Treasure Hunter - Advice and Tips Welcome

I know there must be quite a lot of tools toys and ware I'm missing or unaware of, so if anyone has any useful tips for this character...I'm much obliged in advance.

Dakota Jones (Darkon, thanks for the name)
Treasure Hunter
Human (0 BP)

ATTRIBUTES (200 BP)
Body 3
Agility 3
Reaction 5 (7)
Strength 2
Charisma 3
Intuition 4
Logic 4
Willpower 4
Edge 2
Essence
Initiative 9 (11), Passes 1
Condition: Physical 10, Stun 10

SKILLS (128 BP)
Athletics Group 3
Dodge 3
Etiquette 2 (+2 Smugglers)
Exotic Melee Weapon: Whip 2
Infiltration 4
Navigation 2
Negotiation 2 (+2 Bargaining)
Perception 3
Pilot Groundcraft 2
Pistols 1
Survival 3

KNOWLEDGE (24 Free Points)
Ancient History 2
Archaeological Literature 2
Artifact Lore: 3
Border Patrol Tactics: 3
Hieroglyphics: 3
Smuggler Hangouts: 4

LANGUAGES
English: N
French: 1
German: 2
Japanese: 2
Spanish: 2

Qualities (15 BP)
Analytical Mind (5 BP)
Black Market Pipeline (10 BP)
Trustworthy: Negotiations (5 BP)
Poor Self Control: Thrill Seeker (+5 BP)

Gear (50,000¥) (10 BP)
Chisel
Fake SIN (Rating 3)
Flashlight w/Normal, Low-Light and Thermographic modes
Gecko-Tape Gear
Grapple Gun w/Climbing Gear, Rappelling Gloves and 200m of Standard Rope
Leather Jacket
Lightsticks (5
Medkit (Rating 6)
Survival Kit
Survival Knife

AUGMENTATIONS
Aluminum Bone Lacing
Cybereyes (Rating 3) w/Enhancement 2, Low-Light, Smartlink, and Thermographic
Reaction Enhancers (Rating 2)

MATRIX GEAR
Fairlight Caliban Commlink w/Firewall 5, Signal 5, System 5, Response 5, and Sim Module modified for BTL/Hot Sim]
Analyze 3, Browse 3, Command 1, Edit 3
Trodes

WEAPONS
Ares Predator 4 w/Concealable Holster and 5 clips Standard Ammo
Leather Whip

CONTACTS (20 BP)
Fence (Connection 2/Loyalty 2)
Fixer (Connection 3/Loyalty 2)
Mr Johnson (Connection 4/Loyalty 2)
Museum Curator (Connection 3/Loyalty 2)

NOTES
Low Lifestyle (1 month)
1,100¥

Background
Dakota's parents knew early on that their only son was not destined to be like the other kids around the small rural town of White's City, New Mexico. Instead of racking up high-scores on the tired video games down at the Burger Barn or hoverboarding past the shop-fronts along Main Street, Dakota could most often be found - if found at all - exploring the foothills and valleys that were the beginnings of the Rocky Mountains; especially the caverns.
Since his first encounter with the 'realm of underground' quite by accident - a baseball had disappeared down what was first thought to be nothing but a gopher hole, but had turned out to be several hundred yards of rocky caverns after some initial digging - Dakota embarked upon what was to become his lifelong romance with all things buried underground or forgotten in ancient ruins. But although he would gladly have devoted all his time to the physical exploration of the underworld, he lacked the same devotion to furthering the knowledge base of archaeology in the interests of university scholars or society at large. Dakota cared only to explore solely for the sheer delight of personal discovery, which expanded into personal financial gain as he grew older and learned he could turn a sizeable buck selling artifacts on the black market.
Now, at 25, though mostly unknown among the popular 'diggers' and archaeologists, Dakota Jones still finds adventure running the shadows below.

Do you really need a rating 5 commlink if you are only running rating 3 programs and have no matrix-related skills? You should probably run with a rating 3 commlink with a Pocket Hacker from Unwired. Give it some autosofts and you're golden.

Novatech Airware Commlink [1250]
+Commlink Optimization (Analyze) [500]
+Customized Interface [250]
+Directional Antenna R6 [150]
+Personality Software (Max Headnode) [100]
+Skinlink [50]
Iris Orb OS [1000]
+Pocket Hacker Program Package [4920]
+Homeground Autosoft R3 [1500]
+Adaptability Autosoft R3 [1500]
+Basic User+ Program Package [400]
Total Cost: 11620, just over 2 BP

What you get: Your unrestricted Agent runs autonomously at a high functioning level. He will competently perform security on your own commlink and can also tackle some low-level nodes that you might come across. You won't have to worry too much about being hacked, but you might consider investing in a decent Encryption program and maybe even a Data Bomb.

whoa, got some reading to do

I found most of that list. haven't found the personality software or the basic user+ package, but still looking.

I didn't give the commlink as much consideration as I should have. you've given me a good bit of food for thought, PP, thanks!

Basic+ is in the matrix section of the corebook, but not in the street gear section. Personality Software is in Unwired and is basically useless fluff. But Max Headroom (Max Headnode in the book to avoid copyright issues) is hilarious, and if your commlink is basically a dedicated agent, it might as well be fully integrated.

I found them last night, but thanks again

I used to watch Max Headroom and yes, it was hilarious