Ace 250 on the beach

[Shooter65]

Has anyone tried an Ace 250 on a salt water beach like in San Diego with lots of salt and black sand?????? I'm curious how well it handles these type of ground conditions.

 

[John 'n' W.Va]

Has anyone tried an Ace 250 on a salt water beach like in San Diego with lots of salt and black sand?????? I'm curious how well it handles these type of ground conditions.

Nope, just Datona Beach.
I did well. Here is my findings.

Salt water tips on Daytona Beach for the Ace:

sensitivity..4-3 in wet sand
use all metal mode
PP is very vague,detune pp works good
Fast moving water makes it false..sen. 1...no good cure
swing level
You can hear and learn a false hit from a good hit
YOU CAN notch out below penny and eliminate most falsing and all gold
Pennies 4" and quarters at 6" in wet sand
Stay in the dry sand and you can beat them all(well, it seems like it)

Summer treasure comes from tourist. Winter treasure comes from the sea.

 

[Shooter65]

Thanks John, Will give it a try on our visit.

 

[lazyaussie]

Run it in the dry sand it should work fine but in the wet sand it may have problems back the sensitivity way down & dig only the sharp sounding repeatable signals.

 

[pro778]

It's almost useless in black sand or wet sand. Damp regular sand and dry sand it's great.