BarnacleBill
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There is a nearby freshwater beach I hit on rare occasions because it is a small beach with very few visitors, so it is not replenished with fresh drops like more active beaches.
I decided to take the Excel and a Discovery Treasure Baron MII there for side by side testing since neither have had the pleasure of meeting this beach. I have hunted the dry sand here with the BH QDII, Tejon, and Stingray II with some success, but the water as you will soon see is a different story, and remember it's not a saltwater beach. The only machine I have that is able to handle the water portion with complete tranquility is my CZ20.
Follow along with me as we see what a joy this place can be.
As can be seen below this beach is infected with black sand.
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Next is the stone composition of the water portion of the beach, it is basically a big pile of hot rocks. There is a plastic softball floating in the photo as a size reference.
[attachment 10887 Soft.jpg]
If you do locate a target, the next problem is retrieving it, dig a hole, whatta ya find? More rocks!
[attachment 10890 hole.jpg]
A scoop is useless, spade shovel hopeless, even with the shovel pictured, special techniques are needed. Essentially place shovel on surface, apply pressure with foot, make circles with shovel handle to work blade slowly down through the rocks.
[attachment 10889 shov.jpg]
So to the matter at hand, how did the Excel fair here?
First after GB'ing with sensitivity set to 10 I checked stability by running the coil over the black sand, no good, had to adjust back to 9 to run correctly. Upon entering the water the hot rocks made themselves known by a display of -36 swinging to +36 with no lock or PP. This would occur every 4 to 5 swings as I moved forward. Turning sensitivity down to even 1 had no effect, this is just tough ground, period.
After 20 minutes or so I switched to the Baron and was greeted by the same reaction from the hot rocks, a swing from one end of the ID scale to the other with a weak response. My aim was to locate deep targets and discover how the hot rocks affected the ID on both machines. But it was not to be, the few targets I found were 5 inches or less, and both machines reacted identically ID wise. As a matter of fact crossing 90deg swings produced the same variations in ID on both machines.
So after 4 hours of busting tail and comparing signals this is all I had to show, all clad. But remember a CZ20 has been here and I could only get out knee deep.
But it was a wonderful morning out, I got out, and I got my tests in, anything beyond that is gravy.
[attachment 10891 coin.jpg]
HH
BarnacleBill
I decided to take the Excel and a Discovery Treasure Baron MII there for side by side testing since neither have had the pleasure of meeting this beach. I have hunted the dry sand here with the BH QDII, Tejon, and Stingray II with some success, but the water as you will soon see is a different story, and remember it's not a saltwater beach. The only machine I have that is able to handle the water portion with complete tranquility is my CZ20.
Follow along with me as we see what a joy this place can be.
As can be seen below this beach is infected with black sand.
[attachment 10886 black.jpg]
Next is the stone composition of the water portion of the beach, it is basically a big pile of hot rocks. There is a plastic softball floating in the photo as a size reference.
[attachment 10887 Soft.jpg]
If you do locate a target, the next problem is retrieving it, dig a hole, whatta ya find? More rocks!
[attachment 10890 hole.jpg]
A scoop is useless, spade shovel hopeless, even with the shovel pictured, special techniques are needed. Essentially place shovel on surface, apply pressure with foot, make circles with shovel handle to work blade slowly down through the rocks.
[attachment 10889 shov.jpg]
So to the matter at hand, how did the Excel fair here?
First after GB'ing with sensitivity set to 10 I checked stability by running the coil over the black sand, no good, had to adjust back to 9 to run correctly. Upon entering the water the hot rocks made themselves known by a display of -36 swinging to +36 with no lock or PP. This would occur every 4 to 5 swings as I moved forward. Turning sensitivity down to even 1 had no effect, this is just tough ground, period.
After 20 minutes or so I switched to the Baron and was greeted by the same reaction from the hot rocks, a swing from one end of the ID scale to the other with a weak response. My aim was to locate deep targets and discover how the hot rocks affected the ID on both machines. But it was not to be, the few targets I found were 5 inches or less, and both machines reacted identically ID wise. As a matter of fact crossing 90deg swings produced the same variations in ID on both machines.
So after 4 hours of busting tail and comparing signals this is all I had to show, all clad. But remember a CZ20 has been here and I could only get out knee deep.
But it was a wonderful morning out, I got out, and I got my tests in, anything beyond that is gravy.
[attachment 10891 coin.jpg]
HH
BarnacleBill