Bounty Hunter Discovery 3300

Great Detector for any price

FJ Rogers in Rocky Mountains Logan, Utah -
I have four other detectors along with the Bounty hunter 3300. I find myself using it more than any other detector. It is easy to swing and has a extremely accurate discrimination mode. The Ground balance work well and is quite easy to use when you get use to it. Battery life is good and the the display is easy to read. If I could only have one detector that cost under $500 this would be the one, and when you can find the 3300 for under $250 it becomes the best machine value on the market.

Mar 03, 2011

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BOUNTY HUNTER 3300 VS GARRETT ACE 250

jay in michigan,usa -
I have a bounty hunter 3300 and a garrett ace 250.
The bounty hunter 3300 is way better and the garrett ace 250 don't even come close to the bounty hunter, the garrett is for sale because it is not being used because it gives me a headache every time i use it.

Feb 08, 2011

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Great detector

Joe in Up North, U.K. -
This is a great detector for the money, it picks up almost anything even the smallest bits of metal that you can barely see, I have had trouble sorting objects from the soil because of their small size. I find it to be accurate and have had no false readings yet. All in all very happy with this device.

Oct 30, 2010

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What a great detector !

John Major in Dallas -
After useing a Garrett Ace 250 I bought the Discovery 3300. ( New model in all black 2010 )

After just a few hours with the Discovery 3300 I sold the Garrett. The Discovery has so much more to offer (Ground balance, VDI numbers).
The stability even with full sensitivity was perfect in the woods. Coins at up to 10 inches can be found. The depth meter on the screen tells right away how deep to dig on coins. Some really deep coins (+8 inches) show up as iron, but the depth meter told me to "dig that deep target".
It is sooo lightweight and fun to swing all day.

The pinpoint mode is sticky and can be used as a search non motion mode. Just retune by pressing the pinpoint buttom every minute.

Apr 10, 2010

45 Yes
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Bounty Hunter 3300

Jeff in Maryland -
I bought one of these 4 years ago. To date, I have found over $400 worth of coins, not to mention jewlery...including some gold jewlery.

Nov 12, 2009

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Super Star For The Money!

James in Ohio -
This detector has been super for the money. I bought it new from Radio Shack to see how I would like detecting. The descrimination, pin-pointing and target identification are all very good. It does eat batteries if you don't use head-phones and the depth reading tends to be off by a little but overall it is a nice detector. So far, with it I have found an 1854 large cent, an 1897 barber dime (in great shape), a 38th infantry civil war button, a revolutionary war artillary button, an 1866 shield nickel, an 1867 shield nickel, an 1868 indian cent, an 1886 indian cent, an 1890 indian cent, an 1893 indian cent, (2) 1907 indian cents, an 1894 V Nickel, a 1920-D Mercury Dime, a 1962 dime, many wheat cents, musket balls,several "good for tokens", 14 rings, several bracelets and several thousand clad and common coins. This has been over 5 years of searching with this detector. The results that I have had with this detector have been better than the results I have had with more expensive machines. If you want a great machine to start out detecting, this one is a good choice.

Mar 13, 2008

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Nice features but lacking some in performance...

Skillet in Texas -
I bought mine some years back for about $100 when Radio-Shack was closing them out.

I was excited about getting a new machine with so many features for so little coin!

Quickly found some shortcomings that prompted me to sell:

Depth - Mediocre, used it side-by-side with an old Garrett Freedom Ace Plus (not a depth demon by any stretch) in the bark-chips... the FA+, an average at best depth machine, hit harder on every target.

Missed alot of test-plot targets that most of my other 11 machines hit just fine.

Target Separation: Poor. Testing with a nickel among nails and a dime/pulltabs showed inferior target separation to pretty much every other machine I tested it against... The Garretts beat it in aluminum junk and my Tesoros smoked it in iron.

This was the main reason I decided not to keep it. I can live with average depth, but I GOTS to have decent target separation. I don't want to be using a machine and worrying about what I've left behind! (When I tested the 3300 for target separation against other machines, I compared the machines with similar-sized coils).

Also, I found the TID numbers to bounce around too much... difficult to get a solid lock-in on targets. Felt like I was wasting alot of time on this.

Good-looking machine, decent balance/ergonomics, just not for me.

Jan 30, 2008

31 Yes
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Same as titan 3000XD

Bobby in Bristol,Tn. -
The 3300 is the same detector as the titan 3000xd. Both of them operate at the same 6.8 frequency and use the same coils. I use the bounty hunter 3300 in local parks with very good results. I can pick out clad all day up to 7-9 inch range depending on soil conditions and sometimes some silver but no gold yet. The manual ground balance helps alot in mineralized soil which has the advantage over the garrett 250. The 3300 is a good detector for 212.00 on ebay that is half the cost of the titan 3000xd at over 400.00. The only thing that seperates them is the color,changed decal where the arrows point at what target might be, and they added a stand. I used to repair metal detectors and have examined both with the same results. Do not pay double for the 3000xd when you can have the same performance for way less $$$. The only reason I rated it a 4 star instead of 5 only that it will eat batteries in no time. You will get more use out of your batteries with a set of headphones. HH Bobby

Oct 11, 2007

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Well worth it !!!

John in MARYLAND -
Needed a cheap detector to keep in my car all the time. I have 2 Minelab Detectors (Explorer and Excaliber) for serious detecting, but bought the 3300 so I would have one if I saw a good site while driving. Found alot of Clad coins but my best find was with my cheapest detector the 3300. (a womans ROLEX watch I found on the beach. Appraised at ($5,700.00)

Jun 03, 2007

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I've found alot with this detector

frank in kentucky -
I bought this at radio shack for $70. It was the last detector they had at this store. I've used it in the field next to my county home and have found bullets, horseshoes, and old farm equipment. I'm going to take it to the beaches of florida next month and use it on some local civil war sites.

May 29, 2007

12 Yes
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