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	Hi GoldDigger, Am using Garrett ACE 250, it has an automatic ground balancing with an 8 level sensitivity push button control. Might be possible to work on salt water and wet sand, if i tune down the sensitivity level a bit,you think? Nuga Yoda

Quite possibly so. Have some fun experimenting with it. Sand at the beach is an easy place to put test targets and see how your machine reacts. I played with an Ace 250 for a day and it was quite good. It's on my list of machines to acquire one day.

How have you been doing so far with it? Any good finds?

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	Hunt around twice at a beach for a couple of hours, since I was on a field test dare not venture into the salty wet sand until I learn much about it. Lots of trashy stuff,pull rings, bottle caps and nails. Manage to find some coins in Malaysian currency = RM1.50 roughly AUS$0.8 (US$0.5)  Got about RM2 coins at a park as well. First experience; it is an xcellent coin hunter.

If you are new to metal detecting, the trash is going to flow in so get used to it. Most of us who are successful at it will dig in the all metal mode and simply consider trash removal to be a public service of sorts. As you get better, the finds will improve. Keep working at it.

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	GD, Tanx Bro for the inspiration ...

Something for you to ponder. I put every coin I find in a bucket. This year, I have filled two of them with a total value of over $2000.00 in modern coins alone. All that from a handful of coins every day. It all adds up.

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There are a few of us who get together informally in Perth over coffee now and again. There might be a club here but I haven't looked for one.

Treasure hunters tend to be solitary and choose their friends carefully so I think clubs are overrated. They do sponsor competition and have events in other parts of the world though.

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	Understandable... But in my case here I would really like to form a club or get some friends to be interested in this hobby. However, no one wants to get down and dirty looking for treasures! I may be the only one who is really interested at the moment. At least you have friends there to talk over coffee on some of the best experience you all had.

You should celebrate that you are alone at the moment my friend. In Perth, at the beaches, there are dozens of metal detectorists these days all putting pressure on the beaches each Monday morning. At the local sand pit playgrounds, I see more and more the footprint patterns of a detectorist who has been there before me. I long for the good old days when I woudn't see another detectorist for months.

When can I fly up and join you on your quest? Is it legal for a tourist to enter Malaysia with a detector? Some countries forbid it.

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