I was at a Dunmow rotary club charity detecting day it was my first time ever metal detecting I had one of the members show me how to detect and use my detector once I started on my own I was detecting for 30 minutes when I got a good strong signal on unearthing my target I found I had found a Elizabeth the 1st silver Hammered coin I could not believe my eyes as a newbie to the hobby of metal detecting I now know what it like to find a item from our past I am now a confirmed metal detecting member of this hobby and can say the minelab vanquish is a great detector that will produce the goods