made about ten years ago that would have fit in this technology slot, then look on eBay or Craigslist for it. If he bought an older model of this, used, and without the accessories, it could have been about $750. Of course, in older money. But, if he really means it when he says “Don’t worry about it,” then get him the best new one you can afford, with the gift receipt. He can keep it; he can take it back and trade up on a better one that he wants; trade it down, and use the extra money on a dinner out, or a new phone; or return it to the store for cash, and give the money to charity. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-replacing-my-friends-metal-detector/698053/23 "2014-09-12T17:13:16Z")
He would be much more impressed if you [built](http://www.electroschematics.com/7/metal-detector-diy-schematic/) him a new one! Well, OK, I don’t know him or what impresses him, but I would be impressed… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-replacing-my-friends-metal-detector/698053.md?page=1)