What detector for Beach use?

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	Re: What detector for Beach use? « Reply #20 on: February 17, 2009, 11:58:23 am »

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	Re: What detector for Beach use? « Reply #21 on: February 18, 2009, 01:33:40 pm »

I have a Whites PI Pro. I am going to sell it. Not because it does not work well, it works fine. I find that with no discrimination in trashy areas you dig a lot of junk. Also the depth is too much to get the target. You only have the time from between one or two waves in the ocean to scoop the target. More time than that you will move or the target will. I am thinking the Minelab Excalibur II may be better detector for me.

I have to disagree with this "There is not such a thing as a beach and surf detector ." This is what I would call a water detector one that can get wet or even submerged and still work. I would be too nervous to use a detector even in the shallow surf that is not entirely water proof. My EXP II works fine at the beach and in shallow water, but when the waves are breaking I back up onto the beach. $1000+ is to much money to risk on an rough wave.

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	Re: What detector for Beach use? « Reply #22 on: February 19, 2009, 08:12:36 am »

I know what you mean about waves. Even small waves give a problem when you have to dig deep and fast to recover something small. I hunt an area that has just small waves and some light current too. I have lost a few targets now and then. For me a good discriminate matters, as this water place I usually hunt has old junk metal in it from about 100 years of use. My Aquastar is a great pulse detector, but with no discriminate, it just won't make it in this place. I would be digging holes forever with mostly junk in them. That can be very frustrating and tiring. I am hoping for Eugene to come up with the plans for a good discriminating pulse he has mentioned. I definately have to eliminate iron signals in my search, or at least know which ones they are. That is why for now I use a waterproof Sovereign, it does just that. It just doesn't get the depth and doesn't have the smoothness of a pulse. Sounds like a Excaliber would do you good. As for a beach and surf detector, I agree there are some designed for that multi purpose, and my waterproof Sovereign fits that also.

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	Re: What detector for Beach use? « Reply #23 on: February 25, 2009, 05:51:32 pm »

Cornelius,
I have both a Fisher Impulse and a Tesoro Tigershark. Both have worked well in underwater, surf and sand conditions. The Sandshark seems to be better at picking up small gold hits, though I have gotten hits with the Impulse that caused 7 foot deep holes to be dug. One was a section of an old paddlewheeler and the other was a 2 foot piece of rebar. I would also pickup a piece of iron the size of a needle 12" deep. Anyway I can't recall if I ever asked you this... Is there a detector out there that can discriminate gold from aluminum? I've been warned that if I discriminate out of aluminum with my Tesoro it will most likely drop any indication of gold also.
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	Re: What detector for Beach use? « Reply #24 on: February 25, 2009, 06:02:20 pm »

Aquanut . That is the problem we all have dificulties with . If it picks up silver , it does not pick up gold . It has all to do with frequencies . That is why I like my DBP 2010 because it has two filters on it , that will discriminate . However it will only discriminate one thing at the time . So , I can set it for gold , and it will register gold , but I will miss the silver . You cannot have it both and expect your detector to work at full capacity . To get somewhere in the middle will let you discover something in the middle . I can detect a silver coin but it will skip a nickel . You have to learn to live with these things . Cornelius

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	Re: What detector for Beach use? « Reply #25 on: February 25, 2009, 06:17:21 pm »

Man Cornelius,
I didn't expect an answer so soon! How about this senario... I have a site that is supposed to have approximately 30 bars of gold scattered over about a 10 foot by 25 foot area. They may be about 3 feet under a burden of shell and muck. The water depth is only 3-4 feet. The problem is... there are beer cans everywhere. It is near an old fishing hole and I've detected and dredged up beer cans 24 inches down.
After several hours of really tiresome work for this Sixty year old fart, I decided that until I can discriminate out those damn beer cans, that gold can lay there until Hell freezes over. I don't care at this point if a chest full of silver 8 reales is sitting next to it.
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	Re: What detector for Beach use? « Reply #26 on: February 26, 2009, 04:25:46 am »

Aquanut . There are 5 knobs on my detector . Filter 1 , Filter 2 , Sensitivity , Threshold , Capacity . If I know I am going to look for gold I will use some junk gold objects and set the detector frequency to detect this commodity . I may even detect some silver at this setting but certainly no aluminum beer cans . The trouble is that I have to set the detector before I go hunting but this is something I have to live with . Some detectors do this by turning a knob toward the gold setting but they can never be as accurate as by doing it manually . Cornelius

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	Re: What detector for Beach use? « Reply #27 on: February 26, 2009, 07:59:55 am »

Thanks Cornelius,
At least I know it can be done. Now I'll have to see if my Tesoro Tigershark can be adjusted or modified for this.
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	Re: What detector for Beach use? « Reply #28 on: February 26, 2009, 08:51:04 am »

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Aquanut . There are 5 knobs on my detector . Filter 1 , Filter 2 , Sensitivity , Threshold , Capacity . If I know I am going to look for gold I will use some junk gold objects and set the detector frequency to detect this commodity . I may even detect some silver at this setting but certainly no aluminum beer cans . The trouble is that I have to set the detector before I go hunting but this is something I have to live with . Some detectors do this by turning a knob toward the gold setting but they can never be as accurate as by doing it manually . Cornelius

What does the Capacity control do? Is it actually a Saturation control, or a Frequency control?

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	Re: What detector for Beach use? « Reply #29 on: February 26, 2009, 09:44:18 am »

It is a frequency control . Doing a good job . There is also a ground emitting knob that you have to push everytime you change the setting . Cornelius

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