New to metal detecting here! Very green.
Very excited to get into this hobby and learn as much wisdom from you experienced guys as I can. And I appreciate any and all advice.

Current setup is a bounty hunter pioneer ex and a Garrett at pro pointer.

I also have a bounty fast tracker from when I was younger but have only recently used the pioneer ex that I got for free.

I知 am interested in detecting beaches (Florida and louisiana) Louisiana marsh lands, parks, woods, creeks and streams, and also taking a metal detector underwater and diving a couple feet down at the beach completely submerged.

I知 wondering what metal detector would be best to do all of this and these different soil types and be able to go underwater. I have recently researched and came up with either the mine lab equinox 600 or the garret at pro. If there are others you壇 recommend in the range of 400 - 800$ please let me know.

Any other info that could help me in learning this new hobby would be greatly appreciated