Fake deal for £10 metal detector from Go Outdoors shared online
Posts and an advert on Facebook falsely claim that people aged 40 and older can get a metal detector worth hundreds for just £10.
The posts include pictures of a metal detector and are captioned: “My oldest son works at Go Outdoors and just told me that if you’re 40 or older, you can fill out a super short survey and get a Garrett Ace 300 Metal Detector for just a tenner.”
But Go Outdoors confirmed to Full Fact that this is not a genuine deal.
The detector model mentioned in the posts is being sold by other retailers for around £280. While Go Outdoors does stock metal detecting equipment, it is not currently selling this model.
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If a deal you see online looks too good to be true, treat it with caution before you can verify whether it is authentic or not.
This article is part of our work fact checking potentially false pictures, videos and stories on Facebook. You can read more about this—and find out how to report Facebook content—here. For the purposes of that scheme, we’ve rated this claim as false because this isn’t a real offer from Go Outdoors.
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